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Reese Witherspoon
Actor, Producer
Born March 22, 1976 (46 years)
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Witherspoon began her career as a teenager, making her screen debut in The Man in the Moon (1991). Following a leading role opposite Mark Wahlberg in Fear (1996), 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 her role as Elle Woods in the comedy Legally Blonde (2001) and its 2003 sequel, and for her starring role in the romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama (2002). In 2005, she garnered critical acclaim for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in the biographical musical film Walk the Line, which won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Witherspoon then starred in several critically and commercially unsuccessful comedies, during which her sole box-office success was the romantic drama Water for Elephants (2011). She 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. Witherspoon has since begun work in television, by producing and starring in 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). Witherspoon's various accolades include an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a British Academy Film Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Big Little Lies. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in the world as of 2019. 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.
Outside of acting, Witherspoon also owns a clothing company, Draper James, and she is actively 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. In 2000, she co-founded production company Type A Films, which has since merged with Hello Sunshine, a media firm which Witherspoon also co-founded in 2016. Hello Sunshine, focused on female-led stories, has produced many films and television series.
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Filmography
| 2021 | Sing 2 · as Rosita (voice) |
| 2021 | Come Home · as Rosita (voice) |
| 2020 | Little Fires Everywhere (TV Series) · as Elena Richardson |
| 2020 | Fierce Queens (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2020 | Get Organized with The Home Edit (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2019 | The Morning Show (TV Series) · as Bradley Jackson |
| 2018 | A Wrinkle in Time · as Mrs. Whatsit |
| 2017 | Home Again · as Alice Kinney |
| 2017 | Gunter Babysits · as Rosita |
| 2017 | Big Little Lies (TV Series) · as Madeline Mackenzie |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Sing · as Rosita (voice) |
| 2015 | Hot Pursuit · as Cooper |
| 2015 | Everything Is Copy · as Unknown |
| 2014 | Inherent Vice · as Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball |
| 2014 | Wild · as Cheryl Strayed |
| 2014 | The Good Lie · as Carrie Davis |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2014 | Nature Is Speaking (TV Series) · as Home |
| 2013 | Devil's Knot · as Pam Hobbs |
| 2012 | This Means War · as Lauren |
| 2012 | Mud · as Juniper |
| 2012 | DreamWorks Spooky Stories · as Unknown |
| 2012 | The Mindy Project (TV Series) · as Reese Witherspoon |
| 2011 | Water for Elephants · as Marlena Rosenbluth |
| 2010 | How Do You Know · as Lisa Jorgenson |
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens · as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice) |
| 2009 | Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space · as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice) |
| 2008 | Four Christmases · as Kate |
| 2007 | Rendition · as Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi |
| 2006 | Penelope · as Annie |
| 2005 | Walk the Line · as June Carter |
| 2005 | Just Like Heaven · as Dr. Elizabeth Masterson |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair · as Becky Sharp |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde · as Elle Woods |
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of Us (TV Series) · as Factory Girl |
| 2002 | Sweet Home Alabama · as Melanie "Carmichael" Smooter Perry |
| 2002 | The Importance of Being Earnest · as Cecily Cardew |
| 2001 | Legally Blonde · as Elle Woods |
| 2001 | The Trumpet of the Swan · as Serena |
| 2000 | American Psycho · as Evelyn Williams |
| 2000 | Little Nicky · as Holly |
| 1999 | Best Laid Plans · as Lissa |
| 1999 | Cruel Intentions · as Annette Hargrove |
| 1999 | Election · as Tracy Enid Flick |
| 1998 | Pleasantville · as Jennifer |
| 1998 | Overnight Delivery · as Ivy Miller |
| 1998 | Twilight · as Mel Ames |
| 1997 | King of the Hill (TV Series) · as Debbie (voice) |
| 1996 | Fear · as Nicole Walker |
| 1996 | |
| 1994 | S.F.W. · as Wendy Pfister |
| 1994 | Friends (TV Series) · as Jill Green |
| 1993 | A Far Off Place · as Nonnie Parker |
| 1993 | Jack the Bear · as Karen Morris |
| 1993 | Return to Lonesome Dove (TV Series) · as Ferris Dunnigan |
| 1992 | Desperate Choices: To Save My Child · as Cassie Robbins |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | The Man in the Moon · as Danielle "Dani" Trant |
| 1991 | Wildflower · as Ellie Perkins |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Greta (voice) |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |