From 2000 (when she came as Jim Carrey’s date) to 2007, Renée Zellweger was regular presence at the Golden Globes. Starting in 2001, she was nominated for six awards over the next seven years — winning that year for Nurse Betty, in 2003 for Chicago and then in 2004 for Cold Mountain — and spent much of that decade as a red carpet mainstay, often wearing Carolina Herrera, and regularly making various best-dressed lists.
But ever since her last nomination in 2007 (for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for the dimly remembered Miss Potter), Zellweger has largely been absent from the red carpet at major award shows.
Until now.
Nominated for Best Actress in a Drama for her portrayal of a late-in-life Judy Garland in “Judy,” — an award she is heavily favored to win tonight as well at the Oscars on Feb. 9 — Zellweger made a striking return to the red carpet.
Dressed in an aqua, off-the-shoulder gown by Armani, Zellweger (one of the last to arrive on the red carpet) acknowledged the passage of time when greeted by E! interviewer Ryan Seacrest. “It’s been a while,” the actress said. “You guys have your own theater now.”
The two chatted briefly about Judy Garland— she was “one of those people you always look up to, that define your life as you grow up” — and Seacrest wished her luck at the ceremony.
Then, after telling Seacrest to ‘enjoy yourself tonight,’ Zellweger turned , lifted the hem of her dress and gingerly made her way back to the red carpet, back where she belongs.
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