Renée Zellweger All Smiles at First Official Event 4 Months After Appearance Controversy: See How She Looks!

Actress attended the Miu Miu runway show

By Alyssa Toomey Mar 11, 2015 5:45 PMTags
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Looking good, Renée Zellweger

The 45-year-old star was spotted on Wednesday in the City of Lights, where the Bridget Jones actress attended the Miu Miu runway show as part of Paris Fashion Week. 

Looking chic and pretty in a long red jacket, the blond beauty smiled as she waved at photogs, appearing relaxed and content while she showed off her bangin' new hairstyle: her fashionable fringe! 

Zellweger teamed her classy jacket with a lacy black dress, which she paired with pointed-toe nude pumps and black shades. She wore her hair up high in an unkempt bun, letting her new bangs frame her mug. 

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The latest sighting of Renée comes just four months after the actress caused a stir on the red carpet at Elle's Women in Hollywood Awards, where many speculated on a perceived change in her facial appearance. Her attendance at the fashion show is also her first public event following the October controversy. 

"I'm glad folks think I look different! I'm living a different, happy, more fulfilling life, and I'm thrilled that perhaps it shows," Zellweger told People in response to the tabloid chatter. 

Calling the discussion about her appearance "silly," she continued, "It seems the folks who come digging around for some nefarious truth which doesn't exist won't get off my porch until I answer the door."

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"My friends say that I look peaceful. I am healthy," she explained. "For a long time I wasn't doing such a good job with that. I took on a schedule that is not realistically sustainable and didn't allow for taking care of myself. Rather than stopping to recalibrate, I kept running until I was depleted and made bad choices about how to conceal the exhaustion. I was aware of the chaos and finally chose different things."

She added: "People don't know me in my 40s. People don't know me [as] healthy for a while. Perhaps I look different. Who doesn't as they get older?! Ha. But I am different. I'm happy."

She certainly looks it! 

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