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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.
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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
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Saturday Night Live
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Graham Norton Show
The Oscars
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Today
Friends
The Simpsons
Teen Choice Awards
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Chelsea
Entertainment Tonight
King of the Hill
The Mindy Project
People's Choice Awards
The Muppets
American Idol
Revealed with Jules Asner
Get Organized with The Home Edit
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
My Kind of Country
Friends: The Reunion
Little Nicky
Becoming
Return to Lonesome Dove
American Psycho
Twilight
The Man in the Moon
A Wrinkle in Time
Cruel Intentions
Four Christmases
You're Cordially Invited
Little Fires Everywhere
The Morning Show
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Mud
Election
Big Little Lies
Sing 2
Walk the Line
Fear
Pleasantville
F1: The Academy
Sing
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Minions & More Volume 2
All Stars
Sweet Home Alabama
Hot Pursuit
Vanity Fair
How Do You Know
A Far Off Place
Just Like Heaven
Legally Blonde
Your Place or Mine
This Means War
Home Again
Monsters vs Aliens
Wild
Production Credits
My Kind of Country
Maybe Next Time
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
From Scratch
Influenced
Get Organized with The Home Edit
The Morning Show
The Last Thing He Told Me
Love in Fairhope
Four Christmases
Lucky
Wild
Little Fires Everywhere
The Pasta Queen
All Stars
F1: The Academy
Sing 2
You're Cordially Invited
Something from Tiffany's
Legally Blondes
Your Place or Mine
Hot Pursuit
Daisy Jones & the Six
Tiny Beautiful Things
Surf Girls
Big Little Lies
Where the Crawdads Sing
Surface
Elle
Truth Be Told
Gone Girl
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