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Renee graduated from Katy High School in Katy, a suburb of Houston in 1987. She was a cheerleader, 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; at 18 working at Sugar's Go-Go Bar in Austin, serving drinks in a tight skirt and tiny top.
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.
Her breakout role was 1994's The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre . While on the set of Chainsaw, she heard about the film Love and a .45 , which was in the midst of casting for actors. Renee auditioned and won the lead. She has since starred and received Academy Award nominations for her roles in Bridget Jones's Diary and ChicagoChicago is a movie musical released in 2002 about celebrity and money in Jazz age 1920s Chicago. Velma Kelly is a nightclub star whose celebrity is only increased by her double murder of her adulterous husband and her sister. Roxie Hart is a nobody who dr. In 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Cold MountainCold Mountain is a novel by Charles Frazier which was adapted by Anthony Minghella into a film in 2003. It was directed by Minghella. The movie stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Natalie Portman. Although set in the.