Reese Witherspoon
- Teen actor
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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Acted in
You're Cordially Invited
2025
as Margot
June
2023
as Self
My Kind of Country
2023
as Self
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023
as Self (voice)
Your Place or Mine
2023
as Debbie
Minions & More Volume 2
2022
as Rosita (voice)
Sing 2
2021
as Rosita (voice)
Come Home
2021
as Rosita (voice)
Friends: The Reunion
2021
as Self
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
2020
as Self
Get Organized with The Home Edit
2020
Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music
2020
as Self
Becoming
2020
as Self
My Darling Vivian
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Fierce Queens
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Little Fires Everywhere
2020
as Elena Richardson
The Morning Show
2019
as Bradley Jackson
This Changes Everything
2019
as Self
Digital Content
2019
as Self
A Wrinkle in Time
2018
as Mrs. Whatsit
Election - Reese Witherspoon
2017
as Self
Home Again
2017
as Alice Kinney
Big Little Lies
2017
as Madeline Mackenzie
Gunter Babysits
2017
as Rosita (voice)
Sing
2016
as Rosita (voice)
Everything Is Copy
2015
as Self
The Muppets
2015
as Self
Nature Is Speaking
2015
as Home
Hot Pursuit
2015
as Officer Rose 'Coop' Cooper
Inherent Vice
2014
as Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball
9 Kisses
2014
as Girl at Costume Party
Wild
2014
as Cheryl Strayed
The Good Lie
2014
as Carrie Davis
Devil's Knot
2013
as Pam Hobbs
Mud
2013
as Juniper
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013
The Mindy Project
2012
as Reese Witherspoon
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
2012
as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
This Means War
2012
as Lauren
Water for Elephants
2011
as Marlena Rosenbluth
How Do You Know
2010
as Lisa Jorgenson
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
2009
as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
Monsters vs Aliens
2009
as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
Four Christmases
2008
as Kate
Rendition
2007
as Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line
2006
as Self
Penelope
2006
as Annie
Just Like Heaven
2005
as Dr. Elizabeth Masterson
Walk the Line
2005
as June Carter
Vanity Fair
2004
as Becky Sharp
Freedom: A History of Us
2003
as Susan Magoffin
Freedom: A History of Us
2003
as Sarah Raymond
Freedom: A History of Us
2003
as Factory Girl
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
as Elle Woods
Sweet Home Alabama
2002
as Melanie Smooter
American Idol
2002
as Self
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
as Cecily Cardew
Revealed with Jules Asner
2001
Legally Blonde
2001
as Elle Woods
The Trumpet of the Swan
2001
as Serena (voice)
Little Nicky
2000
as Holly
American Psycho
2000
as Evelyn Williams
Rove
1999
as Self
Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self - Nominee
Election
1999
as Tracy Enid Flick
Best Laid Plans
1999
as Lissa
Cruel Intentions
1999
as Annette Hargrove
Pleasantville
1998
as Jennifer
TRL
1998
Overnight Delivery
1998
as Ivy Miller
Twilight
1998
as Mel Ames
King of the Hill
1997
as Debbie (voice)
Freeway
1996
as Vanessa Lutz
Fear
1996
as Nicole Walker
Friends
1994
as Jill Green
S.F.W.
1994
as Wendy Pfister
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993
as Ferris Dunnigan
Jack the Bear
1993
as Karen Morris
A Far Off Place
1993
as Nonnie Parker
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1992
as Cassie Robbins
Wildflower
1991
as Ellie Perkins
The Man in the Moon
1991
as Danielle "Dani" Trant
The Simpsons
1989
as Greta (voice)
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Winner
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Tracy Flick Can't Win
as Tracy Flick
Legally Blonde 3
as Elle Woods
Tiny Trailblazers
as Fern