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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reese Witherspoon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Year | Media type | Title | Character |
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2025 | Movie | You're Cordially Invited | Margot |
2023 | Movie | June | Self |
2023 | Tv Show | Handsome Podcast | Self |
2023 | Tv Show | My Kind of Country | Self |
2023 | Movie | Being Mary Tyler Moore | Self (voice) |
2023 | Movie | Your Place or Mine | Debbie |
2022 | Movie | Minions & More Volume 2 | Rosita (voice) |
2021 | Movie | Sing 2 | Rosita (voice) |
2021 | Movie | Come Home | Rosita (voice) |
2021 | Movie | Friends: The Reunion | Self |
2020 | Movie | Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) | Self |
2020 | Tv Show | The Drew Barrymore Show | Self |
2020 | Tv Show | Get Organized with The Home Edit | - |
2020 | Movie | Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music | Self |
2020 | Movie | Becoming | Self |
2020 | Movie | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) |
2020 | Tv Show | Fierce Queens | Narrator |
2020 | Tv Show | Little Fires Everywhere | Elena Richardson |
2019 | Tv Show | The Morning Show | Bradley Jackson |
2019 | Movie | This Changes Everything | Self |
2019 | Movie | Digital Content | Self |
2018 | Tv Show | Shine On with Reese | Self - Host |
2018 | Movie | A Wrinkle in Time | Mrs. Whatsit |
2017 | Movie | Election - Reese Witherspoon | Herself |
2017 | Movie | Home Again | Alice Kinney |
2017 | Tv Show | Big Little Lies | Madeline Mackenzie |
2017 | Movie | Gunter Babysits | Rosita (voice) |
2016 | Movie | Sing | Rosita (voice) |
2016 | Tv Show | Chelsea | Self |
2015 | Movie | Everything Is Copy | Self |
2015 | Tv Show | The Muppets | Self |
2015 | Tv Show | Nature Is Speaking | Home |
2015 | Tv Show | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
2015 | Movie | Hot Pursuit | Officer Rose 'Coop' Cooper |
2014 | Tv Show | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
2014 | Movie | Inherent Vice | Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball |
2014 | Movie | 9 Kisses | Girl at Costume Party |
2014 | Movie | Wild | Cheryl Strayed |
2014 | Movie | The Good Lie | Carrie Davis |
2014 | Tv Show | 73 Questions | Self |
2014 | Tv Show | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
2014 | Tv Show | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
2014 | Tv Show | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest |
2014 | Tv Show | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | - |
2013 | Movie | Devil's Knot | Pam Hobbs |
2013 | Movie | Mud | Juniper |
2013 | Movie | Monsters vs Aliens Stories | - |
2012 | Tv Show | The Mindy Project | Reese Witherspoon |
2012 | Movie | Dreamworks Spooky Stories | Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice) |
2012 | Movie | This Means War | Lauren |
2011 | Movie | Water for Elephants | Marlena Rosenbluth |
2010 | Movie | How Do You Know | Lisa Jorgenson |
2010 | Tv Show | Conan | Self |
2009 | Tv Show | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
2009 | Movie | Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space | Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice) |
2009 | Movie | Monsters vs Aliens | Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice) |
2008 | Movie | Four Christmases | Kate |
2007 | Movie | Rendition | Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi |
2007 | Tv Show | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
2006 | Movie | Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line | Self |
2006 | Movie | Penelope | Annie |
2005 | Movie | Just Like Heaven | Dr. Elizabeth Masterson |
2005 | Movie | Walk the Line | June Carter |
2004 | Movie | Vanity Fair | Becky Sharp |
2003 | Tv Show | Freedom: A History of Us | Factory Girl |
2003 | Tv Show | Freedom: A History of Us | Sarah Raymond |
2003 | Tv Show | Freedom: A History of Us | Susan Magoffin |
2003 | Tv Show | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
