Actress Renee Zellweger always shines at red carpet events - but on this occasion does so quite literally.

A shiny-faced Renee was seen on the red carpet at the premiere of her new George Clooney directed film Leatherheads in Maysville, Kentucky.

But she appears to have skimped on the translucent powder, as the ruddy-cheeked actress gave off a rather shiny glow as she chatted to reporters.

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Shinier than thou: Renee Zellweger looks rather shiny on the red carpet for her appearance on the red carpet at the premiere of her new George Clooney directed film Leatherheads in Maysville, Kentucky yesterday

She also gave her usual revealing gown a miss for a demure black taffeta coat-dress and set of pearls.

Renee's shiny look left some wondering whether the diminutive actress had been overdoing it in her quest for younger looking skin.

She is known to follow a harsh beauty routine before every red-carpet event that includes "facial sandblasting" - a radical treatment she discovered three years ago.

Before every premiere, the 38-year-old actress reportedly undergoes a three-hour process designed to rid her skin of blemishes and keep her looking young and fresh.

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Fresh-faced: Renee is known to be a devotee of facial 'sandblasting' and undergoes a three-hour process designed to rid her skin of blemishes and keep her looking young and fresh

In Leatherheads, which opens in the US next month, Renee plays Lexie Littleton, a feisty Chicago newspaper reporter, while Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, an ageing player on the Duluth Bulldogs football team in 1925.

Actor John Krasinski plays Carter 'The Bullet' Rutherford, a WWI hero and former college football star who is lured to the Bulldogs and becomes the third side of a love triangle with Dodge and Lexie.

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Treatment: Renee is on a whistle-stop tour with handsome co-star Clooney to promote film Leatherheads and may have felt a beauty treatment or two was in order

Renee, a best supporting Oscar winner for her role in Anthony Minghella's 'Cold Mountain' described her character in 'Leatherheads' as "dream come true material for an actress."

She said: "They don't make 'em like that any more - this is, sort of modelled after that good, old-fashioned Hollywood storytelling style."

Renee added: "She gets to be everything - she's witty and sharp, and she's the nemesis but not.

"She's 'the girl' but she's also, you know, his biggest challenge in the film. She gets to be beautiful and accomplished. And she's a spitfire".

Bygone era: In Leatherheads Renee plays Lexie Littleton, a feisty Chicago newspaper reporter, while Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, an ageing player on the Duluth Bulldogs football team in 1925.