Renée Zellweger

was glowing in her latest appearance at the Gotham Awards on Monday night, just days after rumors surfaced that her relationship with

Ant Anstead

was on the rocks.



The blonde beauty

looked incredible on the NYC red carpet, donning a figure-hugging black gown that featured off-the-shoulder straps and an ankle-length skirt.


She wore her hair back in a chic updo, with face-framing strands falling artfully from her bun. Renée sported black heels and an eye-catching vintage ring on her pointer finger, opting to go without any other jewelry for the event.



Going solo



The 56-year-old was nominated for Outstanding Performance in an Original Film at the Gotham

Awards for her starring role in


Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy


.


Noticeably

absent from her side was her long-term partner, Ant Anstead, who recently


hit back against cheating rumors

in a statement


made


to


People


.


The

Daily Mail


reported that the pair were living separately and that he had grown closer with his friend Julia French after they


were spotted together


at her California home, a report which Ant fervently denied.


“S

adly, the recent reports in the press are disrespectful and misleading,


”


the TV


star’s


representative told


People


.


His rep added that Ant

”


stayed just a handful of days in Julia


French’s


separate, and detached, guest house. They have been long-time friends with similar-aged children within a circle of local Laguna Beach friends


.”


The father of three has been

”


spending the majority of his time working in the UK,


”


while Renée shoots in New York, with the rep adding that the pair


”


remain in a cherished relationship that they ask to keep private


.”



Getting serious



The couple first met while filming



Celebrity IOU Joyride


,

and began dating shortly after. Renée and Ant are


extremely


private about their relationship, and rarely reveal insight into their sweet romance.


The

Bridget Jones


star did reveal that

she had moved to Southern California

to be closer to Ant in an interview with her co-star Hugh Grant for


British Vogue


.


Ant shares his five-year-old son

Hudson


with


his ex-wife


Christina Haack

,


and his two older children


Amelie


, 21, and Archie, 18, with his first wife


Louise


Anstead.


The 46-year-old supported his partner at the premiere of the latest

Bridget Jones


film in January, and brought Amelie and Archie along for the ride.


“M

idweek movie night with the kiddos….


”


he wrote via Instagram.


”


The Movie was absolutely utterly brilliant


and


the lead actress was


mesmerising


and smoking HOT (I have a mega crush on her!)


I’ve


let the missus know


she’s


my hall pass


…..


X


.”



Saying goodbye



Renée opened up about filming the final instalment of the iconic film series, revealing the emotional moment she said goodbye to her co-star

Colin Firth

on set.


“S

eeing him there on the sidewalk in his Mark Darcy finery with his briefcase and coat, it just got to me,


”


she told


Variety


.


“I

didn’t


expect to be so emotional about the end of this shared journey with my friend,


recognizing


,


‘


Oh, wait,


he’s


gonna wrap today, and


that’s


it.


‘


And the finality of it just really was a gut punch


.”


”

I


sn’t


that crazy?


”


she added.


”


Because when you get lucky, beyond getting to work with your friends, once you know, it sounds so silly, but it felt very profound in the moment


.”


To learn more about the beginning of Ant and Renée’s relationship, watch below…