Hollywood stars often speak fondly of Australia after visiting on promotional trips or holidays.They praise the friendliness of the locals, the beauty of Sydney Harbour, Melbourne's great coffee and restaurants and scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef.
Renee Zellweger is different.
"I love going to Woronora," said Zellweger, revealing her favourite Australian haunt.
Woronora, in Sydney's Sutherland Shire, isn't known for Hollywood celebrities. Set in a picturesque valley with a river running through it, Woronora is also a known fishing spot and popular with bushwalkers.
Some members of Texas-born Zellweger's family live in the southern suburb and she loves to drop in during Australian visits for backyard barbecues.
It is a long way from the red carpets and Academy Award ceremonies for the three-time nominee, who won in 2004 for her supporting performance alongside Nicole Kidman in Cold Mountain.
"They live on the river," Zellweger said of her relatives.
"My uncle is a hell of a cook. My Aunty Jo just had her 90th birthday."
In Zellweger's latest film, the romantic comedy New in Town, she plays a character also taken out of her regular glitzy environment.
The 39-year-old plays Miami-based high-powered executive Lucy Hill who is dispatched to New Ulm, a small town in Minnesota, to fix one of her company's underperforming businesses.
Her job is to slash the workforce.
"She's so determined to be successful and appear successful and in control," Zellweger said.
But the townspeople, including a local union boss played by Harry Connick Jr, thaw the ice queen.
New in Town opens in Australia on March 5.
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