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Reese Witherspoon

Actress / Film Actress / Model (person) / Film Producer / Voice Actress / Businesswoman / Television Producer | * 03/22/1976 (48) | New Orleans, Louisiana (United States of America (USA))
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Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress and producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 and 2015, and Forbes listed her among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2019 and 2021. In 2021, Forbes named her the world's highest earning actress, and in 2023, she was named one of the richest women in America with an estimated net worth of $440 million. Witherspoon began her career as a teenager, making her screen debut in The Man in the Moon (1991). Her breakthrough came in 1999 with a supporting role in Cruel Intentions, and for her portrayal of Tracy Flick in the black comedy Election. She gained wider recognition for playing Elle Woods in the comedy Legally Blonde (2001) and its 2003 sequel, and for starring in the romantic comedy ()
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Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress. The recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 and 2015, and Forbes listed her among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2019 and 2021. In 2021, Forbes named her the world's richest actress with an estimated net worth of $400 million.Witherspoon began her career as a teenager, making her screen debut in The Man in the Moon (1991). Her breakthrough came in 1999 with a supporting role in Cruel Intentions, and for her portrayal of Tracy Flick in the black comedy Election. She gained wider recognition for playing Elle Woods in the comedy Legally Blonde (2001) and its 2003 sequel, and for starring in the romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama (2002). In 2005, she gained critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying June Carter Cash in the musical biopic Walk the Line.Following a career downturn, during which her sole box-office success was the romantic drama Water for Elephants (2011), Witherspoon made a comeback by producing and starring as Cheryl Strayed in the drama Wild (2014), which earned her a second nomination for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. She has since worked primarily in television, producing and starring in several female-led literary adaptations under her company Hello Sunshine. These include the HBO drama series Big Little Lies (2017–2019), the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2019–present), and the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere (2020). For the first of these, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series.Witherspoon also owns a clothing company, Draper James, and she is involved in children's and women's advocacy organizations. She serves on the board of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) and was named Global Ambassador of Avon Products in 2007, serving as honorary chair of the charitable Avon Foundation dedicated to women's causes.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

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Awards & Nominations for Reese Witherspoon

Academy Award for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Screen Actors Guild Awards BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Sitges Film Festival Best Actress Award 2x Academy Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Reese Witherspoon as Actress(60)

as Self (voice)2023 Being Mary Tyler Moore
as herself2023 June
as Debbie2023 Your Place or Mine
as Elle Woods2023 Legally Blonde 3
as Rosita (voice)2022 Minions & More Volume 2
as herself2021 Friends: The Reunion
as Rosita (voice)2021 Come Home
as Rosita (voice)2021 Sing 2
as herself2020 Becoming
as Self (archive footage)2020 My Darling Vivian
as Mrs. Whatsit2018 A Wrinkle in Time
as Alice Kinney2017 Home Again
as Rosita (voice)2017 Gunter Babysits
as Rosita (voice)2016 Sing
as Cooper2015 Hot Pursuit
as Cheryl Strayed2014 Wild
as Girl at Costume Party2014 9 Kisses
as Carrie Davis2014 The Good Lie
as Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball2014 Inherent Vice
as Pam Hobbs2013 Devil's Knot
as Juniper2013 Mud
as Lauren2012 This Means War
as Marlena Rosenbluth2011 Water for Elephants
as Lisa Jorgenson2010 How Do You Know
as Self (archive footage)2009 Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)2009 Monsters vs Aliens
as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)2009 Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
as Kate2008 Four Christmases
as Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi2007 Rendition
as Annie2006 Penelope
as June Carter2005 Walk the Line
as Dr. Elizabeth Masterson2005 Just Like Heaven
as Becky Sharp2004 Vanity Fair
as Melanie "Carmichael" Smooter Perry2002 Sweet Home Alabama
as Cecily Cardew2002 The Importance of Being Earnest
as Serena (voice)2001 The Trumpet of the Swan
as Elle Woods2001 Legally Blonde
as Evelyn Williams2000 American Psycho
as Holly2000 Little Nicky
as Tracy Enid Flick1999 Election
as Annette Hargrove1999 Cruel Intentions
as Lissa1999 Best Laid Plans
as Mel Ames1998 Twilight
as Jennifer1998 Pleasantville
as Ivy Miller1998 Overnight Delivery
as Nicole Walker1996 Fear
as Vanessa Julia Lutz1996 Freeway
as Wendy Pfister1994 S.F.W.
as Nonnie Parker1993 A Far Off Place
as Karen Morris1993 Jack the Bear
as Ellie Perkins1991 Wildflower
as Danielle "Dani" Trant1991 The Man in the Moon

