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Height
5' 1½" (1.56 m)
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She was the second child born to Dr. John Witherspoon and Betty Reese. Her father was a military surgeon specializing in the ear, nose and throat.
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Her mother was a Registered Nurse who later became a Ph.D in pediatric nursing. Reese spent the first four years of her life in Wiesbaden, Germany where her father served as a lieutenant colonel in the US Army reserves.
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Shortly after, John moved the family back to the States, settling in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Reese was introduced to the entertainment industry at a very early age. At age 7, she began modeling. This led to appearances on several local television commercials. At age 11, she placed first in a Ten-State Talent Fair.
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In 1990, she landed her first major acting role in Robert Mulligan's The Man in the Moon (1991). Her role as a 14-year old tomboy earned her rave reviews.
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Roles in bigger films such as Jack the Bear (1993) and A Far Off Place (1993) followed shortly after.
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Following high school graduation in 1994 from Harpeth Hall, a Nashville all girls school, Reese decided to put her acting career on hold and attend Stanford University where she would major in English literature.
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However, her collegiate plans were shortly dashed when she accepted roles to star in two major motion pictures:
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Fear (1996) alongside Mark Wahlberg and Freeway (1996) with Kiefer Sutherland. Although neither film was a huge box-office success, they did help to establish Reese as a rising starlet in Hollywood and open the door for bigger and better film roles.
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Those bigger roles came in movies such as Pleasantville (1998), Election (1999) and Cruel Intentions (1999).
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Her breakthrough role came as Elle Woods in the 2001 comedy Legally Blonde (2001). The movie was huge box-office smash and established Reese as one of the top female draws in Hollywood.
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The next year, she scored a follow-up hit with Sweet Home Alabama (2002) which went on to gross over $100 million dollars at the box office. In 2006, she took home the best actress Oscar for her role as June Carter Cash in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line (2005).
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Off the screen, she was married to Ryan Phillippe from 1999 to 2007. They met at her 21st birthday party and subsequently worked together in Cruel Intentions (1999).
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They have two children: a daughter, Ava Elizabeth (born 9 September 1999) and a son, Deacon (born 23 October 2003).
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Spouse
Jim Toth (26 March 2011 - present)
Ryan Phillippe (5 June 1999 - 13 June 2008) (divorced) 2 children
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Mostly plays chipper-type women convinced of their own successful destiny
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Majored in English Literature at Stanford University; on leave from her studies as of 1996.
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Shortly after she started acting she had an audition for a role in Cape Fear (1991). She was supposed to meet with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese for the audition, but at the time didn't really know who they were.
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On the plane she was talking to the man next to her about her audition, and the man started to rave to her about De Niro and Scorsese. This made her so nervous that she completely blew the audition and the role eventually went to Juliette Lewis.
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Gave birth to daughter, Ava Elizabeth Phillippe, on September 9th, 1999.
Refused the lead roles in two horror movies, Scream (1996/I) and Urban Legend (1998).
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Was considered for the role of Juliet in Romeo + Juliet (1996).
Her mother, Betty, has a Ph.D. in pediatric nursing and her dad, John, is a surgeon.
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Named one of People Magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People of 2001"
Named one of E!'s "Top 20 Entertainers of 2001".
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Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
Went to Harpeth Hall School, a private school for girls in Nashville, Tennessee
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She runs a production company called "Type A Films" with Debra Siegal
Appears in Entertainment Weekly's Most Powerful List sitting at #22
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At the young age of 11 she won the "Ten State Talent Award"
She was a cheerleader in high school and a debutante.
Reese is her mother's maiden name.
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Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
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She lived in Wiesbaden, Germany, as a young child.
Her Gap ad appeared on a six-story-high building on Sunset Blvd,.
Named one of E! 2002 "Entertainers of the Year".
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Has moved her production company, Type A Films, to Universal Pictures. Has signed a two-year first-look production pact with Universal. The studio has already picked up a romantic comedy pitch, Sports Widow (2010), for her to star in and produce.
