 Pari gbolohun yii: Ni ọdun 2003, lẹhin aṣeyọri ti Chicago, Zellweger ṣe irawọ pẹlu Ewan McGregor ninu awada ifẹ ti a ko rii pupọ Down with Love, bi obinrin ti o ṣe atilẹyin ominira ominira ni awọn ọdun 1950 ati ibẹrẹ awọn ọdun 1960, o si han ninu ere idaraya ogun Anthony Minghella Cold Mountain, ni idakeji Nicole Kidman ati Jude Law, ti o ṣe ere obinrin ti o ṣe iranlọwọ fun agbẹ kan lẹhin iku baba rẹ. Fiimu naa gba ọpọlọpọ awọn ifilọlẹ ẹbun ati awọn aṣeyọri fun awọn oṣere rẹ; Zellweger gba ẹbun fun Oṣere ti o dara julọ ti o ṣe atilẹyin ni Awọn Awards Academy 76th, awọn : 61st Golden Globe Awards, 10th Screen Actors Guild Awards, àti 57th British Academy Film Awards. 