The face is the calling card of any movie star. Therefore, it is not surprising that celebrities turn to plastic surgeons with a request to correct ugly facial or body features, to become even younger and more attractive. But sometimes the result of such interventions leaves fans perplexed: why do they need to go under the knife if the result is worse than before the interventions?
The most striking example of this situation is the story of the unexpected and dramatic transformation of actress Renee Zellweger. It cannot be said that in the history of Hollywood, unsuccessful facial plastic surgery happened for the first time, but the actress’s act does not at all correlate with her image among her fans. Therefore, the story received wide resonance.
Renee Zellweger - unconventional beauty
Actress Renee Zellweger gained wide popularity thanks to her leading roles in several acclaimed film comedies, the main one of which was the story of Bridget Jones. The charismatic face of the actress made her famous - it is very difficult not to remember the unique shape of her eyes and chubby cheeks even at a superficial glance. Despite her appearance, which is far from the beauty canons accepted in Hollywood, Renee managed to carve out her niche, playing mostly cute and charming blondes in films.
For fans, Renee has become a symbol of beauty beyond boundaries and standards. No matter how old Renee Zellweger is or how much she weighs, her charm has always kept her high in the ratings of popular film actresses.
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith: left - 2000, right - 2022
Melanie Griffith is another example of global (and unjustified!) work on her appearance. The actress has been visiting surgeons for many years. For example, she worked on her nose from 2001 to 2016, constantly doing micro-operations. Result? Loss of popularity, dissatisfaction with fans, divorce from Antonio Banderas, depression and ending up on this list.
Melanie Griffith, 2005
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Operations performed
Renee Zellweger changed radically before and after plastic surgery. Experts in cosmetology and plastic surgery claim that the actress underwent blepharoplasty - an operation to change the shape of the eyes, eliminating the so-called “overhanging eyelid.” As a result, the actress's trademark squint was replaced by wide eyes.
The actress’s manipulations with the upper part of her face are also obvious. Numerous Botox injections made her forehead waxy and immobilized, which significantly changed her facial expressions and the perception of her face by others.
Surgery to change the volume of the cheeks - removal of Bisha's fatty lumps or liposuction - is also not excluded.
Surprisingly, after the manipulations performed, the actress did not look younger. On the contrary, the question “how old is Renee Zellweger” began to be asked more and more often in comments to photographs of the star. At the time of the operation, Renee was 45 years old, and fans often noted that before the doctors’ intervention, the actress looked younger than her age.
Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman: left - 2013, right - 2016
In 2015, the actress appeared at the premiere of the film “The Slap” with a completely new face. As plastic surgeons note, Uma Thurman’s nostrils began to look more graceful, and with blepharoplasty and a circular lift, the actress has really changed significantly. But fans were not ready to accept the younger image - they fell in love with another Thurman!
Uma Thurman, 2011
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Actress's comments
Trying to find out what kind of plastic surgery Renee Zellweger had done, journalists turned to the actress herself for comment. And they heard the answer that the reason for the sudden changes in appearance was the actress’s happy personal life, good mood and good mood. Unlike other people undergoing the aging process, the actress, according to her own assurances, not without a bit of humor, cannot grow old due to an excess of positive emotions. The actress later added that the quieter filming schedule allowed her to devote time to rest and self-care. Therefore, the changes in her face became noticeable.
Later, the actress admitted that she had to stay away from numerous discussions in the press under the headlines “Actress Renee Zellweger had unsuccessful facial plastic surgery!” It was mentally very difficult. However, the star was able to stay away from the scandal, without giving a single comment to the press about the cosmetic manipulations she had performed.
Kim Basinger
Kim Basinger: left - 2004, right - 2016
In 2015, at one of the social events, fans of the actress’s work sounded the alarm, because nothing remained of the former Kim’s face. All because she also wanted to instantly look younger and improved a lot about herself. It seems that the nose itself has become more graceful and neat, but combined with blepharoplasty and numerous injections, it turned out to be too small for the face.
Kim Basinger, 2006
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Public comments
Of course, no one believed in the version with facial metamorphoses of such a degree of severity against the backdrop of happiness and relaxation, and even his co-star in “Bridget Jones’s Diary” Hugh Grant, having seen a photograph of Renee after the operation on a TV show, exclaimed: “I’ve never met this woman!” " Many of Zellweger’s fans shared the actor’s surprise and said that with a “new” face, the next sequel to the film with Bridget Jones would no longer be perceived as part of the previously filmed films.
But there were also supporters of the sudden transformation of the TV star in the person of the editor of the Guardian newspaper, who noted that there was nothing outstanding in the changes in Rene’s face. In addition, she noted, in the world of show business everyone tries to conform to the canons of beauty created by society. Actresses can only try to get closer to templates and standards in order to be successful among the audience. This exact story, according to the editor of a British newspaper, happened to actress Zellweger.
