Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an American actress and producer. Zellweger first gained widespread attention for her role in the film Jerry Maguire (1996), and subsequently received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her roles as Bridget Jones in the comedy Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) (which she reprised in its sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)), and as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago (2002). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Cold Mountain (2003).
She has won an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and a BAFTA Award, was named Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year in 2009, and established herself as one of the highest-paid Hollywood actresses as of 2007.
Zellweger was born in Katy, Texas. Her father, Emil Erich Zellweger, is from Au in the canton of St. Gallen,Switzerland, and is a mechanical and electrical engineer who worked in the oil refining business. Her mother, Kjellfrid Irene (née Andreassen), is Norwegian; of part Sámi and Kven (Finnish) descent, Kjellfrid grew up in Kirkenes and Ekkerøy, and is a nurse and midwife who moved to the United States to work as a governess for a Norwegian family in Texas. Zellweger has described herself as being raised in a family of "lazy Catholics and Episcopalians".
[GIRLS]We want Billy
Give us Billy
B. I. double L. Y.
We're all his
He's our kind of a guy
And ooh what luck
Cause here he is...
[BILLY]Is everybody here?
Is everybody ready?
Hit it!
I don't care about expensive things
Cashmere coats, or diamond rings
Don't mean a thing
All I care about is love
[GIRLS]That's what he's here for
[BILLY]That's what I'm here for
I don't care for wearin' silk cravats
Ruby studs, satin spats
Don't mean a thing
All I care about is love
[GIRLS]All he cares about is love
[BILLY]Give me two
Eyes of blue
Softly saying, "I need you"
Let me see her standin' there
And honest, mister, I'm a millionaire
I don't care for any fine attire
Vanderbilt might admire
No, no, not me
All I care about is love...
[GIRLS]All he cares about is love
[BILLY]Maybe you think I'm talking about physical love.
Well, I'm not. Not just physical love. There's
Other kinds of love. Like love of justice. Love
Of legal procedure. Love of lending a hand to
Someone who really needs you. Love of your fellow
Man. That's the kind of love I'm talkin' about.
And physical love ain't so bad either.
It may be sound odd
But all I care about is love
[GIRLS]That's what he's here for
[BILLY]That's what I'm here for
Honest to God
All I care about is love
[GIRLS]All he cares about is love
[BILLY]Show me long Raven hair
Flowin' down, about to there
Let me see
Her runnin' free
Keep your money, that's enough for me
I don't care for drivin' Packard cars
Or smoking Long Buck Cigars
No, no, not me
All I care about is
Doin' the guy in
Who's pickin, on you
Twistin' the wrist
That's turnin' the screw
All I care about is love!
For her first number
Miss Roxie Hart sings a song of love and devotion
Dedicated to her dear husband, Amos
Sometimes I'm right, sometimes I'm wrong
But he doesn't care, he'll string along
He loves me so
That funny honey of mine
Sometimes I'm down, sometimes I'm up
But he follows 'round like some droopy-eyed pup
He loves me so
That funny honey of mine
He ain't no chic, that's no great physique
Lord knows, he ain't got the smarts
But look at that soul, I tell you that whole
Is a whole lot greater than the sum of his parts
And if you knew him like me
I know you'd agree
What if the world slandered my name?
Why, he'd be right there taking the blame
He loves me so and it all suits me fine
That funny, sunny, honey, hubby of mine!
He loves me so
That funny honey of mine
Lord knows he ain't got the smarts
Now he's shot of his trap I can't stand that sap
Look at him go rattin', rattin' on me
With just one more brain what a half-wit he'd be
If they string me up I'll know who rought the twine
While truckin down the road of life
Although all hope seems gone
I just move on
When I can't find a single star
To hang my wish upon
I just move on
I move on
I run so fast
A shot gun blast
Can hurt me not one bit
I'm on my toes
Cause heaven knows
A moving target's hard to hit
So as we play
An ex-ballet
We're not the dying swan
We just move on
We move on
Just when it seems
We're out of dreams
And things have got us down
We don't despair
We don't go there
We hang our bonnets out of town
So there's no doubt
We're well cut out
To run life's marathon
We just move on
We just move on
So light of foot
We can't stay put
We just move on
It's good
Isn't it grand? Isn't it great?
Isn't it swell? Isn't it fun?
Isn't it? Nowadays
There's men
Everywhere jazz, everywhere booze
Everywhere life, everywhere joy
Everywhere, nowadays
You can like the life you're livin'
You can live the life you like
You can even marry Harry
But mess around with Ike
And that's good
Isn't it grand? Isn't it great?
Isn't it swell? Isn't it fun?
Ladies and gentlemen, the Vickers theater
Chicago's finest finest home of family entertainment
Is proud to announce a first
The first time, anywhere there has been an act of this nature
Not only one little lady but two!
You've read about them in the papers
And now here they are a double header!
Chicago's own killer, drillers those two scintillating sinners
Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly
You can like the life you're livin'
You can live the life you like
You can even marry Harry
But mess around with Ike
And that's good
Isn't it grand? Isn't it great?
Isn't it swell? Isn't it fun?
Isn't it?
But nothing stays in fifty years or so
It's gonna change, you know
But oh, it's heaven