NBC 'The Thing About Pam': 5 things you didn't know about Renee Zellweger
Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger is set to enthrall audiences by playing a real-life character (again) in the upcoming NBC series ‘The Thing About Pam’. Based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in her husband Russ’s conviction and things got even more complicated when some evidence implicated that it was her friend, Pam Hupp who killed Betsy.
This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp. A thorough examination of the scheme was featured on several episodes of ‘Dateline NBC,’ becoming one of the most popular topics to ever air on the hit NBC franchise.
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Zellweger was last seen on a TV show in 2019 and it has taken 3 years to do a major television series. So, we can surely expect a cracker of a performance. Let’s take a look at the cast of the NBC limited series.
Renee Zellweger as Pam Hupp
Zellweger needs no introduction. She is one of the greatest actors of this generation and her stellar career is a testament to her success. Her first main role in a movie came with the 1994 horror film ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation’, alongside Matthew McConaughey. The American actress began her professional career in the early 90s and got wider recognition through her role in ‘Jerry Maguire’. She was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role.
In 2001, she garnered worldwide recognition with the 2001 movie ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ and received her first Oscar nomination. The following year, she took the world by storm in the 2002 movie ‘Chicago’ and received her second Oscar nomination. Meanwhile, in 2003, she got her hands on her first Oscar for the movie ‘Cold Mountain’.
It took her 16 years to win her second Academy Award and won it for her role in the movie ‘Judy’.
Katy Mixon as Betsy Faria
Born on March 30, 1981, Katy Mixon began her acting career by doing a lot of theatre productions and made her feature film debut with the movie ‘The Quiet’. In 2009, she had roles in three films: crime drama ‘The Informers’, political-thriller ‘State of Play’, and comedy ‘All About Steve’. Also from 2009 until 2013, she starred as April Buchanon in the HBO baseball comedy series ‘Eastbound & Down’ opposite Danny McBride.
She also voiced the character of Tina Nelson in the ‘Minions’ movie. Mixon starred alongside Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine and was also nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award.
‘Mike & Molly’, ‘American Housewife’, and ‘Big Hero 6: The Series’ are some of the high-end projects they have appeared on.
Josh Duhamel as Joel Schwartz
Duhamel started his career as a model and later went on to work as a TV actor and subsequently, began taking on movie roles. In 2003, he received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for the Special Fan Award for America's Favorite Couple 2002. The actor also received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on the show ‘All My Children’.
Duhamel made his feature film debut in 2004's ‘Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!’ Since then, he has worked on projects such as ‘Transformers’, ‘Planet Ocean’, ‘Safe Haven’, ‘Love, Simon’, ‘Veronica Mars’, ‘Jupiter’s Legacy’, and ‘Love, Victor’.
Judy Greer as Leah Askey
Born on July 20, 1975, Greer graduated from The Theatre School at DePaul University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Her works include 'What Women Want', '13 Going on 30', '27 Dresses', 'Love & Other Drugs', 'Adaptation', 'The Village', 'The Descendants', 'Carrie', 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes', 'Jurassic World' and 'Ant-Man'. She's also starred in TV series such as 'Archer', 'Arrested Development' and 'Two and a Half Men'.
The actress has more than 250 credits to her name within film and television.
Glenn Fleshler as Russ Faria
Born on September 5, 1968, Glenn Fleshler made his feature film debut with the 1998 movie ‘A Price Over Rubies’ and got his first major acting role in TV in ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ (1993). Since then, he has been part of several high-end ventures such as ‘The Immigrant’, ‘Blue Jasmine’, ‘A Most Violent Year’, ‘Hannibal’, and many more.
He played the role of Orrin Bach on the Showtime series ‘Billions’ and also starred as Randall in the 2019 Oscar-winning movie ‘Joker’.
'The Thing About Pam' will be premiering exclusively on NBC on Tuesday at 10 pm EST.