Reese Witherspoon

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976. Her many awards include an Academy Award, British Academy Film Award and Primetime Emmy Award. She has also won two Golden Globe Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 and in 2015, and Forbes listed her among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women in the years 2019 and 2021. In 2021, Forbes named her the highest-paid actress in the world, with an estimated amount of $400 million.Witherspoon began her acting career at the age of a teenager, making her debut as a screen actress in The Man in the Moon (1991). Her breakthrough came in 1999, with her role as a support in Cruel Intentions, and for her role as Tracy Flick in the black comedy Election. Her performances in Legally Blonde (2001 and its sequel 2003) and in Sweet Home Alabama (2002 ) led to her being recognized more widely. In 2005, she received praise from critics and was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress in the role of June Carter Cash in the musical biopic Walk the Line. Following a slump in her career, where Water for Elephants (2011) was her only box-office success, Witherspoon decided to make a comeback and produce and play Cheryl Strayed, the drama Wild (2014). The film led to her getting a second Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Actress. Witherspoon continues to work primarily in television and has appeared in and produced a number of female-led literary adaptions under Hello Sunshine. They include Big Little Lies, an HBO drama series (2017-2019), The Morning Show as the Apple TV+ drama series (2019-present) and Little Fires Everywhere (2020). For the first she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series. She also produced the film adaptations of Gone Girl (2014) as along with Where the Crawdads Sing (1922). Witherspoon also owns Draper James, a clothing business and is involved in advocacy groups for women and children. She sits on the board of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) and was appointed Global Ambassador of Avon Products in 2007, acting as the honorary chair of the charitable Avon Foundation dedicated to women's causes.