Reese Witherspoon
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 22, 1976 (age 50)
- Birthplace
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Wish List
Movie
Tiny Trailblazers
TV · as Fern · 1 ep
You're Cordially Invited
Movie · as Margot
Family Recipe Showdown
TV · as Guest Judge · 1 ep
F1: The Academy
TV · as Executive Producer · 7 eps
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Movie · as Self (voice)
June
Movie · as Self
Your Place or Mine
Movie · as Debbie
My Kind of Country
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Minions & More Volume 2
Movie · as Rosita (voice)
Come Home
Movie · as Rosita (voice)
Sing 2
Movie · as Rosita (voice)
Friends: The Reunion
Movie · as Self
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
The Drew Barrymore Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Little Fires Everywhere
TV · as Elena Richardson · 8 eps
Fierce Queens
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
Get Organized with The Home Edit
TV · 1 ep
This Changes Everything
Movie · as Self
The Morning Show
TV · as Bradley Jackson · 40 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
A Wrinkle in Time
Movie · as Mrs. Whatsit
Shine On with Reese
TV · as Self - Host · 9 eps
Home Again
Movie · as Alice Kinney
Gunter Babysits
Movie · as Rosita (voice)
Election - Reese Witherspoon
Movie · as Self
Big Little Lies
TV · as Madeline Mackenzie · 14 eps
Sing
Movie · as Rosita (voice)
Chelsea
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hot Pursuit
Movie · as Officer Rose 'Coop' Cooper
Everything Is Copy
Movie · as Self
The Muppets
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nature Is Speaking
TV · as Home · 1 ep
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Inherent Vice
Movie · as Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball
The Good Lie
Movie · as Carrie Davis
Wild
Movie · as Cheryl Strayed
9 Kisses
Movie · as Woman at Costume Party
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Mud
Movie · as Juniper
Devil's Knot
Movie · as Pam Hobbs
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
Movie
This Means War
Movie · as Lauren
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
Movie · as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
The Mindy Project
TV · as Reese Witherspoon · 1 ep
Water for Elephants
Movie · as Marlena Rosenbluth
How Do You Know
Movie · as Lisa
Conan
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
Monsters vs Aliens
Movie · as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Movie · as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Four Christmases
Movie · as Kate
Rendition
Movie · as Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Penelope
Movie · as Annie
Walk the Line
Movie · as June Carter
Just Like Heaven
Movie · as Dr. Elizabeth Masterson
Vanity Fair
Movie · as Becky Sharp
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Movie · as Elle Woods
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Freedom: A History of Us
TV · as Factory Girl, Susan Magoffin, Sarah Raymond · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
TV · as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice) · 1 ep
Sweet Home Alabama
Movie · as Melanie Smooter
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie · as Cecily Cardew
American Idol
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Legally Blonde
Movie · as Elle Woods
The Trumpet of the Swan
Movie · as Serena (voice)
Revealed with Jules Asner
TV · 1 ep
American Psycho
Movie · as Evelyn Williams
Little Nicky
Movie · as Holly
Cruel Intentions
Movie · as Annette Hargrove
Election
Movie · as Tracy Flick
Best Laid Plans
Movie · as Lissa
Rove
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Teen Choice Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Pleasantville
Movie · as Jennifer
Twilight
Movie · as Mel Ames
Overnight Delivery
Movie · as Ivy Miller
TRL
TV · 1 ep
King of the Hill
TV · as Debbie (voice) · 2 eps
The View
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
Fear
Movie · as Nicole Walker
Freeway
Movie · as Vanessa Lutz
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
S.F.W.
Movie · as Wendy Pfister
Friends
TV · as Jill Green · 2 eps
A Far Off Place
Movie · as Nonnie Parker
Jack the Bear
Movie · as Karen Morris
Return to Lonesome Dove
TV · as Ferris Dunnigan · 4 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 8 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 3 eps
Wildflower
Movie · as Ellie Perkins
The Man in the Moon
Movie · as Danielle "Dani" Trant
The Simpsons
TV · as Greta (voice) · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · 3 eps
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self - Winner · 1 ep
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Today
TV · as Self · 1 ep