Renée Zellweger reportedly engaged to TV presenter Ant Anstead

The Bridget Jones’ Diary star is said to be planning a secret wedding following a low-key engagement to her British boyfriend.

Renée Zellweger and Ant Anstead reportedly engaged. Picture: Ant Anstead/Instagram

Bridget Jones star Renée Zellweger is reportedly making secret plans to get married for the second time.

According to The Sun, the Hollywood actress, 54, has told close pals that she and her British boyfriend Ant Anstead, 44, are tying the knot following a low-key engagement.

Zellweger hopes to finally banish echoes of her unlucky-in-love character by settling down with Anstead, following the end of her marriage to country music star Kenny Chesney in 2005 after just four months.

Renée Zellweger and Ant Anstead met on the set of the reality TV show the set of Celebrity IOU Joyride. Picture: Ant Anstead/Instagram

The couple made their relationship public in September 2021. Picture: Ant Anstead/Instagram

A friend said: “Renee and Ant are keeping their plans incredibly private, they’re not planning a big public announcement.

“She has been telling her inner circle about organising their nuptials, everything will be very low-key.

“Her relationship with Ant is super strong and they’re madly in love, and they can’t wait to get hitched.”

This week, Anstead shared this photo of them with his two eldest kids. Picture: Ant Anstead/Instagram

Zellweger and TV presenter Anstead, who has been wed twice before and is a dad of three, began dating in September 2021 and were spotted together at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend.

Following the end of her marriage, Zellweger went on to date musician Doyle Bramhall II from 2012 to 2019.

Jim Carrey and Zellweger dated for one year before their split in 2000. Picture: SGranitz/WireImage

Zellweger has also dated Bradley Cooper in the past. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

She previously enjoyed romances with The Hangover star Bradley Cooper, White Stripes rocker Jack White and comedy actor Jim Carrey with whom she starred in the film Me, Myself & Irene.

Zellweger’s struggles to find love has sparked numerous comparisons with Bridget Jones, Helen Fielding’s fictional unlucky-in-love character she first portrayed over two decades ago.

Speaking about how life has imitated art, she said: “All the things that you would most like not to have in common with Bridget are the things that I find I relate to most closely.

“I’ve had moments when I feel like I’m sitting beside myself watching my Bridget alter ego just spiralling, circling the drain.”

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission

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