She appeared in a television commercial when she was 7 for a local Nashville florist.
Has been named one of Rolling Stone's "People of the Year" along with Eminem and Kelly Osbourne.
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Her daughter, Ava, is named after her ex-husband, Ryan Phillippe's, grandmother.
Steve Dontanville from the William Morris Agency is still her agent. They got together after The Man in the Moon (1991).
She can trace her family all the way back to Scotland, UK. John Witherspoon, her Gifford-born "favourite ancestor", who attended Haddington Grammar School, obtained a Master of Arts from Edinburgh University in 1739, and was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence.
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Her wedding ring is an early 1990s Neil Lane, Asscher-cut-diamond, and there are only a few like it in the world.
Has an older brother, John D. Witherspoon
Ranked #1 on E!'s Hollywood's Hottest Blondes (2003)
Gave birth to son, Deacon Reese Phillippe, on October 23rd, 2003.
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As extra credit for a high school class, she worked as an office production assistant for the film Devil in a Blue Dress (1995). Director Carl Franklin paid homage to her by featuring Legally Blonde (2001) in the film Out of Time (2003/I).
She collects antique linens and is crazy about old embroidery.
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Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Ryan proposed to her in December of 1998 while the couple was vacationing at The Planter's Inn in Charleston, South Carolina.
As a child she appeared in her local Sunday paper modeling kids' track suits and such. She said that it was creative for her. She was paid $50 a day.
Started children's acting classes at a community college at the age of 7. By the age of 9 she was taking adult acting classes.
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Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Her son is named after former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Deacon Phillippe, a distant relative of her ex-husband Ryan Phillippe.
She was a gymnast for 7 years when she was younger.
Named 'Favorite Female Film Star' by People Magazine (2004)
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Neither she nor her ex-husband, actor Ryan Phillippe, use their real first names - Reese's first name is Laura, Ryan's first name is Matthew.
Was the first person to host "Saturday Night Live" (1975) after the September 11th terror attacks.
Was approached by a few companies to record music after she provided her own singing voice for Walk the Line (2005).
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Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Has appeared in four movies bearing the names of songs: Jack the Bear (1993), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Just Like Heaven (2005) and Walk the Line (2005).
She donated many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign.
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Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
The year she won her Oscar for Walk the Line (2005), her ex-husband Ryan Phillippe appeared in the movie that won Best Picture, Crash (2004/I) .
Her performance as Tracy Flick in Election (1999) is ranked #45 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
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Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
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Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Dyed her hair brown for her role in Walk the Line (2005)
Named #40 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)
Is the second actress to win the best actress Oscar for portraying a female singer in a biography; the first was Sissy Spacek for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980).
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Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
The dress she wore at the Golden Globes in 2006 was also worn by Kirsten Dunst at the Golden Globes in 2003
Distant cousin of Daniel Morton
Named #34 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
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Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
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Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Announced on October 30, 2006 that she has separated and would file divorce papers against her husband, Ryan Phillippe, after seven years of marriage.
Best friends with Selma Blair, Chelsea Handler and Renée Zellweger.
Was originally cast in the lead role in Bunny Lake Is Missing (2012), but backed out a few weeks before shooting began.
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Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
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Filed for divorce against husband Ryan Phillippe, also demanding sole custody for their children Ava and Deacon, on 8th November 2006.
Is a vegetarian.
Mentioned in the song High School Never Ends by Bowling for Soup, as "the prom queen".
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Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Named the first-ever Avon Global Ambassador and will serve as the Honorary Chairman of the Avon Foundation [August 1, 2007].
Was named highest-paid actress in Hollywood by The Hollywood Reporter in 2007.
In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $7 million.
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Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
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Is one of 9 actresses to have won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award for the same performance. The others in chronological order are Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich (2000), Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain (2003), Helen Mirren for The Queen (2006), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006), Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008), Mo'Nique for Precious (2009), Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010) and Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011).
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Campaigned for the role of Christine Collins in Changeling (2008), but lost the part to Angelina Jolie.
Was in a relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal, having met him on the set of Rendition (2007) (January 2007-November 2009).
