Reese Witherspoon Bio

Who is Reese Witherspoon?

Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon is an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur. She is active in the entertainment field since 1991 and she is best known for her appearance in the films like Hot Pursuit, Gone Girl, This Means War, Walk the Line, Cruel Intentions, and Legally Blonde.

Reese Witherspoon’s early life, childhood, and education

The daughter of  Dr. John Draper Witherspoon and  Mary Elizabeth was born at Southern Baptist Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana. She was born on 22 March 1976 and named as Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon. She was raised as an Episcopalian with her elder brother John Jr. who is a real estate agent.

She has an American nationality and has mixed ethnicity of English, Dutch, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish. Witherspoon studied at Harpeth Academy and later on went on to study at Harpeth Hall School. She attended Stanford University and enrolled as an English literature major but she quit to make a career in acting.

Reese Witherspoon’s career, salary, and net worth

Talking about career journey of Reese Witherspoon, she is active in the entertainment field since 1991 and she is still active in it. She started her career appearing in 1990 in The Man in the Moon and was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress. Soon thereafter she featured in the television film Wildflower.

In 1992, she showed up in another TV film Desperate Choices: To Save My Child and in the following year on a CBS miniseries Return to Lonesome Dove. In 1996, she featured in two noteworthy films Fear and Freeway. In 1998. she featured in the film adjustment of the novel Election for which she won Best Actress from the National Society of Film Critics and the Online Film Critics Society.

She likewise picked up a Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award selection. In 2000, she showed up in American Psycho, Little Nicky, and a scene of season six of the TV series Friends.

In 2001, Witherspoon’s career made another top with the component film Legally Blonde for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress. Her next component film was Sweet Home Alabama in 2002 which featured performing artists, John Lucas and Patrick Dempsey.

The spin-off of Legally Blonde discharged in 2003 which netted $90 million in the cinematic world and paid her $15 million making her one of Hollywood’s most generously compensated performers. In 2005, she featured in Walk The Line, the film depiction of the life of vocalist and musician Johnny Cash for which she won a few awards including a Golden Globe, Academy Award, and honors from the Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA.

Besides acting, she is also a producer and entrepreneur. She has produced several films including Gone Girl, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Penelope, Wild, and Hot Pursuit. She owned a production company called Type A Films. In March 2017, she became the storyteller-in-chief for Elizabeth Arden, Inc. Her success in career path has paid her well financially making her net worth estimated to be $80 million.

Reese Witherspoon’s controversy

She suffered controversy when her first marriage with Ryan Phillippe failed.

Reese Witherspoon: Body Measurement

She has a height of 5 feet 1.5 inches with a body weight 50 kg. Her hair color is blonde and her eye color is blue. She has a well-shaped body of 34-25-35 inches. Her bra size is 32B, her shoe size is 6.5 US and her dress size is 2 US.

Social Media Profile

She is active on social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. She has around 3.9 million followers on Facebook, She has more than 2.8 million followers on Twitter, and has around 24.5 million followers on Instagram.

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