Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon

Date of Birth
22 March 1976, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Height
5' 1?" (1.56 m)

Mini Biography
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976 at Southern Baptist Hospital (now Memorial Medical Center) in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the second child born to Dr. John Witherspoon and Betty Reese. Her father was a military surgeon specializing in the ear, nose and throat. Her mother was a Registered Nurse who later became a Ph.D in pediatric nursing. Reese spent the first four years of her life in Wiesbaden, Germany where her father served as a lieutenant colonel in the US Army reserves. Shortly after, John moved the family back to the States, settling in Nashville, Tennessee.

Reese was introduced to the entertainment industry at a very early age. At age 7, she began modeling. This led to appearances on several local television commercials. At age 11, she placed first in a Ten-State Talent Fair.

In 1990, she landed her first major acting role in Robert Mulligan's The Man in the Moon (1991). Her role as a 14-year old tomboy earned her rave reviews. Roles in bigger films such as Jack the Bear (1993) and A Far Off Place (1993) followed shortly after.

Following high school graduation in 1994 from Harpeth Hall, a Nashville all girls school, Reese decided to put her acting career on hold and attend Stanford University where she would major in English literature. However, her collegiate plans were shortly dashed when she accepted roles to star in two major motion pictures: Fear (1996) alongside Mark Wahlberg and Freeway (1996) with Kiefer Sutherland. Although neither film was a huge box-office success, they did help to establish Reese as a rising starlet in Hollywood and open the door for bigger and better film roles. Those bigger roles came in movies such as Pleasantville (1998), Election (1999) and Cruel Intentions (1999).

Her breakthrough role came as Elle Woods in the 2001 comedy Legally Blonde (2001). The movie was huge box-office smash and established Reese as one of the top female draws in Hollywood. The next year, she scored a follow-up hit with Sweet Home Alabama (2002) which went on to gross over $100 million dollars at the box office. In 2006, she took home the best actress Oscar for her role as June Carter Cash in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line (2005). In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Reese continued to star in more romantic comedies such as Four Christmases (2008) and How Do You Know (2010). In December 2010, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Off the screen, she was married to Ryan Phillippe from 1999 to 2007. They met at her 21st birthday party and subsequently worked together in Cruel Intentions (1999). They have two children: a daughter, Ava Elizabeth (born 9 September 1999) and a son, Deacon (born 23 October 2003). In March 2011, Reese remarried talent agent Jim Toth.

journeyman · 9th April 2006, 11:32

reese in walk the line is so hot she must be a brunette good movie a10

**drheinz1** · 8th May 2006, 20:41

oh boy, those new shots are fantastic. thanks man!

darklynx · 8th May 2006, 23:32

still hot

**Julius Caesar** · 2nd July 2006, 21:57

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**DestinedHero** · 2nd July 2006, 22:36

That's one of my favorite "rare" movies, actually. Now that I remembered seeing it some late night on like HBO or something, I really should try to get my hands on a copy. If anyone knows where I could get that, I'd really appreciate it. It's actually a really good movie.

Thanks Julius Caeser for the post. Reese is definitely a hot, but cute, chick and she was really good in the movie too. :thumbs:

**~~be.riisque~~** · 4th July 2006, 22:45

Love Reese and that's one of my fav movies.

**tobyniki33** · 6th July 2006, 01:09

killer shots, thanks!

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