Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon feetLaura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon, born March 22, 1976 is an American actress. Her many accolades include an Academy Award, British Academy Film Award and Primetime Emmy Award. She also received two Golden Globe Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people around the globe in 2006 and 2015, and Forbes included her in the World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2019 and 2021. In 2021, Forbes named her the highest-paid actress in the world, with an estimated fortune of $400 million.Witherspoon began her acting career as a teenagerand made her screen debut in The Man in the Moon (1991). Her breakout came in 1999 when she played her role as a support in Cruel Intentions, and for her portrayal of Tracy Flick in the black comedy Election. The actress gained more attention for playing Elle Woods in the comedy Legally Blonde (2001) and its sequel in 2003 and for starring in the romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama (2002). The film was critically acclaimed and received the Academy Award for Best Actress in the role of June Carter Cash, in the musical biopic Walk the Line. After a downturn in her career, with her only box-office hit was the romantic comedy Water for Elephants (2011), Witherspoon made a comeback in the form of a producer and star as Cheryl Strayed in the drama Wild (2014) that brought her a second nomination for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. Witherspoon is still working predominantly in television and has been a part of and produced many female-led adaptations of books under Hello Sunshine. These include the HBO drama series Big Little Lies (2017-2019) as well as 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 also directed the film adaptations of Gone Girl (2014) and Where the Crawdads Sing (2022).Witherspoon also owns a clothing company, Draper James, and she is involved in children's and women's advocacy groups. She sits on the board of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) and was named Global Ambassador for Avon Products in 2007, serving as honorary chair of the charitable Avon Foundation dedicated to women's causes.

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