Renee Zellweger

This Texan actress had to carve her way through the industry before landing the iconic role that forever changed her status in Hollywood. Her first job out of college was working on a beef commercial; she was also the uncredited ‘girl in the blue pickup truck’ in Matthew McConaughey’s Dazed and Confused.

Things began to change when the budding starlet got favorable reviews for Jerry Maguire and One True Thing playing opposite big names like Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep very early in her career. Yet Renee truly became a household name thanks to the rom-com Bridget Jones Diary and its sequels.