Renée Zellweger is the latest big name star to join the cast of Hulu series Only Murders In The Building.

The announcement was made on the mystery comedy drama’s social media platforms, including Instagram, with a pH๏τo of an on-set chair with her name on the back of it.

‘Welcome to the building, Renée Zellweger! #OMITB,’ it read in the caption, in a reference to the show’s тιтle and and main setting in New York City.

So far there’s been no official word on the details of who she will be playing in the upcoming fifth season, which will have a big focus on solving Lester’s murder.

The two-time Academy Award winner joins fellow A-listers Christoph Waltz and Keegan-Michael Key as new cast members, who will star alongside leads Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, as well as Michael Cyril Creighton.

The fifth installment of the Emmy-winning series, which is currently in production, will consist of 10 new episodes, just like all of the past seasons.

Renée Zellweger, 55, has joined the cast of Only Murders In The Building for Season 5; seen in February

News of Zellweger’s casting was announced Wednesday on series’ social media platforms, including a pH๏τo of the Oscar winner’s on-set chair with her name on the back of it

The series was most recently renewed this past September, not long after the premiere of the latest batch of new episodes.

Along with the main stars, season four featured an array of other big name actors such as Meryl Streep, Jane Lynch, Eugene Levy, Zach Galifianakis, Eva Longoria, Richard Kind, Melissa McCarthy, Kumail Nanjiani and Molly Shannon. 

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The Hulu show is riding on a big high after winning Best Comedy Series Ensemble at the 2025 SAG Awards in February, on top of Short taking home the trophy for Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Comedy Series.

Scoring critical acclaim since its debut in 2021, the show focuses on a trio of strangers (Martin, Short, and Gomez) with a shared interest in true crime podcasts who become friends while investigating some suspicious murders in their upscale NYC apartment building.

As a result the three neighbors go on to start producing their own podcast about the cases, тιтled Only Murders In The Building.

Zellweger comes into the cast with an impressive Hollywood film resume that includes Jerry Maguire (1996), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Nurse Betty (2000), Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), Chicago (2002), Cold Mountain (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Shark Tale (2004), Cinderella Man (2005), Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016), and Judy (2019).

For her latest movie, the Katy, Texas native reprised her popular role as Bridget Jones for a fourth time in Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, which is another hit in the franchise. 

To date, the four-movie series has grossed more than $850 million at the worldwide box office. 

The two-time Academy Award winner joins fellow A-listers Christoph Waltz and Keegan-Michael Key as new cast members for season five

The acclaimed series stars Steve Martin , Martin Short, and Selena Gomez as a trio who start investigating suspicious murders in their upscale NYC apartment building for a podcast

Season five of Only Murders In The Building is already in production; the premiere in pending

For her latest film, the actress star in Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, which is another hit in the franchise; she is seen during a premiere in Sydney, Australia in February

Her first time as the bubbly and endearing Bridget earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination, which was the first of four noms she has gotten, resulting in wins for Cold Mountain and Judy.

While her acting resume has just a handful of television credits, Zellweger most recently starred in the true crime comedy drama series The Thing About Pam (2022).

She also was featured in the main cast for the Netflix thriller miniseries What/If (2019).

At this point, it’s not known when the new season of Only Murders In The Building will makes its premiere, but if the past is any indication it could come in August considering three of the past four years have dropped that month.