Renée
Kathleen Zellweger (born April
25, 1969) is an Academy
Award-winning American film
actress. Zellweger was born in
Katy, Texas. She is the daughter
of Emil Eric Zellweger (a Swiss
immigrant and mechanical /
electrical engineer) and
Kjellfrid Iren Andreassen (a
Norwegian immigrant of Sami
origin from Tromsø), and
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 in Austin,
Texas.Read
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