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
all 135
Movies 80
TV Shows 55
self 41
Producer 24
Voice 7
Side Hustlers (2024)
Meet Me in Rome (2024)
June (2023)
Love in Fairhope (2023)
Surf Girls Hawai'i (2023)
Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah (2023)
The Last Thing He Told Me (2023)
Tiny Beautiful Things (2023)
My Kind of Country (2023)
Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023)
Daisy Jones & the Six (2023)
Your Place or Mine (2023)
Meet Me in Paris (2023)
Something from Tiffany's (2022)
Minions & More Volume 2 (2022)
From Scratch (2022)
Surface (2022)
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Fair Play (2022)
Sing 2 (2021)
Come Home (2021)
Friends: The Reunion (2021)
Mary McCartney Serves It Up (2021)
The Drew Barrymore Show (2020)
Get Organized with The Home Edit (2020)
Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music (2020)
Becoming (2020)
My Darling Vivian (2020)
Fierce Queens (2020)
Little Fires Everywhere (2020)
Truth Be Told (2019)
The Morning Show (2019)
Lucy in the Sky (2019)
This Changes Everything (2019)
Digital Content (2019)
Master the Mess (2018)
Shine On with Reese (2018)
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
Election - Reese Witherspoon (2017)
Home Again (2017)
Big Little Lies (2017)
Gunter Babysits (2017)
Sing (2016)
Chelsea (2016)
Everything Is Copy (2015)
The Muppets (2015)
Nature Is Speaking (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Hot Pursuit (2015)
Unfiltered with Renee Young (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Inherent Vice (2014)
9 Kisses (2014)
Gone Girl (2014)
The Good Lie (2014)
73 Questions (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Wild (2014)
Devil's Knot (2013)
Mud (2013)
Monsters vs Aliens Stories (2013)
The Mindy Project (2012)
Dreamworks Spooky Stories (2012)
This Means War (2012)
Water for Elephants (2011)
How Do You Know (2010)
Conan (2010)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Legally Blondes (2009)
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009)
Monsters vs Aliens (2009)
Four Christmases (2008)
Rendition (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line (2006)
Penelope (2006)
Just Like Heaven (2005)
Walk the Line (2005)
Vanity Fair (2004)
Freedom: A History of Us (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
American Idol (2002)
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Movie House (2002)
Revealed with Jules Asner (2001)
Legally Blonde (2001)
The Trumpet of the Swan (2001)
Little Nicky (2000)
American Psycho (2000)
Rove (1999)
Teen Choice Awards (1999)
Election (1999)
Best Laid Plans (1999)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
Pleasantville (1998)
TRL (1998)
Overnight Delivery (1998)
Twilight (1998)
The View (1997)
King of the Hill (1997)
Freeway (1996)
Fear (1996)
Friends (1994)
S.F.W. (1994)
Return to Lonesome Dove (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Jack the Bear (1993)
A Far Off Place (1993)
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Wildflower (1991)
The Man in the Moon (1991)
The Simpsons (1989)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
People's Choice Awards (1975)
The Oscars (1953)
Today (1952)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Run, Rose, Run
Tink
Legally Blonde 3
You’re Cordially Invited
In a Dark, Dark Wood
Tracy Flick Can't Win
Pyros
Great Performers: 9 Kisses
Pinkalicious
All Stars
The Thing About Jellyfish
Tiny Trailblazers
Ratings
Gallery
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1976-03-22 (48 years old)
Birth NameLaura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
Birth PlaceNew Orleans, United States of America
ReligionEpiscopal Church
RelationshipsJim Toth (2011-01-01 - 2023-01-01), Ryan Phillippe (1999-01-01 - 2007-01-01), Jake Gyllenhaal (2007-01-01 - 2009-01-01)
ChildrenAva Phillippe
RelativesJohn Witherspoon
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsРиз Уизерспун, 리즈 위더스푼, Ρις Γουίδερσπουν, 瑞茜·威瑟斯彭, რიზ უიზერსპუნი, リース・ウィザースプーン, Laura Witherspoon, Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
AwardsSitges Film Festival Best Actress award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Screen Actors Guild Award, Academy Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
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