Renee Zellweger serious about adoption

Oct 11, 2005, 11:13 GMT

Renee Zellweger has revealed she wants to adopt an orphaned baby, just days after her ex Jack White announced he is expecting his first child.

The Hollywood actress is said to be desperate to have children but, since splitting from husband Kenny Chesney last month, has been left with little hope.

So the 'Bridget Jones' actress has reportedly asked advice from Angelina Jolie, who has an adopted Cambodian tot Maddox, four, and Ethiopian baby Zahara.

The pair are reportedly planning a trip to Ethiopia where there are five million orphans.

A source at the country's state-run adoption agency said: "Renee still has to meet the same ten conditions as everybody else.

"The main two are that she's financially secure and law-abiding."

The news of Jack White's impending fatherhood came less than a month after Renee's marriage to country singer Kenny Chesney ended.

Renée and Kenny shocked fans when they announced they had wed on May 9 in a sunset ceremony in the Virgin Islands.

But just four months later their marriage was annulled, with the 'Bridget Jones' star citing 'fraud' as the reason for their split.

The White Stripes frontman and British model Karen Elson made announced the pregnancy to their family last weekend, in Michigan.

White secretly wed Elson in a canoe on the Amazon in June, just four months after he split from Renée.

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