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Renée Kathleen Zellweger (/ r ə ˈ n eɪ ˈ z ɛ l w ɛ ɡ ər /; 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.
- Actress
- Renée Kathleen Zellweger, April 25, 1969 (age 54), Katy, Texas, U.S.
- 1992–present
Actress. Producer. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter Top 5,000 189. Play trailer 2:00. The Thing About Pam (2022) 99+ Videos. 99+ Photos. Renée Kathleen Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas, Her mother, Kjellfrid Irene (Andreassen), is a Norwegian-born former nurse and midwife, of Norwegian, Kven (Finnish), and Swedish descent.
- Actress, Producer, Writer
- April 25, 1969
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Mini Bio. Renée Kathleen Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas, Her mother, Kjellfrid Irene (Andreassen), is a Norwegian-born former nurse and midwife, of Norwegian, Kven (Finnish), and Swedish descent. Her father, Emil Erich Zellweger, is a Swiss-born engineer. The two married in 1963.
- April 25, 1969
May 9, 2024 · Renee Zellweger, American actress known for playing vulnerable characters in such films as Jerry Maguire (1996), Nurse Betty (2000), and Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001). She won Academy Awards for her performances in Cold Mountain (2003) and Judy (2019). Learn more about Zellweger’s life and career.
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- Who Is Pam Hupp?
- How Did Pam Hupp and Betsy Faria Become Friends?
- What Happened to Betsy Faria?
- Why Was Betsy Faria’s Husband, Russ, Found Guilty of Her Murder?
- How Did Pam Hupp Get Arrested For Betsy Faria’s Murder?
Hupp (née Neumann) was born in Dellwood, Missouri, in 1958 to a strict Catholic family. The third of four children, Hupp was described by friends as a “boy crazy” cheerleader with a big personality and an even bigger laugh, according to St. Louis Magazine. By the end of her senior year, she had gotten pregnant and then married, a turn in her life t...
Hupp met Betsy Faria in 2001 when they both worked at the State Farm office. Faria, who was 11 years Hupp’s junior, was known for being sweet and bubbly, with a reputation for being scatterbrained and often short on cash. The former coworkers lost touch for years, but when Faria was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, Hupp swooped in to help, oft...
Two days after Christmas, Faria was stabbed to death in her Troy, Missouri, home. When her husband Russell “Russ” Faria found her on the floor he believed his terminally ill wife, whose breast cancer had metastasized to her liver, had taken her own life. However, the police reported that Betsy had been stabbed 55 times and her wounds were not self-...
As The Thing About Pam points out, local law enforcement believed Betsy’s murder was an open-and-shut case: the husband did it. The cops pointed to Russ’ 911 call, which they said sounded performatively distraught. His behavior in the hours after discovering his wife’s body was also deemed “suspicious” by authorities. The first cop who arrived at t...
Oddly enough, it wasn’t Betsy Faria’s murder that landed Pam Hupp in jail. In August 2016, she fatally shot Louis Gumpenberger, a mentally and physically disabled man, in her home. She claimed to police that Gumpenberger had tried to kidnap her at knifepoint to get “Russ’ money,” a reference to Betsy’s husband that was believed to be Hupp’s attempt...
Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about the life and career of Renee Zellweger, the Oscar-winning actress who starred in 'Jerry Maguire,' 'Bridget Jones's Diary' and 'Judy.' Find out about her roles, relationships, hiatus and transformation.
Mar 7, 2022 · TODAY. 4.25M subscribers. Subscribed. 5.3K. 628K views 1 year ago #ReneeZellweger #UCLA #Acting. Actor Renée Zellweger joins TODAY in Studio 1A to talk about the process of transforming into...
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