Actress 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 parents divorced, and her mother later remarried to Paul Forste and had four more children, bringing the total to eight.
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She is of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent.
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