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Reese Witherspoon
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur. She is the recipient of numerous 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. Forbes also named her as the world's highest-earning actress in 2021. Witherspoon began her acting career as a teenager, making her screen debut in The Man in the Moon (1991). She achieved wider recognition for her role in Legally Blonde (2001) and its 2003 sequel, and for portraying June Carter Cash in the musical biopic Walk the Line (2005), which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress. She made a career comeback by producing and starring in 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).
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
Born: New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Citizenship: United States
Birthday: March 22, 1976
Occupations: Actress, Producer, Entrepreneur
Years Active: 1991-present
Children: 3
Spouses: Ryan Phillippe, Jim Toth
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Awards and Nominations Received by Reese Witherspoon
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Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Actress)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & BlondeMovies Featuring Reese Witherspoon
Monsters vs Aliens
Inherent Vice
Sing
Fear
Mud
How Do You Know
Rendition
The Good Lie
Walk the Line
Vanity Fair
Wild
Election
This Changes Everything
Hot Pursuit
A Wrinkle in Time
Home Again
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Legally Blonde
Freeway
Sing 2
Just Like Heaven
Cruel Intentions
Your Place or Mine
This Means War
Devil's Knot
Water for Elephants
Sweet Home Alabama
Best Laid Plans
Four Christmases
The Man in the Moon
My Darling Vivian
June
You're Cordially Invited
9 Kisses
Gunter Babysits
Big Little Lies
Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line
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Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
Little Fires Everywhere
Wildflower
Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music
Little Fires Everywhere
Friends: The Reunion
Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music
S.F.W.
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Overnight Delivery
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
Jack the Bear
A Far Off Place
Return to Lonesome Dove
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