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Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an Academy Award-
BAFTA- SAG Award and Golden Globe-winning American actress,
singer, dancer, and performer that has established herself as one
of the highest-paid female Hollywood actors in recent years.
Zellweger first became widely known to audiences around the world
with her role in 1996's Jerry Maguire, where she played the
romantic interest of Tom Cruise's character. In 2001, Zellweger
gained the prized lead role as Bridget Jones, playing alongside
Hugh Grant and Colin Firth, in the British romantic comedy film
Bridget Jones's Diary, In 2002, she starred with Michelle Pfeiffer
in White Oleander and in Rob Marshall's Academy Award for Best
Picture winning film Chicago opposite Catherine Zeta Jones,
Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, and John C. Reilly. Zellweger earned
her second Academy Award nomination as Best Actress, as well as
the Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Award. She also appeared
in Miss Potter, based on the life story of acclaimed author
Beatrix Potter, with Emily Watson and Ewan McGregor, released in
December 2006. This became the first and only film to date that
Zellweger has produced herself. In 2008, she starred in the period
comedy Leatherheads with fellow Oscar-winner George Clooney and
John Krasinski from The Office ... more
