Dawn pokes fun at Renée

At first glance Renée Zellweger appears to be piling on the pounds yet again after her famous weight gain for the new Bridget Jones film.

On closer inspection, however, this clearly isn't the Oscar winning actress who starred in Cold Mountain, Chicago and Bridget Jones’s Diary.

The Hollywood star is, in fact, being gently caricatured by Dawn French.
This is the first picture of the comedian impersonating Zellweger playing drifter Ruby in Cold Mountain.

French and her comedy partner Jennifer Saunders are back on BBC1 in the autumn for their first series in six years.

Their new collection of comic homages will also include impressions of characters in The Passion Of The Christ and Girl With A Pearl Earring.