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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 22, 1976
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also Known As
- 리즈 위더스푼
- 瑞茜·威瑟斯彭
- რიზ უიზერსპუნი
- リース・ウィザースプーン
- Laura Witherspoon
- Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
- 瑞絲·薇斯朋
- ریس ویترسپون
- 瑞絲薇斯朋
Reese Witherspoon
3.9 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
10.0
Guest Judge
Family Recipe Showdown
2025
6.9
Executive Producer
F1: The Academy
2025
5.8
Margot
You're Cordially Invited
2025
5.2
Self
June
2023
5.0
Self
My Kind of Country
2023
6.6
Self (voice)
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023
6.3
Debbie
Your Place or Mine
2023
7.4
Rosita (voice)
Minions & More Volume 2
2022
7.8
Rosita (voice)
Sing 2
2021
7.5
Rosita (voice)
Come Home
2021
Credits
Family Recipe Showdown
as Guest Judge
2025
10.0
F1: The Academy
as Executive Producer
2025
6.9
You're Cordially Invited
as Margot
2025
5.8
June
as Self
2023
5.2
My Kind of Country
as Self
2023
5.0
Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice)
2023
6.6
Your Place or Mine
as Debbie
2023
6.3
Minions & More Volume 2
as Rosita (voice)
2022
7.4
Sing 2
as Rosita (voice)
2021
7.8
Come Home
as Rosita (voice)
2021
7.5
Friends: The Reunion
as Self
2021
7.9
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
as Self
2020
7.5
The Drew Barrymore Show
as Self
2020
6.1
Get Organized with The Home Edit
2020
6.6
Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music
as Self
2020
6.0
Becoming
as Self
2020
7.2
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.8
Fierce Queens
as Narrator (voice)
2020
3.0
Little Fires Everywhere
as Elena Richardson
2020
7.5
The Morning Show
as Bradley Jackson
2019
7.7
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest
2019
6.3
This Changes Everything
as Self
2019
6.1
Shine On with Reese
as Self - Host
2018
7.8
A Wrinkle in Time
as Mrs. Whatsit
2018
5.1
Election - Reese Witherspoon
as Self
2017
0.0
Home Again
as Alice Kinney
2017
6.1
Big Little Lies
as Madeline Mackenzie
2017
7.9
Gunter Babysits
as Rosita (voice)
2017
5.6
Sing
as Rosita (voice)
2016
7.1
Chelsea
as Self
2016
5.1
Everything Is Copy
as Self
2015
7.4
The Muppets
as Self
2015
7.0
Nature Is Speaking
as Home
2015
8.5
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
6.2
Hot Pursuit
as Officer Rose 'Coop' Cooper
2015
5.8
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
Inherent Vice
as Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball
2014
6.5
Wild
as Cheryl Strayed
2014
7.0
The Good Lie
as Carrie Davis
2014
7.4
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
5.9
Devil's Knot
as Pam Hobbs
2013
6.2
Mud
as Juniper
2013
7.1
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013
7.8
The Mindy Project
as Reese Witherspoon
2012
6.3
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
2012
6.4
This Means War
as Lauren
2012
6.2
Water for Elephants
as Marlena Rosenbluth
2011
6.9
How Do You Know
as Lisa Jorgenson
2010
5.3
Conan
as Self
2010
7.1
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
2009
5.8
Monsters vs Aliens
as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
2009
6.2
Four Christmases
as Kate
2008
5.8
Penelope
as Annie
2007
6.7
Rendition
as Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
2007
6.4
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line
as Self
2006
0.0
Just Like Heaven
as Dr. Elizabeth Masterson
2005
7.0
Walk the Line
as June Carter
2005
7.5
Vanity Fair
as Becky Sharp
2004
5.8
🎬
Freedom: A History of Us
as Factory Girl
2003
6.5
🎬
Freedom: A History of Us
as Susan Magoffin
2003
6.5
🎬
Freedom: A History of Us
as Sarah Raymond
2003
6.5
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
as Elle Woods
2003
5.7
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
2003
7.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
5.5
Sweet Home Alabama
as Melanie Smooter
2002
6.4
American Idol
as Self
2002
5.1
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Cecily Cardew
2002
6.8
🎬
Revealed with Jules Asner
2001
10.0
Legally Blonde
as Elle Woods
2001
6.8
The Trumpet of the Swan
as Serena (voice)
2001
5.5
Little Nicky
as Holly
2000
5.9
American Psycho
as Evelyn Williams
2000
7.4
Rove
as Self
1999
8.0
Teen Choice Awards
as Self
1999
9.1
Election
as Tracy Enid Flick
1999
6.9
Best Laid Plans
as Lissa
1999
5.7
Cruel Intentions
as Annette Hargrove
1999
6.8
Pleasantville
as Jennifer
1998
7.3
TRL
1998
5.1
Overnight Delivery
as Ivy Miller
1998
5.5
Twilight
as Mel Ames
1998
6.1
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
4.3
King of the Hill
as Debbie (voice)
1997
7.4
Freeway
as Vanessa Lutz
1996
6.4
Fear
as Nicole Walker
1996
6.5
S.F.W.
as Wendy Pfister
1995
6.0
Friends
as Jill Green
1994
8.4
Return to Lonesome Dove
as Ferris Dunnigan
1993
6.9
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Jack the Bear
as Karen Morris
1993
6.4
A Far Off Place
as Nonnie Parker
1993
6.1
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
as Cassie Robbins
1992
3.9
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
Wildflower
as Ellie Perkins
1991
5.7
The Man in the Moon
as Danielle "Dani" Trant
1991
7.3
The Simpsons
as Greta (voice)
1989
8.0
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.4
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Winner
1975
9.0
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Today
as Self
1952
5.6
Sing 3
as Rosita (voice)
N/A
0.0
🎬
Tiny Trailblazers
as Fern
N/A
0.0