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Reese Witherspoon
Witherspoon in 2014
Born	Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (1976-03-22) March 22, 1976 (age 48) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupations	Actress producer entrepreneur
Years active	1991\u2013present
Organizations	Hello Sunshine Reese's Book Club Draper James
Works	Filmography
Spouses	\n Ryan Phillippe \n (m. 1999; div. 2007) \n Jim Toth \n (m. 2011; div. 2023)
Children	3
Awards	Full list
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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.^[1]^[2]\n

Witherspoon began her career as a teenager, making her screen debut in The Man in the Moon (1991). After starring in the 1996 films Freeway and Fear, 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 Academy Award nomination.\n

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\u20132019), the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2019\u2013present), 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).\n

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.\n

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v t e Reese Witherspoon
\n Filmography \n Awards and nominations \n
Producer	\n Penelope (2006) \n Legally Blondes (2009) \n Gone Girl (2014) \n Wild (2014) \n Hot Pursuit (2015) \n Lucy in the Sky (2019) \n Where the Crawdads Sing (2022) \n Your Place or Mine (2023) \n You're Cordially Invited (2025) \n
TV series created	\n Shine On with Reese (2018) \n
Characters portrayed	\n Tracy Flick \n Elle Woods \n
Related articles	\n Type A Films \n Hello Sunshine \n Draper James \n Reese's Book Club \n

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Early life and education

Career

1991\u20132000: Early work and breakthrough

2001\u20132006: Worldwide recognition

2007\u20132012: Career setbacks and romantic comedy films

2012\u20132015: Resurgence and career expansion

2016\u2013present: Television success

Other ventures

Business and philanthropy

Other work

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Personal life

Influences

Filmography and accolades

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Talks

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