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Returned to work 4 months after giving birth to her daughter Ava in order to begin filming her guest appearance on "Friends" (1994).
Returned to work 8 months after giving birth to her son Deacon in order to begin filming Walk the Line (2005).
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Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
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Auditioned for the role of Rachel Dawes in Batman Begins (2005), but Katie Holmes was cast instead.
Was in consideration for the role of Amy Stanton in The Killer Inside Me (2010), but Kate Hudson was cast instead.
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Was awarded the 2,425th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame by James L. Brooks and James Mangold, accompanied by her children, Ava and Deacon Phillippe, and boyfriend Jim Toth [December 1, 2010].
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Wallpapers of Reese Witherspoon Hollywood Actress By Bilal Ali Kasur
Announced her engagement to boyfriend Jim Toth, having been in a relationship with him since February 2010 [December 28, 2010].
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Married Jim Toth on March 26, 2011, in a marquee on her ranch in Ojai, California, wearing a custom-designed gown by Monique Lhuillier, before 120 guests. Eighty white doves were released just moments after the couple said "I do".
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Her bridesmaids at her wedding included her best friend Heather Rosenfield, daughter Ava Phillippe, and her two young nieces.
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Amongst the guests at her wedding were Renée Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey Jr., Alyssa Milano, Isla Fisher, Selma Blair and Salma Hayek.
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Played Robert Pattinson's mother in Vanity Fair (2004), but his scene was cut from the end product. In Water for Elephants (2011) the two of them play lovers.
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She was honored with the MTV Generation Award at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards, being the second female in the history of the show to receive the award, following Sandra Bullock who received the award one year earlier.
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Won the Academy Award for Best Actress, in 2006, for playing June Carter Cash in Walk the Line (2005). Funnily enough, Witherspoon had already played another Carter family member before; she played Mother Maybelle Carter (June Carter's mom) in her 4th Grade play.
Received a scar on her forehead from getting hit by a car on September 7, 2011.
Revealed in the 84th Academy Awards montage that her favorite movie is Overboard.
Date of Birth
22 March 1976, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Birth Name
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon 
Height
5' 1½" (1.56 m)
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976 at Southern Baptist Hospital (now Memorial Medical Center) in New Orleans, Louisiana.
She was the second child born to Dr. John Witherspoon and Betty Reese. Her father was a military surgeon specializing in the ear, nose and throat.
Her mother was a Registered Nurse who later became a Ph.D in pediatric nursing. Reese spent the first four years of her life in Wiesbaden, Germany where her father served as a lieutenant colonel in the US Army reserves.
Shortly after, John moved the family back to the States, settling in Nashville, Tennessee.
Reese was introduced to the entertainment industry at a very early age. At age 7, she began modeling. This led to appearances on several local television commercials. At age 11, she placed first in a Ten-State Talent Fair.
In 1990, she landed her first major acting role in Robert Mulligan's The Man in the Moon (1991). Her role as a 14-year old tomboy earned her rave reviews.
Roles in bigger films such as Jack the Bear (1993) and A Far Off Place (1993) followed shortly after.
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Following high school graduation in 1994 from Harpeth Hall, a Nashville all girls school, Reese decided to put her acting career on hold and attend Stanford University where she would major in English literature.
However, her collegiate plans were shortly dashed when she accepted roles to star in two major motion pictures:
Fear (1996) alongside Mark Wahlberg and Freeway (1996) with Kiefer Sutherland. Although neither film was a huge box-office success, they did help to establish Reese as a rising starlet in Hollywood and open the door for bigger and better film roles.
Those bigger roles came in movies such as Pleasantville (1998), Election (1999) and Cruel Intentions (1999).
Her breakthrough role came as Elle Woods in the 2001 comedy Legally Blonde (2001). The movie was huge box-office smash and established Reese as one of the top female draws in Hollywood.
The next year, she scored a follow-up hit with Sweet Home Alabama (2002) which went on to gross over $100 million dollars at the box office. In 2006, she took home the best actress Oscar for her role as June Carter Cash in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line (2005).
