Name
Reese Witherspoon
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1976-03-22 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
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- 2005 Walk the Line as June Carter
- 2000 American Psycho as Evelyn Williams
- 1999 Cruel Intentions as Annette Hargrove
- 1996 Fear as Nicole Walker
- 2003 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde as Elle Woods
- 1998 Pleasantville as Jennifer
- 2007 Rendition as Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
- 1996 Freeway as Vanessa Lutz
- 2002 Sweet Home Alabama as Melanie Smooter
- 1991 Wildflower as Ellie Perkins
- 2007 Penelope as Annie
- 2004 Vanity Fair as Becky Sharp
- 1993 A Far Off Place as Nonnie Parker
- 2001 Legally Blonde as Elle Woods
- 2008 Four Christmases as Kate
- 2005 Just Like Heaven as Dr. Elizabeth Masterson
- 1998 Twilight as Mel Ames
- 2002 The Importance of Being Earnest as Cecily Cardew
- 1999 Election as Tracy Flick
- 1998 Overnight Delivery as Ivy Miller
- 2000 Little Nicky as Holly
- 1995 S.F.W. as Wendy Pfister
- 2010 How Do You Know as Lisa
- 2009 Monsters vs Aliens as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
- 1993 Jack the Bear as Karen Morris
- 1991 The Man in the Moon as Danielle "Dani" Trant
- 1999 Best Laid Plans as Lissa
- 2021 Come Home as Rosita (voice)
- 2001 The Trumpet of the Swan as Serena (voice)
- 2009 Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
- 2023 Being Mary Tyler Moore as Self (voice)
- 2011 Water for Elephants as Marlena Rosenbluth
- 2012 This Means War as Lauren
- 2013 Mud as Juniper
- 2013 Devil's Knot as Pam Hobbs
- 2014 Inherent Vice as Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball
- 2014 The Good Lie as Carrie Davis
- 2014 Wild as Cheryl Strayed
- 2025 You're Cordially Invited as Margot
- 2015 Hot Pursuit as Officer Rose 'Coop' Cooper
- 2006 Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line as Self
- 2023 June as Self
- 2022 Minions & More 2 as Rosita (voice)
- 1992 Desperate Choices: To Save My Child as Cassie Robbins
- 2016 Sing as Rosita (voice)
- 2020 Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) as Self (uncredited)
- 2015 Everything Is Copy as Self
- 2018 A Wrinkle in Time as Mrs. Whatsit
- 2017 Home Again as Alice Kinney
- 2017 Gunter Babysits as Rosita (voice)
- 2013 Monsters vs Aliens Stories
- 2019 This Changes Everything as Self
- 2021 Sing 2 as Rosita (voice)
- 2020 My Darling Vivian as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 Your Place or Mine as Debbie
- 2020 Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music as Self
- 2020 Becoming as Self
- 2012 Dreamworks Spooky Stories as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
- 2017 Election - Reese Witherspoon as Self
- 2021 Friends: The Reunion as Self
- Soon Wish List
- 2005 I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash as Self
- 2014 9 Kisses as Woman at Costume Party
- 2001 Adam Sandler Goes to Hell as Self
- 2026 Orange is the new pink as Elle Woods
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Greta (voice)
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 1994 Friends ( 2 episodes ) as Jill Green
- 1997 King of the Hill ( 2 episodes ) as Debbie (voice)
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 3 episodes )
- 1952 Today ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 The View ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 3 episodes )
- 2002 American Idol ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1993 Return to Lonesome Dove ( 4 episodes ) as Ferris Dunnigan
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2001 Revealed with Jules Asner ( 1 episode )
- 2003 Freedom: A History of Us ( 1 episode ) as Factory Girl
- 2012 The Mindy Project ( 1 episode ) as Reese Witherspoon
- 2003 Freedom: A History of Us ( 1 episode ) as Susan Magoffin
- Soon Tiny Trailblazers ( 1 episode ) as Fern
- 2003 Freedom: A History of Us ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Raymond
- 1953 The Oscars ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1998 TRL ( 1 episode )
- 1997 The View ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2020 The Drew Barrymore Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 The Muppets ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 Big Little Lies ( 14 episodes ) as Madeline Mackenzie
- 1999 Rove ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 2016 Chelsea ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2023 My Kind of Country ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2018 Shine On with Reese ( 9 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 1999 Teen Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1975 People's Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Winner
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2020 Little Fires Everywhere ( 8 episodes ) as Elena Richardson
- 2019 The Morning Show ( 40 episodes ) as Bradley Jackson
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 Nature Is Speaking ( 1 episode ) as Home
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2020 Fierce Queens ( 7 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 Get Organized with The Home Edit ( 1 episode )
- 2010 Conan ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ... ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2025 Family Recipe Showdown ( 1 episode ) as Guest Judge
- 2003 DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection ( 1 episode ) as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
- 2025 F1: The Academy ( 7 episodes ) as Executive Producer
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2009 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman ( 8 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
