The next year, Witherspoon had another leading role as Wendy Pfister in the 1994 film "S.F.W.
Leta 1993 je zaigrala mlado ženo v CBS-jevi miniseriji "Return to Lonesome Dove" in dobila glavno vlogo Nonnie Parker, dekleta iz južne Afrike v Disneyjevem filmu "A Far Off Place".