Reese Witherspoon American Actress

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976), professionally known as Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress and producer. Witherspoon landed her first feature role as the female lead in the film The Man in the Moon in 1991, later that year she made her television acting debut, in the cable movie Wildflower. In 1996, Witherspoon appeared in Freeway and followed that appearance with roles in three major 1998 films: Overnight Delivery, Pleasantville and Twilight. The following year, Witherspoon appeared in Election, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination.



Early in Life Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was the second child born to John, a military surgeon specialising in ear, nose and throat operations, and Betty Reese, a registered nurse.

For the first four years of her life, Witherspoon lived in Germany due to her father’s military posting there before the whole family eventually returned to the United States to settle in Nashville, Tennessee.

Like many of her fellow Hollywood co-stars, Witherspoon began modelling at a mere seven-years-old. This led to television commercial roles before she landed her first significant acting part in ‘The Man in the Moon’ in 1990 as a 14-year-old tomboy. Roles in the films ‘Jack The Bear’ (1993) and Disney’s ‘A Far Off Place’ (1993) followed.



College After graduating from a private all girl’s school in 1994, Witherspoon decided to halt her acting career temporarily to attend Stanford University. Her intentions were short lived though as after just a year of studying, Witherspoon left to continue with her true ambitions on the acting path.



Carreer Taking the lead role of Wendy Pfister in the 1994 film, ‘SFW’, Witherspoon’s real break came when she starred alongside brat pack favourite, Kiefer Sutherland and Brooke Shields in the thriller ‘Freeway’ (1996). Her part earned Witherspoon a Best Actress award at the Cognac Festival du Film Project - the first time the industry had taken notice of the young actress’s talents. The same year she also starred with Mark Wahlberg in the film ‘Fear’.

1998 was a breakthrough year for Witherspoon, making three films, of which two in particular were stand-out parts.



Witherspoon was first seen portraying the wayward daughter of Susan Sarandon and Gene Hackman in ‘Twilight’, then taking a less notable role in ‘Overnight Delivery’ before finally meeting a milestone in her career in Gary Ross’s black and white 1959s drama, ‘Pleasantville’.

Witherspoon’s role as the kooky Jennifer earned her the Best Female Breakthrough Performance recognition at the Young Hollywood awards and immediately caught the critics’ attentions.

Witherspoon continued her climb up the success ladder in 1999 by playing the part of Alessandro Nivola’s lover in ‘Best Laid Plans’.

Witherspoon’s role of Tracey Flick in the dark satire ‘Election’ (1999) opposite Matthew Broderick was well received by the critics. Playing a fiercely ambitious high school president candidate, the part led to her first Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.

Witherspoon climaxed her roles of 1999 with a film she’s still most widely recognised for by many fans – ‘Cruel Intentions’. The remake of the French ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ drew a large box office audience with Witherspoon marking herself as a teen role model alongside pin-ups Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe.



Mega Mansion Reese purchased 3 adjascent Brentwood mansions to tare down and build her own, secluded, mega home. See Below. (Read about the details here).



























































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