TV Shows/Series with Reese Witherspoon as Actress(36)

as herself2023 My Kind of Country
as Narrator2020 Fierce Queens
as Elena Richardson2020 Little Fires Everywhere
as Bradley Jackson2019 The Morning Show
as Herself - Host2018 Shine On with Reese
as Madeline Mackenzie2017 Big Little Lies
as herself2016 Chelsea
as herself2015 The Muppets
as Home2015 Nature Is Speaking
as herself2012 The Mindy Project
as herself2010 Conan
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Susan Magoffin2003 Freedom: A History of Us
as Sarah Raymond2003 Freedom: A History of Us
as Factory Girl2003 Freedom: A History of Us
as herself2002 American Idol
as herself1999 Rove
1998 TRL
as Debbie (voice)1997 King of the Hill
as herself1997 The View
as Self - Guest1997 The View
as Jill Green1994 Friends
as Ferris Dunnigan1993 Return to Lonesome Dove
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Greta (voice)1989 The Simpsons
as Self - Host??? Saturday Night Live
as herself??? Today

Movies with Reese Witherspoon as Crew(18)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah
Production/Producer2023 The Thing About Jellyfish
Production/Producer2023 Your Place or Mine
Production/Producer2023 Legally Blonde 3
Production/Producer2023 A White Lie
Production/Producer2023 Fever
Production/Executive Producer2023 Meet Me In Paris
Production/Producer2022 Where the Crawdads Sing
Production/Producer2022 Something from Tiffany's
Production/Executive Producer2022 Fair Play
Sound/Songs2021 Sing 2
Production/Producer2019 Lucy in the Sky
Production/Producer2015 Hot Pursuit
Production/Producer2014 Wild
Production/Producer2014 Gone Girl
Production/Producer2009 Legally Blondes
Production/Producer2006 Penelope
Production/Executive Producer2003 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

TV Shows/Series with Reese Witherspoon as Crew(15)

Production/Executive Producer2024 All Stars
Production/Executive Producer2023 Love in Fairhope
Production/Executive Producer2023 Surf Girls Hawai'i
Production/Executive Producer2023 The Last Thing He Told Me
Production/Executive Producer2023 Daisy Jones & the Six
Production/Executive Producer2023 Tiny Beautiful Things
Production/Executive Producer2023 My Kind of Country
Production/Executive Producer2022 Surface
Production/Executive Producer2022 From Scratch
Production/Executive Producer2020 Get Organized with The Home Edit
Production/Executive Producer2020 Little Fires Everywhere
Production/Executive Producer2019 The Morning Show
Production/Executive Producer2019 Truth Be Told
Production/Executive Producer2018 Shine On with Reese
Production/Executive Producer2017 Big Little Lies

Additional Information

Born: Monday, 03/22 1976 (March) in New Orleans, Louisiana (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 48 years + 7 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN), American English
Educated at: Stanford University
Spouses (current/former): Ryan Phillippe, Jim Toth
Children: Ava Phillippe
Related to: John Witherspoon
Other names for Reese Witherspoon (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Риз Уизерспун"
"리즈 위더스푼"
"Ρις Γουίδερσπουν"
"瑞茜·威瑟斯彭"
"რიზ უიზერსპუნი"
"リース・ウィザースプーン"
"Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon"
"Laura Witherspoon" (Pseudonym)
Reese Witherspoon frequently works together with these people:
David Herman (90x, Actor)
Tress MacNeille (36x, Actress)
Andy Samberg (35x, Actor)
Bill Hader (28x, Actor)
Fred Armisen (25x, Actor)
Kenan Thompson (24x, Actor)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Kristen Wiig (22x, Actress)
Drew Barrymore (22x, Actress)
Will Ferrell (19x, Actor)
Phil Hendrie (19x, Actor)
Garth Jennings (10x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:41, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024