Reese Witherspoon

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976. She has been the recipient of numerous awards such as an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, the Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, she has always been a top performer among the world's highest-paid actresses. Time magazine listed her as one of the 100 most influential people around the globe in 2015 and 2006. Forbes also named her one the 100 Most Powerful women in the world in the year 2019. Forbes named her the world ?Ts most wealthy actress in 2021. Her estimated amount of $400 million in her net worth. Witherspoon made her screen debut in The Man in the Moon (1991). In 1999, she made her first breakthrough in the role of a leading role of a support in Cruel Intentions. She was also known for playing Tracy Flick as Election's black comedy. Her roles in Legally Blonde (2001 and its sequel 2003) and Sweet Home Alabama (2002 ) earned her more recognition. In 2005, she received praise from critics and was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress in the role of June Carter Cash in the musical biopic Walk the Line. After a slump in her career with her only box-office achievement was the romantic drama Water for Elephants (2011), Witherspoon made a comeback with the production and role of Cheryl Strayed in the drama Wild (2014) that brought her a second nomination for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. Since then, she's been heavily involved in television productions and has appeared in a number of female-led literary adaptations. They include the HBO drama series Big Little Lies (2017-2019) and the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2019-present) and the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere (2020). In the very first, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series. She produced the film adaptations of Gone Girl (2014) as in Where the Crawdads Sing (1922). Witherspoon also owns Draper James, a clothing brand, and is active in advocacy groups for children and women. She is on the board of the Children's Defense Fund and has been named Global Ambassador of Avon Products in 2007. In this capacity, she also acts as the honorary chair for Avon Foundation's foundation for charitable causes that is dedicated to women's issues.