In 2002, Renee Zellweger starred with Michelle Pfeiffer in White Oleander. The same year, she appeared as "Roxie Hart" in the critically-acclaimed musical film Chicago, directed by Rob Marshall, co-starring Catherine Zeta Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, and John ! C. Reilly. The movie received an Academy Award for Best Pictur! e, and R enee Zellweger received positive reviews from the critics.