Reese Witherspoon
Actor, Producer
22 March 1976 (50 years)
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 Sweet Home Alabama (2002). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying June Carter Cash in the musical biopic Walk the Line (2005). 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. She has also produced the film adaptations Gone Girl (2014) and Where the Crawdads Sing (2022), and the miniseries adaptation Daisy Jones & the Six (2023).
Witherspoon also owns Reese's Book Club and a clothing company, Draper James. 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.
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). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying June Carter Cash in the musical biopic Walk the Line (2005). 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. She has also produced the film adaptations Gone Girl (2014) and Where the Crawdads Sing (2022), and the miniseries adaptation Daisy Jones & the Six (2023).
Witherspoon also owns Reese's Book Club and a clothing company, Draper James. 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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | Family Recipe Showdown · as Guest Judge |
| 2025 | F1: The Academy · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | You're Cordially Invited · as Margot |
| 2023 | Your Place or Mine · as Debbie |
| 2022 | Minions & More 2 · as Rosita (voice) |
| 2021 | Sing 2 · as Rosita (voice) |
| 2021 | Come Home · as Rosita (voice) |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Fierce Queens · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | Little Fires Everywhere · as Elena Richardson |
| 2019 | The Morning Show · as Bradley Jackson |
| 2018 | A Wrinkle in Time · as Mrs. Whatsit |
| 2017 | Home Again · as Alice Kinney |
| 2017 | Gunter Babysits · as Rosita (voice) |
| 2017 | Big Little Lies · as Madeline Mackenzie |
| 2016 | Sing · as Rosita (voice) |
| 2016 | The Sandlerverse · as Cast |
| 2015 | Hot Pursuit · as Officer Rose 'coop' Cooper |
| 2014 | Wild · as Cheryl Strayed |
| 2014 | Inherent Vice · as Deputy D.a. Penny Kimball |
| 2014 | 9 Kisses · as Woman At Costume Party |
| 2014 | Nature Is Speaking · as Home |
| 2014 | The Good Lie · as Carrie DavisOn Plex |
| 2013 | Devil's Knot · as Pam HobbsOn Plex |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | Mud · as Juniper |
| 2012 | DreamWorks Spooky Stories · as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice) |
| 2012 | This Means War · as Lauren |
| 2011 | Water for Elephants · as Marlena Rosenbluth |
| 2010 | How Do You Know · as Lisa Jorgenson |
| 2009 | Four Christmases: Gag Reel · as Kate |
| 2009 | Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space · as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice) |
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens · as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice) |
| 2008 | Four Christmases · as Kate |
| 2007 | Rendition · as Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi |
| 2006 | Penelope · as AnnieOn Plex |
| 2005 | Walk the Line · as June Carter |
| 2005 | Just Like Heaven · as Dr. Elizabeth Masterson |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair · as Becky Sharp |
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of Us · as Factory Girl |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde · as Elle Woods |
| 2003 | DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection · as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice) |
| 2002 | Sweet Home Alabama · as Melanie Smooter |
| 2002 | The Importance of Being Earnest · as Cecily Cardew |
| 2001 | Legally Blonde · as Elle Woods |
| 2001 | The Trumpet of the Swan · as Serena (voice) |
| 2000 | Little Nicky · as Holly |
| 2000 | American Psycho · as Evelyn Williams |
| 1999 | Best Laid Plans · as Lissa |
| 1999 | Election · as Tracy Enid Flick |
| 1999 | Cruel Intentions · as Annette Hargrove |
| 1998 | Pleasantville · as Jennifer |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Overnight Delivery · as Ivy Miller |
| 1998 | Twilight · as Mel Ames |
| 1997 | King of the Hill · as Debbie (voice) |
| 1996 | Freeway · as Vanessa LutzOn Plex |
| 1996 | Fear · as Nicole Walker |
| 1994 | Friends · as Jill Green |
| 1994 | S.F.W. · as Wendy Pfister |
| 1993 | Return to Lonesome Dove · as Ferris DunniganOn Plex |
| 1993 | Jack the Bear · as Karen Morris |
| 1993 | A Far Off Place · as Nonnie Parker |
| 1992 | Desperate Choices: To Save My Child · as Cassie Robbins |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | Wildflower · as Ellie PerkinsOn Plex |
| 1991 | The Man in the Moon · as Danielle "dani" Trant |
| 1989 | The Simpsons · as Greta (voice) |
| 1988 |
| 2027 | |
| 2026 | Lucky (2026) · as Executive Producer |
| 2026 | ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel Series · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Family Recipe Showdown · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | F1: The Academy · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Women's Sports Now · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2025) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | The Pasta Queen · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Influenced · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Side Hustlers · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Meet Me in Rome · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Love in Fairhope · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Surf Girls · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | The Last Thing He Told Me · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Tiny Beautiful Things · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | My Kind of Country · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Daisy Jones and The Six · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Meet Me in Paris · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | From Scratch (2022) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Surface (2022) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Fair Play · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Get Organized with The Home Edit · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Little Fires Everywhere · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Truth Be Told · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | The Morning Show · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | Shine On With Reese · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Big Little Lies · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Broken · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2006 | PenelopeOn Plex |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde · as Executive Producer |
Country House Hunters · as Executive Producer |