Renee Zellweger's mom Kjellfrid grew up in Norway, where she lived through World War II as a child Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

father Emil Erich Zellweger and mother Kjellfrid Irene Zellweger. “[Thank you to] my immigrant folks who came here with nothing but each other and the American Dream,” she said, holding up the ...