2003 | Movie | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Elle Woods |
2003 | Tv Show | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
2002 | Movie | Sweet Home Alabama | Melanie Smooter |
2002 | Tv Show | American Idol | Self |
2002 | Movie | The Importance of Being Earnest | Cecily Cardew |
2001 | Tv Show | Revealed with Jules Asner | - |
2001 | Movie | Legally Blonde | Elle Woods |
2001 | Movie | The Trumpet of the Swan | Serena (voice) |
2000 | Movie | Little Nicky | Holly |
2000 | Movie | American Psycho | Evelyn Williams |
1999 | Tv Show | Rove | Self |
1999 | Tv Show | Teen Choice Awards | Self - Nominee |
1999 | Movie | Election | Tracy Enid Flick |
1999 | Movie | Best Laid Plans | Lissa |
1999 | Movie | Cruel Intentions | Annette Hargrove |
1998 | Movie | Pleasantville | Jennifer |
1998 | Tv Show | TRL | - |
1998 | Movie | Overnight Delivery | Ivy Miller |
1998 | Movie | Twilight | Mel Ames |
1997 | Tv Show | The View | Self |
1997 | Tv Show | The View | Self - Guest |
1997 | Tv Show | King of the Hill | Debbie (voice) |
1996 | Movie | Freeway | Vanessa Lutz |
1996 | Movie | Fear | Nicole Walker |
1994 | Tv Show | Friends | Jill Green |
1994 | Movie | S.F.W. | Wendy Pfister |
1993 | Tv Show | Return to Lonesome Dove | Ferris Dunnigan |
1993 | Tv Show | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
1993 | Movie | Jack the Bear | Karen Morris |
1993 | Movie | A Far Off Place | Nonnie Parker |
1992 | Movie | Desperate Choices: To Save My Child | Cassie Robbins |
1992 | Tv Show | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | - |
1991 | Movie | Wildflower | Ellie Perkins |
1991 | Movie | The Man in the Moon | Danielle "Dani" Trant |
1989 | Tv Show | The Simpsons | Greta (voice) |
1988 | Tv Show | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | - |
1981 | Tv Show | Entertainment Tonight | Self |
1975 | Tv Show | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
1975 | Tv Show | People's Choice Awards | Self - Winner |
- | Tv Show | Tiny Trailblazers | Fern |
1953 | Tv Show | The Oscars | Self |
1952 | Tv Show | Today | Self |
Year | Media type | Title | Department |
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2025 | Movie | You're Cordially Invited | Production |
2024 | Tv Show | The Pasta Queen | Production |
2024 | Tv Show | Influenced | Production |
2024 | Tv Show | Side Hustlers | Production |
2024 | Movie | Meet Me in Rome | Production |
2023 | Tv Show | Love in Fairhope | Production |
2023 | Tv Show | Surf Girls Hawai'i | Production |
2023 | Movie | Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah | Production |
2023 | Tv Show | The Last Thing He Told Me | Production |
2023 | Tv Show | Tiny Beautiful Things | Production |
2023 | Tv Show | My Kind of Country | Production |
2023 | Tv Show | Daisy Jones & the Six | Production |
2023 | Movie | Your Place or Mine | Production |
2023 | Movie | Meet Me in Paris | Production |
2022 | Movie | Something from Tiffany's | Production |
2022 | Tv Show | From Scratch | Production |
2022 | Tv Show | Surface | Production |
2022 | Movie | Where the Crawdads Sing | Production |
2022 | Movie | Fair Play | Production |
2020 | Tv Show | Get Organized with The Home Edit | Production |
2020 | Tv Show | Little Fires Everywhere | Production |
2019 | Tv Show | Truth Be Told | Production |
2019 | Tv Show | The Morning Show | Production |
2019 | Movie | Lucy in the Sky | Production |
2018 | Tv Show | Master the Mess | Production |
2018 | Tv Show | Shine On with Reese | Production |
2017 | Tv Show | Big Little Lies | Production |
2015 | Movie | Hot Pursuit | Production |
2014 | Movie | Wild | Production |
2014 | Movie | Gone Girl | Production |
2009 | Movie | Legally Blondes | Production |
2006 | Movie | Penelope | Production |
2003 | Movie | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Production |
- | Tv Show | Elle | Production |
- | Tv Show | Tiny Trailblazers | Production |
- | Tv Show | All Stars | Production |
- | Tv Show | Tiny Trailblazers | Creator |