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Bridget Jones's Baby. Bridget (Renée Zellweger). Copyright: Working Title Films / Universal Pictures
Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger

  • Actor and executive producer

Press clippings

Bridget Jones star Renee Zellweger defends her character from woke mob

Renee, whose boyfriend Ant is a decade younger than her, also opens up on women fancy­ing youthful men.

Grant Rollings, The Sun, 11th February 2025

Big knickers, bad decisions and old bats: Renée Zellweger on the return of Bridget Jones

Nearly 25 years after the first film, the actor, her co-stars and the writer Helen Fielding discuss the ultimate singleton, love and loss - and why Bridget Jones is the female James Bond.

Hollie Richardson, The Guardian, 31st January 2025

Renée Zellweger: 'Fingers crossed' this is not the end of Bridget Jones

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy has been billed as the fourth and final film in the series - but its star Renée Zellweger says she has her "fingers crossed" that is not the case.

Charlotte Gallagher, BBC, 29th January 2025

Bridget Jones was the perfect scrappy heroine - how can Gen Z possibly relate?

Renée Zellweger is back as the big pants-wearing, Silk Cut-inhaling, toy-boy loving Nineties star we all fell in love with - but with Gen Z choosing wellbeing over wine o'clock, how will she go down this time round?

Emily Sheffield, The Independent, 27th January 2025

Colin Firth's Mark Darcy returns in new Bridget Jones film

Colin Firth fans rejoice: Mark Darcy is to be reunited with Bridget Jones after all. In these exclusive photographs from the set of Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Renee Zellweger, who plays Jones, is seen lovingly interacting with her co-star Firth.

Daily Mail, 21st July 2024

Renee Zellweger seen filming Bridget Jones

Renee Zellweger is seen for first time filming scenes in London park with young actors who will play her children by Colin Firth's Mark Darcy in much-anticipated fourth film.

Laura Fox, Daily Mail, 16th May 2024

Bridget Jones 4 storyline revealed

Renee Zellweger will date a toyboy 28 years younger in the next Bridget Jones movie.

The star, 55 today, will lock lips with Netflix heart-throb Leo Woodall in Mad About The Boy.

Ellie Henman, The Sun, 24th April 2024

Bridget Jones film faces a two-year delay amid the ongoing actors' strike

Renee Zellweger signed up for the next instalment, but only had a small window available for shooting.

Jack Hardwick, The Sun, 20th August 2023

Bridget Jones's Diary costume designer shares Renée Zellweger's bunny outfit demands

Fashion designer Esme Young created the iconic costume for Renée Zellweger for the 2001 romantic comedy Bridget Jones's Diary and how it was so tight the actress couldn't sit down.

Rebecca Cook, The Mirror, 13th April 2022

Bridget Jones's Diary at 20

A gloriously messy ode to imperfection.

Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 13th April 2021

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