Social media lit up with viewers expressing utter befuddlement over Zellweger's accent, which has us wondering ... why? Granted, Zellweger kept a low profile for a long time, but she did grow up in the Greater Houston burg of Katy, where she was born in 1969. So, hey world, she is a Texan.
Renée Kathleen Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas. Her father, Emil Erich Zellweger, is from the Swiss town of Au, St. Gallen. He was a mechanical and electrical engineer who worked in the oil-refining business. Her mother, Kjellfrid, is Norwegian of Kven and Sámi descent.
Are Ant Anstead and Renée Zellweger still together?
Renée Zellweger and Ant Anstead might have seemed like an unlikely match when they were first linked, but the two are still going strong more than two years later. The couple first met while filming Anstead's Discovery+ show Celebrity IOU Joyride.
Ant shares Hudson with his ex-wife, Flip or Flip star, Christina Haack, whom he divorced from in 2021. While Renee does not have any children of her own, it is clear that she has a natural maternal instinct.
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What surgery has Renee Zellweger had?
HollywoodLife.com spoke to four plastic surgeons EXCLUSIVELY to bring you the truth! Dr. Brian Glatt, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon in Morristown, NJ, says it doesn't look like Renee had a nose job, but it does appear she got a chin implant: “Weight loss can even make a person's nose appear slimmer as Ms.
The first Bridget Jones film (Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)) has the main character as 32 years old and this was filmed in 2001. The third Bridget Jones film (Bridget Jones' Baby) she was 43 years old and it was filmed in 2016. If the film took place 15 years later, she would have to be 47 years old and not 43.
Zellweger previously shared that she gained 30 pounds for her role in 2001's Bridget Jones Diary, in which her character is concerned about her weight. Although she went on to lose the weight, she later regained it for the film's 2004 sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.
Bridget relentlessly counts her calories and forces herself into Spanx, while those around her view her as an overweight mess. Daniel Cleaver's girlfriend even cuttingly remarks: 'I thought you said she was thin'. In truth Bridget is just a size 10/12 - the average in the UK.
How much did Renee Zellweger weigh when she played Bridget Jones?
Zellweger, who is 5 feet 5 inches tall, said recently in Us magazine that her "normal" weight is 110 pounds and that she had to gain 20 to play Bridget. Only when she reached 130, Zellweger said, could she play the chunky Jones. The truth is, 130 pounds would be a fine weight for anyone 5-5.
Renée and Ant spend most of their down time at his property in Laguna Beach and the Bridget Jones alum has also been getting to know his three kids. They appear to be head over heels in love and aren't afraid to show it, having been spotted together quite often.
The Twitter-verse was shocked to find out that the 50-year-old native Texan had a Southern accent. Renee Zellweger went back to her roots. The Texas native whipped out her unmistakable drawl when she accepted her Golden Globe Award for best actress in a motion picture, drama on Sunday.
For Zellweger, back from a lengthy showbiz hiatus, stepping into the legendary Garland persona required a stretch of epic dimensions, according to her director. “Renée's not at all like Judy,” Goold tells Fortune. “She's blonde, blue-eyed, clean-living, she shows up on time, she's quite shy.
Social media lit up with viewers expressing utter befuddlement over Zellweger's accent, which has us wondering ... why? Granted, Zellweger kept a low profile for a long time, but she did grow up in the Greater Houston burg of Katy, where she was born in 1969. So, hey world, she is a Texan.
Bridget gives birth to a healthy baby boy, and her friends and parents come to visit them. Dr. Rawlings takes Mark and Jack away to perform the DNA test, and they genuinely wish each other luck. A year later, Bridget marries Mark, and it is revealed he is the baby's father.
This week it was the 20th Anniversary of Bridget Jones's Diary and we need to set the record straight: Bridget Jones was never fat, she was insecure about her body. The film struck a chord with women around the world from Bridget's big pants to her obsession with bettering herself, but it hasn't aged well.
Actresses who were considered for the role of Bridget Jones were Helena Bonham Carter, Cate Blanchett, Emily Watson, Rachel Weisz (who was considered too beautiful for the role), and Cameron Diaz. Toni Collette declined the role because she was on Broadway starring in The Wild Party at the time.
“It was prosthetics, it was a (padded) suit, it was the choice of clothing, it was the briskness in her step-step-step, her gait,” she told Vanity Fair. “All of those things were really important because all those bits and pieces are what construct the person that we project our own conclusions and presumptions onto.”
How much weight did Renee gain for Bridget Jones 2?
Renée Zellweger famously gained 30 pounds twice in order to star in this movie and its sequel. The tabloids turned that fact into five years of material scrutinizing whether the actress was too fat or too thin or not losing weight fast enough or losing weight too fast.
Hugh Grant was initially set to rejoin the cast for this movie as Daniel Cleaver, but eventually he declined, due to not liking the script and not seeing how the character could fill into the story without changing him dramatically, something he didn't want.
Mark and Bridget initially break up because Daniel tried to take advantage of a drunk Bridget during their engagement party. This event causes Mark to break off the engagement weeks later and leads to him marrying Natasha(book)/Camilla(movie).
The couple, who this year celebrate their 16th wedding anniversary, had been told they had only a 2.5 per cent chance of success, but Nielsen gave birth at the age of 54. “I was always like: 'I want to do it until there are no more embryos left,'” says Nielsen. “Somebody has to win the lottery.” And she did.
