Renée Zellweger - Biography

Renée Kathleen Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas, USA to parents Emil Erich Zellweger, a Swiss-born engineer who married Renée's mother Kjellfrid Irene Andreassen, a Norwegian-born former nurse and midwife in 1963. Renée also has a brother named Drew Zellweger, a marketing executive born on February 15, 1967. Renée got interested in acting in high school while working on the drama club. She also took an acting class at the University of Texas (Austin), where she began looking towards acti - www.imdb.com

Renée Zellweger Biography - Biography.com

Actress. Born April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas. Raised in a small town outside Houston, Texas, Renée Zellweger took up acting in college. She appeared in bit parts in mainstream movies like Dazed and Confused (1993) and Reality Bites (1994) before earning praise for her leading roles in the independent films Love and a .45 (1994) and The Whole Wide World (1996), co-starring Vincent D'Onofrio. Director Cameron Crowe surprised many when he cast the relatively unknown actress as Dorothy Boyd, the single m - www.biography.com