The girl who dreamed of Hollywood
For her role as a robber's girlfriend in the film Love and the .45, Renee was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award in the Best Debut category. The
future actress was born in the small town of Katy, Texas, in the family of a Swiss emigrant, Emil Zellweger, who worked as an engineer, and a nurse. Norwegians Kjelfrid Andreasen. It’s not hard to guess that Renee and her older brother Drew later Americanized their surname, becoming the Zellwegers.
As a child, Renee did gymnastics and attended a drama club, and by high school she decided on a profession, firmly deciding to become an artist. At first, no one shared the enthusiasm of the young girl who graduated from acting courses at the University of Texas at Austin. Her first attempt to conquer Hollywood ended in bitter defeat, so a frustrated Zellweger returned to her home state and got a job as a waitress in a roadside cafe.
The slasher film starring Zellweger and McConaughey flopped at the box office, grossing only $186,000
She did not give up: not a single casting in Houston was complete without the participation of a girl. Finally, she was cast in episodes of the films “Love and the 45 Caliber” and “Reality Bites.” Then the artist played in the critically disastrous slasher film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation. It’s interesting that eight years later, Zellweger’s character in “White Oleander,” a not-so-successful film actress, shows footage from this film to her adopted daughter. Another point is also important: on the set of “The Texas Massacre...” Renee met Matthew McConaughey, who convinced her to take Hollywood by storm again.
The opposite effect
The scandalous story about the actress's operation, which forced journalists to exaggerate the topic that Renee Zellweger before and after plastic surgery were two completely different people, had a continuation.
The first operation, which changed the shape of Rene’s eyes and the contours of his face, was performed in 2014. Two years later, in 2016, new photographs of Rene again became similar to those that fans could see before 2014. Obviously, the actress returned her previous eye shape. Renee herself refuses to comment on the situation.
Nevertheless, fans are glad that the actress listened to the opinions of others and admitted that her signature eye shape, even with slight signs of age, is much more attractive than an unnatural and unnatural face. However, a series of changes in the actress’s appearance still provokes discussion of Renee Zellweger’s appearance before and after plastic surgery. True, recently, in a more flattering way for the actress.
It is unknown what pushes hundreds of famous beauties to lie down on a plastic surgeon’s table, like Renee Zellweger. An operation is an extremely unpredictable thing, and even a carefully chosen clinic or doctor, good health and preparation for the operation do not guarantee the result expected by the patient.
Renee Zellweger in her youth before plastic surgery
From 1999 to 2012, the actress often changed her hairstyle and even hair color. At first, Renee was blonde with medium-length hair.
1999
2000
2002
In 2003, the girl got a fashionable bob haircut, but she did not like this image, and in 2004 the public again saw Renee with long blond hair.
2003
2004
A year later, the actress came to the Oscars in the guise of a sizzling brunette.
She looked stylish, but lost her usual tenderness.
Fans did not appreciate such changes, and in 2006, Renee again became a blonde actress with her hair in a bun.
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The hairstyle experiments didn't end there. In 2007, Zellweger turned to stylists to give her a short haircut.
2008
2010
The actress lasted in this image for several years, then grew her hair.
2011
After 2011, Renee Zellweger practically disappeared from TV screens. She filmed little and gave virtually no interviews. But in 2013, signs of visiting plastic surgeons became noticeable.
year 2013
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman: left - 1992, right - 2022
Nicole Kidman is a big fan of modern plastic surgery. Otherwise, why does she so often resort to a scalpel? The woman so wanted to get rid of the provincialism in her features that she changed almost everything, including her nose (and here it is worth noting that it shapes the face, because it is the most prominent point). The naked eye can see that it used to be slightly concave, which cannot be said about its polished shape today.
Nicole Kidman, 2000
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Meg Ryan
Meg Ryan: left - 2005, right - 2016
The actress always dreamed of removing her excessive snub nose. But Meg didn’t take into account that all plastic surgeries have a cumulative effect and over the years the face begins to look unnatural. Even such neat and completely imperceptible changes to the nose were emphasized by blepharoplasty, lip surgery, and endless injections.
Meg Ryan, 2006
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Comments
Such a strong public reaction forced Rene to comment on what happened. Zellweger claims that she is glad that everyone noticed the changes in her face. She is completely satisfied with her changed appearance and is happy because her life has taken on a new meaning. All friends note that Renee began to look peaceful and relaxed. Recently, she decided to change her life, start paying maximum attention to herself and her boyfriend.
If you want to draw your own conclusions about whether surgical intervention was performed on the actress’s appearance, we suggest that you carefully consider Renee Zellweger. The photo after plastic surgery (in the picture above it is located on the left) differs significantly from the earlier image of the actress.
Jennifer Gray
Jennifer Gray: left - 1990, right - 2010
Baby from Dirty Dancing has undergone as many as fourteen plastic surgeries, one of which was rhinoplasty. This is the case when the actress completely lost herself, because her imperfect nose was her calling card. After the operation, the woman looks pretty, but now her face seems stereotyped and unmemorable. Maybe her example will convince someone to love their features?
Jennifer Gray, 1988
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