In 2001, Academy Award winner Renee Zellweger
brought the irrepressible singleton Bridget Jones
to life on the big screen.
Single women everywhere related to Bridget's never-ending
search for Mr. Right.
Women just like Kim, who told us her real-life romantic woes
were like something ripped right from the pages
of "Bridget Jones's Diary."
I am a real-life Bridget Jones.
I'm 34 years old, a schoolteacher,
single, and probably will be that way my whole entire life.
I had a backup man.
We had a pact that when we were 30 years old, if we were still
single, we would get married.
Well, I introduced him to one of my friends.
And now they're married.
OPRAH WINFREY: Everyone tries to fix Kim up,
even the parents of her students.
We fixed Kim up with a friend of ours,
but he didn't want to commit.
Now he's so committed that he's married to somebody
else and expecting his first baby.
OPRAH WINFREY: Even the school secretary
tried her hand at matchmaking.
I tried to fix Kim up with the UPS man
and, after introducing them, found out
that he was already married.
OPRAH WINFREY: And Kim's former students
are always on the lookout.
We're always hunting for guys for her.
Every Sunday, look in the personals for guys
that she might like.
I even brought a guy to open house for her.
OPRAH WINFREY: But this might have been
the biggest disappointment yet.
I finally found the man-- the one
I was going to marry, the one I was going to have children
with, the one my parents thought was it,
except there was one little problem.
The only problem is I'm gay.
[TIMPANI PITCH BEND]
I'm more Bridget Jones than the real Bridget Jones.
ANSWERING MACHINE: You have no messages.
Well, here's your big chance.
Millions are watching.
What are you looking for in a guy?
Preferably one who likes women.
OPRAH WINFREY: That's a start.
That's a start for me.
Why do you think you're having such rotten luck here?
I don't know.
People are scared of me, I think.
Scared of what?
I'm independent.
OPRAH WINFREY: Uh-huh.
You know, I like to have fun, like to go out.
I don't know if guys like that or not.
OPRAH WINFREY: I think they--
Absolutely not.
I know.
Should I just stay home?
Yeah, you're terrifying.
(LAUGHING) I know.
Look at me.
Your luck's going to turn around.
I hope so.
It's been 11 years since we talked to Kim and the stars
of "Bridget Jones's Diary."
We wanted to see how Kim's love life is today,
so we Skyped with her from her home in New York.
My world has definitely changed since I was
on "The Oprah Show" in 2004.
I stayed single for a while, played the field,
just dated here and there.
Then my girlfriend Sharon and I decided
in 2007 it was going to be our year
and we were going to, you know, find the man of our dreams.
So we both went back on match.com.
I knew, honestly, when I talked to Jeff for the very first time
that he was somebody I was really interested in.
So we set up a date.
He walked through my front door.
And honestly, I knew that I was going to marry
him right then and there.
We got engaged like 13 months after we started dating.
And he actually proposed on my favorite holiday,
which is St. Patrick's Day.
So he came into my classroom and actually
proposed to me in front of all the kids in my class.
It was pretty awesome.
My husband, Jeff, and I have been married-- it'll
be seven years this August.
Jeff and I have one child, a daughter named Charlie Rose.
And she will actually be six this summer.
I love being a wife and a mom because I
know that at the end of a really hard day,
I can come home and get unconditional love,
no matter what, from my husband and from my daughter.
And I definitely love that.