Renee Zellweger through the years

Renee Zellweger with Meryl Streep at the Century City premiere of “One True Thing.”  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Renee Zellweger at 71st Academy Awards.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Renee Zellweger and Jim Carrey arrive for the 57th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills.  (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)

Renee Zellweger at the Golden Globes Awards, where she won actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy, for “Nurse Betty.”  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

A Los Angeles Times portrait of Renee Zellweger before the release of “Bridget Jones’s Diary.”  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Renee Zellweger arrives at the Academy Awards.  (Anacleto Rapping / Los Angeles Times)

Renee Zellweger with Bono at the opening of the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.  (Henny Ray Abrams / AFP)

Charlize Theron, Sean Penn, Rene Zellweger and Tim Robbins with their Oscars at the 76th Academy Awards.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Renee Zellweger arrives at the 77th Academy Awards.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Renee Zellweger with Eric Garcetti, now mayor of Los Angeles, as she receives her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  (Stephen Shugerman / Getty Images)

At the “Miss Potter” world premiere in London.  (MJ Kim / Getty Images)

Renee Zellweger and Jerry Seinfeld at the “Bee Movie” premiere in Westwood.  (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

At the 80th Academy Awards.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

At the Golden Globe Awards.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

At a Tribeca Film Festival screening of “My Own Love Song.”  (Evan Agostini / Associated Press)

Backstage at the Carolina Herrera Spring 2012 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City.  (Joe Corrigan / Getty Images)

At the 29th annual Fashion Group International Night Of Stars in New York City.  (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images)

At Giorgio Armani’s “One Night Only New York” fashion show.  (Charles Sykes / Associated Press)

At a benefit luncheon honoring designer Carolina Herrera in New York City.  (Neilson Barnard / Getty Images)

Renee Zellweger at the 21st Elle Women in Hollywood Awards, where she introduced honoree Gugu Mbatha-Raw.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)