Renée Zellweger studied law during acting break without anyone recognising her

nme.com:

Judy actor told NBC’s Today that she took a break to “grow as a person” and “learn some things not related to work”. She added that politics are one of her “favourite things”.Zellweger explained she took her break in 2010, going on a six-year hiatus before reprising her role in Bridget Jones’s Baby.“(I) went to school and just took some time out, and decided to participate in a different way,” the actor explained.Renée Zellweger catches up with @SavannahGuthrie and @HodaKotb about starring in #TheThingAboutPam on @NBC pic.twitter.com/5Rz5UhP7Fj— TODAY (@TODAYshow) March 7, 2022“I snuck into UCLA and did some public policy for a little while… international law.

I’m interested in politics.”Asked whether she had plans to act on her studies in future, Zellweger said, “‘I’m not sure” and added: “It’s one of my favourite things, I’ll bore you to death at a dinner party, I really will.

Don’t get me started. Ask any of my friends.”Zellweger most recently played Judy Garland in the 2019 biopic Judy, for which she won an Academy Award.

In a four-star review of the film NME wrote: “Already touted by many as a sure-fire winner at next year’s Oscars, the Texas-born actress is incredible in a transformational turn.“Pitching the tone well, Zellweger snaps between fury and fragility.