Renee Zellweger returns triumphantly to Hollywood after a six-year hiatus in Netflix's "What / If"

LOS ANGELES – Renee Zellweger is in 2019 her year.

After taking a six-year break between 2010 and 2016, actress "King of the Hill" not only makes waves in the first installment of Netflix's next original series "What / If" as an angel investor Enigmatic who makes an indecent proposal to a newlywed couple, but Zellweger has also presented an incredible transformation into a polarizing icon of Hollywood, Judy Garland, for the biopic "Judy".

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Zellweger spoke to Fox News about her role in the "Neo-Black Social Thriller" as well as the heartbreaking transformation she's performed for "Judy" and discussed the approach she's taken. adopted to return to film and television, picking up where she left off. her first lead since "Bridget Jones's Baby" in 2016.

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"I want to play, I wanted to play, I like the fact that this woman is so daring and free and that she draws on her rights, her power and her sexuality to manipulate everyone and everything that To get what she wants, "said Zellweger, 50, about her performance in Anne Montgomery's" What / If. "" This is not something I'm doing every day, so it was fun.

When asked how she had managed to completely channel the late Garland into Rupert Gold 's adaptation of the nominated series for the Oliver and Tony Awards, "End of the Rainbow," the Academy Award-winning actress has stopped to think about Garland's life. talent before explaining his goal by presenting what has not been shown about the iconic performer.

"I approached it with a lot of humility, with curiosity and admiration for life. I admire, really, said Zellweger. "And I just wanted to learn as much as I could and read between the lines because I think a lot of the things we're going through in the movie have gone unanswered or not."

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Actress "Jerry McGuire" continued: "It's what's not in the article that was written on it. What did they leave out? What are the extenuating circumstances that nobody wants to talk about? What happens in private moments? And so I just sat down – with all the facts and all the sort of linear history of that period in his life, and I tried to understand my personal experiences and all that I had read and what was missing in the story of this part of the story of this part of his life. "

"But again, I just wanted to be careful because, like generations of people, I've always loved it. It is therefore a special experience that we thought we could live from this exploration for a few years. "

In March of this year, Lorna Luft, daughter of Garland, recalled her childhood at the Sunday Times Post in the UK.

"She was a wonderful mother – incredibly loving, sensitive and endowed with a sense of naughty humor," said the 66-year-old woman, according to Closer Weekly.

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"She understood the human weaknesses of others and was very understanding," continued Luft. "She hated discrimination and loved everyone. My two parents have taught me kindness, understanding and not taking things for granted. "

The actress admitted that losing her mother so suddenly was incredibly difficult at such a young age.

"When she passed away on June 22, 1969, in the room of her Chelsea meow house, the sight and the feeling of loss were almost unbearable," Luft said. "Losing a parent at any age is devastating, but when you lose a parent who is really famous, you have to share your grief with the rest of the world and it's so strange. I knew her just like my mother, in the kitchen in a bathrobe, but for the whole world she was an icon, a legend. "

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"Judy" will be created on September 27th.

Stephanie Nolasco of Fox News contributed to this report.