Off the screen, she was married to Ryan Phillippe from 1999 to 2007. They met at her 21st birthday party and subsequently worked together in Cruel Intentions (1999).
They have two children: a daughter, Ava Elizabeth (born 9 September 1999) and a son, Deacon (born 23 October 2003).
Spouse
Jim Toth (26 March 2011 - present)
Ryan Phillippe (5 June 1999 - 13 June 2008) (divorced) 2 children
Mostly plays chipper-type women convinced of their own successful destiny
Majored in English Literature at Stanford University; on leave from her studies as of 1996.
Shortly after she started acting she had an audition for a role in Cape Fear (1991). She was supposed to meet with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese for the audition, but at the time didn't really know who they were.
On the plane she was talking to the man next to her about her audition, and the man started to rave to her about De Niro and Scorsese. This made her so nervous that she completely blew the audition and the role eventually went to Juliette Lewis.
Gave birth to daughter, Ava Elizabeth Phillippe, on September 9th, 1999.
Refused the lead roles in two horror movies, Scream (1996/I) and Urban Legend (1998).
Was considered for the role of Juliet in Romeo + Juliet (1996).
Her mother, Betty, has a Ph.D. in pediatric nursing and her dad, John, is a surgeon.
Named one of People Magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People of 2001"
Named one of E!'s "Top 20 Entertainers of 2001".
Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
Went to Harpeth Hall School, a private school for girls in Nashville, Tennessee
She runs a production company called "Type A Films" with Debra Siegal
Appears in Entertainment Weekly's Most Powerful List sitting at #22
At the young age of 11 she won the "Ten State Talent Award"
She was a cheerleader in high school and a debutante.
Reese is her mother's maiden name.
She lived in Wiesbaden, Germany, as a young child.
Her Gap ad appeared on a six-story-high building on Sunset Blvd,.
Named one of E! 2002 "Entertainers of the Year".
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Has moved her production company, Type A Films, to Universal Pictures. Has signed a two-year first-look production pact with Universal. The studio has already picked up a romantic comedy pitch, Sports Widow (2010), for her to star in and produce.
She appeared in a television commercial when she was 7 for a local Nashville florist.
Has been named one of Rolling Stone's "People of the Year" along with Eminem and Kelly Osbourne.
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Her daughter, Ava, is named after her ex-husband, Ryan Phillippe's, grandmother.
Steve Dontanville from the William Morris Agency is still her agent. They got together after The Man in the Moon (1991).
She can trace her family all the way back to Scotland, UK. John Witherspoon, her Gifford-born "favourite ancestor", who attended Haddington Grammar School, obtained a Master of Arts from Edinburgh University in 1739, and was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence.
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Her wedding ring is an early 1990s Neil Lane, Asscher-cut-diamond, and there are only a few like it in the world.
Has an older brother, John D. Witherspoon
Ranked #1 on E!'s Hollywood's Hottest Blondes (2003)
Gave birth to son, Deacon Reese Phillippe, on October 23rd, 2003.
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As extra credit for a high school class, she worked as an office production assistant for the film Devil in a Blue Dress (1995). Director Carl Franklin paid homage to her by featuring Legally Blonde (2001) in the film Out of Time (2003/I).
She collects antique linens and is crazy about old embroidery.
Ryan proposed to her in December of 1998 while the couple was vacationing at The Planter's Inn in Charleston, South Carolina.
As a child she appeared in her local Sunday paper modeling kids' track suits and such. She said that it was creative for her. She was paid $50 a day.
Started children's acting classes at a community college at the age of 7. By the age of 9 she was taking adult acting classes.
Her son is named after former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Deacon Phillippe, a distant relative of her ex-husband Ryan Phillippe.
She was a gymnast for 7 years when she was younger.
Named 'Favorite Female Film Star' by People Magazine (2004)
Neither she nor her ex-husband, actor Ryan Phillippe, use their real first names - Reese's first name is Laura, Ryan's first name is Matthew.
