Renée Kathleen Zellweger

In 2008, Zellweger starred in the western Appaloosa with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen and the period comedy Leatherheads with George Clooney. The same year, Zellweger produced a film, Living Proof, starring Harry Connick Jr., about the true story of Dr. Denny Slamon. The film, produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, premiered in October 2008 on Lifetime Television. The next year, she starred alongside Chris Noth and Kevin Bacon in the feature film My One and Only, as well as in the film New in Town, and a cameo role in the animated film Monsters vs. Aliens. She appeared as a social worker in the psychological horror film Case 39. In 2010, she played a former singer suffering from paralysis in the road movie My Own Love Song. After this performance, she took a 5-year hiatus from screen acting.
In 2013, Zellweger co-created and executive produced Cinnamon Girl, an original drama series set in the Hollywood movie and music scenes of the late '60s/early '70s, but the Lifetime network passed on the pilot.