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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reese Witherspoon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Walk the Line
(June Carter)
American Psycho
(Evelyn Williams)
Cruel Intentions
(Annette Hargrove)
Fear
(Nicole Walker)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
(Elle Woods)
Pleasantville
(Jennifer)
Rendition
(Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi)
Freeway
(Vanessa Lutz)
Sweet Home Alabama
(Melanie Smooter)
Wildflower
(Ellie Perkins)
Penelope
(Annie)
Vanity Fair
(Becky Sharp)
A Far Off Place
(Nonnie Parker)
Legally Blonde
(Elle Woods)
Four Christmases
(Kate)
Just Like Heaven
(Dr. Elizabeth Masterson)
Twilight
(Mel Ames)
The Importance of Being Earnest
(Cecily Cardew)
Election
(Tracy Enid Flick)
Overnight Delivery
(Ivy Miller)
Little Nicky
(Holly)
S.F.W.
(Wendy Pfister)
How Do You Know
(Lisa Jorgenson)
Monsters vs Aliens
(Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice))
Jack the Bear
(Karen Morris)
The Man in the Moon
(Danielle "Dani" Trant)
Best Laid Plans
(Lissa)
Come Home
(Rosita (voice))
The Trumpet of the Swan
(Serena (voice))
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
(Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice))
Being Mary Tyler Moore
(Self (voice))
Water for Elephants
(Marlena Rosenbluth)
Digital Content
(Self)
This Means War
(Lauren)
Mud
(Juniper)
Tracy Flick Can't Win
(Tracy Flick)
Devil's Knot
(Pam Hobbs)
Inherent Vice
(Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball)
The Good Lie
(Carrie Davis)
Wild
(Cheryl Strayed)
You're Cordially Invited
(Margot)
Hot Pursuit
(Officer Rose 'Coop' Cooper)
Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line
(Self)
June
(Self)
Minions & More Volume 2
(Rosita (voice))
9 Kisses
(Girl at Costume Party)
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
(Cassie Robbins)
Sing
(Rosita (voice))
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
(Self)
Everything Is Copy
(Self)
A Wrinkle in Time
(Mrs. Whatsit)
Home Again
(Alice Kinney)
Gunter Babysits
(Rosita (voice))
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
Legally Blonde 3
(Elle Woods)
This Changes Everything
(Self)
Sing 2
(Rosita (voice))
My Darling Vivian
(Self (archive footage))
Your Place or Mine
(Debbie)
Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music
(Self)
Becoming
(Self)
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
(Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice))
Election - Reese Witherspoon
(Self)
Friends: The Reunion
(Self)
The Simpsons
(Greta (voice))
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
Friends
(Jill Green)
King of the Hill
(Debbie (voice))
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Today
(Self)
The View
(Self)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
American Idol
(Self)
Return to Lonesome Dove
(Ferris Dunnigan)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
Revealed with Jules Asner
Freedom: A History of Us
(Factory Girl)
The Mindy Project
(Reese Witherspoon)
Freedom: A History of Us
(Susan Magoffin)
Tiny Trailblazers
(Fern)
Freedom: A History of Us
(Sarah Raymond)
The Oscars
(Self)
TRL
The View
(Self - Guest)
The Drew Barrymore Show
(Self)
The Muppets
(Self)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
Big Little Lies
(Madeline Mackenzie)
73 Questions
(Self)
Rove
(Self)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Chelsea
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
My Kind of Country
(Self)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
Shine On with Reese
(Self - Host)
Teen Choice Awards
(Self - Nominee)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
People's Choice Awards
(Self - Winner)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self - Guest)
Little Fires Everywhere
(Elena Richardson)
The Morning Show
(Bradley Jackson)
Entertainment Tonight
(Self)
Nature Is Speaking
(Home)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
Fierce Queens
(Narrator (voice))
Get Organized with The Home Edit
Conan
(Self)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
(Executive Producer)
Penelope
(Producer)
Run, Rose, Run
(Producer)
Gone Girl
(Producer)
Fair Play
(Executive Producer)
Wild
(Producer)
Hot Pursuit
(Producer)
Lucy in the Sky
(Producer)
Something from Tiffany's
(Producer)
Meet Me in Rome
(Executive Producer)
Meet Me in Paris
(Executive Producer)
Mrs. Claus
(Producer)
You're Cordially Invited
(Producer)
Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah
(Executive Producer)
The Cactus
(Producer)
Tracy Flick Can't Win
(Producer)
Legally Blonde 3
(Producer)
Legally Blondes
(Producer)
Where the Crawdads Sing
(Producer)
Your Place or Mine
(Producer)
The Thing About Jellyfish
(Producer)
Twelfth Knight
(Producer)
Truth Be Told
(Executive Producer)
Big Little Lies
(Executive Producer)
The Morning Show
(Executive Producer)
Little Fires Everywhere
(Executive Producer)
Daisy Jones & the Six
(Executive Producer)
Surface
(Executive Producer)
Tiny Beautiful Things
(Executive Producer)
The Last Thing He Told Me
(Executive Producer)
All Stars
(Executive Producer)
Master the Mess
(Executive Producer)
Get Organized with The Home Edit
(Executive Producer)
From Scratch
(Executive Producer)
Shine On with Reese
(Executive Producer)
Tiny Trailblazers
(Executive Producer)
Love in Fairhope
(Executive Producer)
Surf Girls Hawai'i
(Executive Producer)
My Kind of Country
(Executive Producer)
Side Hustlers
(Executive Producer)
Elle
(Executive Producer)
Influenced
(Executive Producer)
The Pasta Queen
(Executive Producer)
Tiny Trailblazers
(Creator)