Was the first person to host "Saturday Night Live" (1975) after the September 11th terror attacks.
Was approached by a few companies to record music after she provided her own singing voice for Walk the Line (2005).
Has appeared in four movies bearing the names of songs: Jack the Bear (1993), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Just Like Heaven (2005) and Walk the Line (2005).
She donated many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign.
The year she won her Oscar for Walk the Line (2005), her ex-husband Ryan Phillippe appeared in the movie that won Best Picture, Crash (2004/I) .
Her performance as Tracy Flick in Election (1999) is ranked #45 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
Dyed her hair brown for her role in Walk the Line (2005)
Named #40 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)
Is the second actress to win the best actress Oscar for portraying a female singer in a biography; the first was Sissy Spacek for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980).
The dress she wore at the Golden Globes in 2006 was also worn by Kirsten Dunst at the Golden Globes in 2003
Distant cousin of Daniel Morton
Named #34 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
Announced on October 30, 2006 that she has separated and would file divorce papers against her husband, Ryan Phillippe, after seven years of marriage.
Best friends with Selma Blair, Chelsea Handler and Renée Zellweger.
Was originally cast in the lead role in Bunny Lake Is Missing (2012), but backed out a few weeks before shooting began.
Filed for divorce against husband Ryan Phillippe, also demanding sole custody for their children Ava and Deacon, on 8th November 2006.
Is a vegetarian.
Mentioned in the song High School Never Ends by Bowling for Soup, as "the prom queen".
Named the first-ever Avon Global Ambassador and will serve as the Honorary Chairman of the Avon Foundation [August 1, 2007].
Was named highest-paid actress in Hollywood by The Hollywood Reporter in 2007.
In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $7 million.
Is one of 9 actresses to have won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award for the same performance. The others in chronological order are Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich (2000), Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain (2003), Helen Mirren for The Queen (2006), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006), Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008), Mo'Nique for Precious (2009), Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010) and Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011).
Campaigned for the role of Christine Collins in Changeling (2008), but lost the part to Angelina Jolie.
Was in a relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal, having met him on the set of Rendition (2007) (January 2007-November 2009).
Returned to work 4 months after giving birth to her daughter Ava in order to begin filming her guest appearance on "Friends" (1994).
Returned to work 8 months after giving birth to her son Deacon in order to begin filming Walk the Line (2005).
Auditioned for the role of Rachel Dawes in Batman Begins (2005), but Katie Holmes was cast instead.
Was in consideration for the role of Amy Stanton in The Killer Inside Me (2010), but Kate Hudson was cast instead.
Was awarded the 2,425th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame by James L. Brooks and James Mangold, accompanied by her children, Ava and Deacon Phillippe, and boyfriend Jim Toth [December 1, 2010].
Announced her engagement to boyfriend Jim Toth, having been in a relationship with him since February 2010 [December 28, 2010].
Married Jim Toth on March 26, 2011, in a marquee on her ranch in Ojai, California, wearing a custom-designed gown by Monique Lhuillier, before 120 guests. Eighty white doves were released just moments after the couple said "I do".
Her bridesmaids at her wedding included her best friend Heather Rosenfield, daughter Ava Phillippe, and her two young nieces.
Amongst the guests at her wedding were Renée Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey Jr., Alyssa Milano, Isla Fisher, Selma Blair and Salma Hayek.
Played Robert Pattinson's mother in Vanity Fair (2004), but his scene was cut from the end product. In Water for Elephants (2011) the two of them play lovers.
She was honored with the MTV Generation Award at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards, being the second female in the history of the show to receive the award, following Sandra Bullock who received the award one year earlier.
Won the Academy Award for Best Actress, in 2006, for playing June Carter Cash in Walk the Line (2005). Funnily enough, Witherspoon had already played another Carter family member before; she played Mother Maybelle Carter (June Carter's mom) in her 4th Grade play.
Received a scar on her forehead from getting hit by a car on September 7, 2011.
Revealed in the 84th Academy Awards montage that her favorite movie is Overboard.
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