Reese Witherspoon

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 Worlds 100 Most Powerful Women in 2019 and 2021 In 2021 Forbes named her the worlds 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 boxoffice 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 femaleled literary adaptations under her company Hello Sunshine These include the HBO drama series Big Little Lies 20172019 the Apple TV drama series The Morning Show 2019present 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 Reeses Book Club and a clothing company Draper James She is involved in childrens and womens advocacy organizations She serves on the board of the Childrens Defense Fund CDF and was named Global Ambassador of Avon Products in 2007 serving as honorary chair of the charitable Avon Foundation dedicated to womens causes Description above from the Wikipedia article Reese Witherspoon licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia