Renée Zellwegerknows what it takes to make her happy.The Oscar winner, 50, who took a break from Hollywood from 2010-2016, has found a new rhythm in life. Now she’searning Oscar buzzfor herportrayal of screen legend Judy Garlandin the new biopicJudy.“I have a little bit of understanding about what it’s like to live with a public persona,” she tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I understand the vast gulf between what is written about that persona and the truth of their life.”Beloved for her roles in 1996’sJerry Maguireand theBridget Jonesmovies, Zellweger recently revealed she was briefly depressed and burned out before taking a break from acting. “I think I was just tired,” she told PEOPLE in 2016.Arthur Mola/Invision/AP/ShutterstockAway from the spotlight, she learned “that I like being privately creative very much,” she says. “Then it was high time to get a dog again.”For more about Renée Zellweger, pick up the latest issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.David Hindley /LD Entertainment/ Roadside AttractionsCurrently single — she was last linked to musician Doyle Bramhall II — Zellweger has learned that love “kind of stays,” she says. “And that over time, even when you think it’s gone, reflecting on it, it’s still very much there. It’s kind of great, actually.”Renée Zellweger posing with rescue dogs at PEOPLE’s TIFF studio.These days the actress enjoys the simplicities of her life at home with her two dogs in L.A. “If ever you’ve had a bad day, normalcy is pretty damn good,” she says.Zellweger credits her family for keeping her most grounded. “And the dogs certainly help,” she adds. “Just little reminders of what’s truly valuable.”Judyhits theaters on Sept. 27.
Renée Zellwegerknows what it takes to make her happy.
The Oscar winner, 50, who took a break from Hollywood from 2010-2016, has found a new rhythm in life. Now she’searning Oscar buzzfor herportrayal of screen legend Judy Garlandin the new biopicJudy.
“I have a little bit of understanding about what it’s like to live with a public persona,” she tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I understand the vast gulf between what is written about that persona and the truth of their life.”
Beloved for her roles in 1996’sJerry Maguireand theBridget Jonesmovies, Zellweger recently revealed she was briefly depressed and burned out before taking a break from acting. “I think I was just tired,” she told PEOPLE in 2016.
Arthur Mola/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Away from the spotlight, she learned “that I like being privately creative very much,” she says. “Then it was high time to get a dog again.”
David Hindley /LD Entertainment/ Roadside Attractions
Currently single — she was last linked to musician Doyle Bramhall II — Zellweger has learned that love “kind of stays,” she says. “And that over time, even when you think it’s gone, reflecting on it, it’s still very much there. It’s kind of great, actually.”
Renée Zellweger posing with rescue dogs at PEOPLE’s TIFF studio.
These days the actress enjoys the simplicities of her life at home with her two dogs in L.A. “If ever you’ve had a bad day, normalcy is pretty damn good,” she says.
Zellweger credits her family for keeping her most grounded. “And the dogs certainly help,” she adds. “Just little reminders of what’s truly valuable.”
Judyhits theaters on Sept. 27.
source: people.com
