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Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger

Actor and producer · Born April 25, 1969 (57) · Katy, Texas, USA

2 Oscars · 4 Golden Globes · 2 BAFTA Awards · 5 other major award bodies

Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an American actress. The recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, she was one of the world's highest-paid actresses by 2007. Born and raised in Texas, Zellweger studied English literature at the University of Texas at Austin. Initially aspiring for a career in journalism, she was drawn to acting following her brief work on stage while in college. Following minor roles in Dazed and Confused (1993) and Reality Bites (1994), her first starring role came with the slasher film Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994). She rose to prominence with starring roles in the romantic comedy Jerry Maguire (1996), the drama One True Thing (1998), and the black comedy Nurse Betty (2000), winning a Golden Globe Award for the last of these. For portraying Bridget Jones in the romantic comedy Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago (2002), Zellweger gained consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a loquacious farmer in the war film Cold Mountain (2003). She reprised her role as Jones in the sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), and, following a career downturn and hiatus, in Bridget Jones's Baby (2016). In 2019, Zellweger starred in her first major television role in the Netflix series What/If, and portrayed Judy Garland in the biopic Judy, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has since starred as Pam Hupp in the NBC crime miniseries The Thing About Pam (2022).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 25, 1969 (57)
From
Katy, Texas, USA
Works as
Actor and producer
Titles
45 on MovieCove · 52 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 21% in 30 days

What are Renée Zellweger's films like?

Across their 40 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Animation movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
27%
Self
27%
Morality
19%
Survival
13%
Society
7%
Ideas
4%
Power
3%
Romantic love12 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth11 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 38 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 18 · Serious 9 · Dark 11

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 22 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 12 · Charged 17 · Intense 9

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 14 · Shifting 20 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 12

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 23 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 22 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 15 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 10

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 31 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

31 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 16 of 31 analyzed roles.

Hero
16 of 31
Ally
7 of 31
Trickster
2 of 31
Mentor
2 of 31
Shapeshifter
2 of 31
Shadow
2 of 31
Show the 31 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
20
Melancholic
17
Joyful
13
Hopeful
12
Romantic
11
Other
38

How their films linger

Feel-good17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 9 with a twist

  • Happy13
  • Bittersweet22
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Renée Zellweger's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Renée Zellweger's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

52 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page; 29 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • They (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy(2025)

    Executive Producer · as Bridget Jones

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Thing About Pam(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · as Pam Hupp

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Only Murders in the Building(2021)

    Show 5 episodes · as Camila White

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Judy(2019)

    as Judy Garland

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • What/If(2019)

    Show 10 episodes · as Anne Montgomery

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Here and Now(2018)

    as Tessa

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Same Kind of Different as Me(2017)

    as Deborah Hall

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Bridget Jones's Baby(2016)

    as Bridget

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Whole Truth(2016)

    as Loretta Lassiter

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • My Own Love Song(2010)

    as Jane Wyatt

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Planet 51(2009)

    as Lem's Mom (voice)

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • My One and Only(2009)

    as Anne Deveraux

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Case 39(2009)

    as Emily Jenkins

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Monsters vs. Aliens(2009)

    as Katie (voice)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • New in Town(2009)

    as Lucy Hill

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Living Proof(2008)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Appaloosa(2008)

    as Allie

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Leatherheads(2008)

    as Lexie Littleton

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Bee Movie(2007)

    as Vanessa Bloome (voice)

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Miss Potter(2006)

    Executive Producer · as Beatrix Potter

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Cinderella Man(2005)

    as Mae Braddock

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Club Oscar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Angie (voice)

  • Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason(2004)

    as Bridget

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Shark Tale(2004)

    as Angie (voice)

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Cold Mountain(2003)

    as Ruby Thewes

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Down with Love(2003)

    as Barbara Novak

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Chicago(2002)

    as Roxie Hart

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • White Oleander(2002)

    as Claire Richards

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Bridget Jones's Diary(2001)

    as Bridget Jones

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Nurse Betty(2000)

    as Betty

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Me, Myself & Irene(2000)

    as Irene P. Waters

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Bachelor(1999)

    as Anne

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • One True Thing(1998)

    as Ellen Gulden

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • A Price Above Rubies(1998)

    as Sonia Horowitz

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Deceiver(1997)

    as Elizabeth

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • King of the Hill(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Tammy Duvall (voice)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Jerry Maguire(1996)

    as Dorothy Boyd

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Whole Wide World(1996)

    as Novalyne Price

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Low Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Poet

  • Empire Records(1995)

    as Gina

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation(1994)

    as Jenny

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Love and a .45(1994)

    as Starlene Cheatham

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Shake, Rattle and Rock!(1994)

    as Susan

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Rebel Highway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Susan Doyle

  • 8 Seconds(1994)

    as Buckle Bunny

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Reality Bites(1994)

    as Tami

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Dazed and Confused(1993)

    as Girl in Blue Truck (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Murder in the Heartland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • A Taste for Killing(1992)

    as Mary Lou

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • A Woman in the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · as Claire Keating

  • Phantom Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer · as Audrey

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 52 titles, 50 of them dated from 1992 to 2025; peak year 2008.

Biggest box office

Shark Tale (2004)

$375M worldwide

Highest rated

Cinderella Man (2005)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Bee Movie (2007)

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19922025

Peak 2008 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 32 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 6 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting50 of 52: 45 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score59thDirecting1 of 52: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 52: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing7 of 52: 1 only producing, 6 with another role

52 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1990s18 · acting2000s21 · 20 acting · 2 crew2010s7 · acting2020s4 · 3 acting · 3 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 38% of 37 roles
9499040914

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

2 Oscars, 4 Golden Globes, 2 BAFTA Awards, 4 Screen Actors Guild Awards and 5 other major awards from 32 major nominations, 1995–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
  2. 2025
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Television Movie
  3. 2021
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
  4. 2020
    • Oscar, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Leading Actress
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 wins
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Actress
      • Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Female Lead
  5. 2007
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
  6. 2005
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
  7. 2004
    • Oscar, won · Best Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Supporting Actress
  8. 2003
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Acting Ensemble
Show 4 earlier years
  1. 2002
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress
  2. 2001
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
  3. 1997
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Breakthrough Artist
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Female Lead
  4. 1995
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Debut Performance

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Renée Zellweger's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 41; across their 38 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 38

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 38

Reach · how many have seen their films

94thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 38

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

25 of their 45 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser25
  • Broadly Agreed9
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

Here and Now (2018)

67th percentile spread · 49% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Cinderella Man (2005)

Midcredits 97th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 37 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Renée Zellweger's work okay for kids?

Across up to 30 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore24 titles9–74 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity30 titles16–61 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity27 titles27–79 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs23 titles29–62 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense23 titles5–61 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Renée Zellweger work with?

People who share at least 2 of Renée Zellweger's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Helen Fielding shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles