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Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969 in Katy, Texas)
is an Academy Award-winning movie actress.
Zellweger, the daughter of Emil Eric
Zellweger (a Swiss immigrant) and Kjellfrid Iren Andreassen
(a Norwegian immigrant of Sami origin), graduated
from Katy High School in Katy, a suburb of Houston
in 1987. She was a cheerleader and gymnast, and participated
in the drama club. After high school, she went to
the University of Texas at Austin to major in English.
Though she took a drama class only because she needed
a fine arts credit to complete her degree, it reminded
her of how much she loved acting. During this time,
she supported herself by taking a series of waitressing
jobs.
By the time she graduated from college,
she knew that she wanted to pursue a career in acting.
She immediately began auditioning for commercials
and small films that were being shot in Texas, including
Reality Bites, 8 Seconds, and Return of the Texas
Chainsaw Massacre (all of which she got the parts
for).
Her breakout role was in 1996's Jerry
Maguire, where she played the romantic interest of
Tom Cruise's character. She has since starred and
received Academy Award nominations for her roles in
Bridget Jones's Diary and Chicago. In 2004, she won
the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in
Cold Mountain.
On May 9, 2005, Zellweger married
singer Kenny Chesney in a ceremony at the island of
St. John. They had met in January at a tsunami relief
benefit concert. Zellweger missed out on the engagement
ring since the wedding was planned over a short span
of time. On September 15, 2005, after only four months
of marriage, they announced their plans for an annulment.
Zellweger cited fraud as the reason in the related
papers. After media scrutiny of her use of the word
"fraud", she released the following statement:
"(The term is) simply legal language and not
a reflection of Kenny's character. I would personally
be very grateful for your support in refraining from
drawing derogatory, hurtful, sensationalized or untrue
conclusions. We hope to experience this transition
as privately as possible."
On May 24, 2005, Zellweger received
her star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
Zellweger is, together with Marc Forster,
taking part in the 2005 HIV prevention campaign of
the Swiss federal health department. She's shown with
the text "No intercourse without a condom"
and "Semen or blood - never in the mouth".
Filmography
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
8 Seconds (1994)
Love and a .45 (1994)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)
Shake, rattle and rock! (1994)
Empire Records (1995)
The Low Life (1995)
The Whole Wide World (1996)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Deceiver (1997)
A Price Above Rubies (1998)
One True Thing (1998)
The Bachelor (1999)
Nurse Betty (2000)
Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
White Oleander (2002)
Chicago (2002)
Down with Love (2003)
Cold Mountain (2003)
Shark Tale (2004) (voice)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Cinderella Man (2005)
The Eye (2006 film) (2006) (announced)
Bee Movie (2007) (voice) (currently in pre-production)
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