Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an American actress and producer. Zellweger first gained widespread attention for her role in the film Jerry Maguire (1996), and subsequently received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her roles as Bridget Jones in the comedy Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), which she reprised in its sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) and as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago (2002), and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Cold Mountain (2003).
Jude Law stars with Zellweger in the movie The Picnic that Peter Griffin and Carter Pewterschmidt see in "Peterotica". In this appearance she is voiced by Stacey Scowley.
She is also mentioned in "Blind Ambition" when Glenn Quagmire is trying to think of things to keep him from becoming aroused.
Alex Borstein impersonates Renée in Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show.
She is seen at the restaurant Brian and Stewie Griffin dine at in "Brian Writes a Bestseller" where she tries to pitch her boyfriend Bradley Cooper against some very specific demands by Brian for a film project.