Reese Witherspoon biography and early life
American actress and producer, Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22nd, 1976 at Southern Baptist Hospital, in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States of America.
Witherspoon was born to John Draper Witherspoon and Mary Elizabeth Witherspoon. She shares the same parents with her brother, John D. Witherspoon.
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Although the Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence genealogists have not confirmed Witherspoon’s claim of descent from Scottish-born John Witherspoon, who signed the United States Declaration of Independence,
Witherspoon was brought up as an Episcopalian. She began taking acting lessons after being chosen as a model for a florist’s television commercials when she was just seven years old.
She won first place at the Ten-State Talent Fair when she was 11 years old. She was academically successful, a voracious reader, and thought of herself as “a big nerd who read heaps of books.”
She graduated from Nashville’s all-girls Harpeth Hall School, where she cheered, and went to Harding Academy for middle school.
Later, she majored in English literature at Stanford University, but she left before finishing her degree to pursue a career in acting.
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Reese Witherspoon nationality
Witherspoon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States of America. She is an American.
Reese Witherspoon age
Witherspoon was born on March 22nd, 1976, hence she is currently 46 years of age.
Reese Witherspoon net worth
Witherspoon has a net worth estimated to be about $400 million.
Reese Witherspoon education
Witherspoon attended middle school at Harding Academy and graduated from the all-girls Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, during which time she was a cheerleader. She later attended Stanford University as an English literature major, but left prior to completing her studies to pursue an acting career.
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Reese Witherspoon career
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.
Her roles as Elle Woods in the comedies Legally Blonde (2001) and its sequel, as well as her appearance in the romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama, helped her earn more notoriety (2002).
She earned the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2005 for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in the musical biopic Walk the Line, which received positive reviews from critics.
After a period of stagnation in her career, in which her only commercially successful performance was in the romantic drama Water for Elephants (2011), Witherspoon made a comeback by producing and starring as Cheryl Strayed in the drama Wild (2014). This performance earned her a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
Since then, she has mainly worked on television, producing and appearing in a number of adaptations of female-led books.
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).
In addition, Witherspoon runs the clothing line Draper James and is active in groups that support women’s and children’s rights.
She is a member of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) board of directors and was appointed global ambassador of Avon Products in 2007. She also serves as honorary chair of the Avon Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports causes important to women.
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Reese Witherspoon family and siblings
Witherspoon was born to John Draper Witherspoon and Mary Elizabeth Witherspoon. She shares the same parents with her brother, John D. Witherspoon.
Reese Witherspoon husband
Witherspoon is currently married to Jim Toth.
Reese Witherspoon children
Witherspoon has three children; Ava Elizabeth Phillippe, Deacon Reese Phillippe and Tennessee James Toth.
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