Reese Witherspoon

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress and producer. Witherspoon began her career as a child actress, making her professional screen debut with a nominated for a Young Artist Award nomination for her role in 1991's The Man in the Moon.
==Early life==
Born Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon, her father, Dr. John Draper Witherspoon, was a student at Tulane University medical school at the time of her birth. Her father served as a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserve, and was later in private practice as an otolaryngologist until 2012. Her mother, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" (née Reese) of Harriman, Tennessee, earned a BS and master's degrees in Nursing, and a doctorate of education. She worked as a professor of nursing specializing in child care and mental health at Vanderbilt University. Her mother began nursing babies back to health in the neonatal intensive care unit of Vanderbilt University Hospital in 1988 until she retired. Her parents are still legally married, although they have been separated since 1996.
As an 'Army Brat', Reese lived int Wiesbaden, Germany for four years as a child as her father worked for the U.S. military. After her return to the U.S., she spent her childhood in Nashville, Tennessee. In school, Reese received high grades, loved reading, and considered herself "a big dork who read loads of books." On her love of books, she once said: "I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything." At seven years old, she was selected as a model for a florist's TV commercials, which prompted her to take acting lessons for the first time. When she was eleven, she entered the "Ten-State Talent Fair" and took first place.
Witherspoon attended middle school at Harding Academy and was a cheerleader at the all-girls' Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, from which she graduated. She attended Stanford University as an English literature major, however she left college after only one year in order to pursue a career in acting. She is proud of her "definitive Southern upbringing", and has said that it gave her "a sense of family and tradition" and taught her about "being conscientious about people's feelings, being polite, being responsible and never taking for granted what you have in your life." Reese was described as a "multi-achiever" by her parents, who gave her the nickname "Little Type A". On discussing her early achievements, she told Interview magazine, "I just don't see any of it as that remarkable. Maybe that's the attitude I choose to have to keep me sane and keep my feet on the ground. I grew up in an environment where women accomplished a lot. And if they weren't able to, it was because they were limited by society."
== Filmography ==
 Film
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1991	The Man in the Moon 	Dani Trant 	
1991	Wildflower 	Ellie Perkins 	
1991	The Seventh Brother 	Angie Voice Role 	
1992	Desperate Choices: To Save My Child 	Cassie Robbins 	
1993	A Far Off Place 	Nonnie Parker 	
1993	Jack the Bear 	Karen Morris 	
1994	S.F.W. 	Wendy Pfister 	
1996	Freeway 	Vanessa Lutz 	
1996	Fear 	Nicole Walker 	
1998	Twilight (1998) 	Mel Ames 	
1998	Overnight Delivery 	Ivy Miller 	
1998	Pleasantville 	Jennifer/Mary Sue Parker 	
1999	Cruel Intentions 	Annette Hargrove 	
1999	Election 	Tracy Flick 	
1999	Best Laid Plans 	Lissa 	
2000	Little Nicky 	Holly 	Cameo appearance
2000	American Psycho 	Evelyn Williams 	
2001	The Trumpet of the Swan 	Serena 	Voice acting
2001	Lady and the Tramp 2 Scamp's Adventure	Lady 	Voice acting
2001	Legally Blonde 	Elle Woods 	
2002	The Importance of Being Earnest 	Cecily Cardew 	
2002	Sweet Home Alabama 	Melanie Carmichael 	
2003	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde 	Elle Woods 	Also executive producer
2004	Vanity Fair 	Becky Sharp 	
2005	Walk the Line 	June Carter Cash 	Academy Award for Best Actress
2005	Just like Heaven 	Elizabeth Masterson 	
2006	Penelope 	Annie 	Also producer
2007	Rendition 	Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi	
2008	Four Christmases 	Kate 	
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens 	Susan Murphy / Ginormica 	Voice role (also in the Monsters vs. Aliens video game)
2010	How Do You Know 	Lisa Jorgenson 	
2011	Water for Elephants 	Marlena Rosenbluth 	
2012	This Means War 	Lauren Scott 	
2012	Mud 	Juniper 	
2014	Devil's Knot 	Pamela Hobbs 	
2014	Wild 	Cheryl Strayed 	Also producer
2014	The Good Lie 	Carrie Davis 	
2014	Gone Girl 	 	Producer
2014	Inherent Vice 	Penny Kimball 	
2015	Hot Pursuit 	Officer Rose Cooper 	Also producer
2016	Sing 	Rosita 	Voice role
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