Reese Witherspoon (born
March 22,
1976) is an
Academy Award-winning
American film
actress. She is ranked as Hollywood's highest paid actress.Witherspoon first role was in the movie
The Man in the Moon in 1991, followed by several moderately successful family oriented comedies and dramas in the early to mid 1990s, and then the teenage thriller
Fear, where she became a teen idol. Witherspoon emerged as a young woman in
Election.Witherspoon acquired her breakout role in
Legally Blonde , as a fun-loving blonde, a role she reprised in a sequel. Witherspoon received worldwide attention for playing
June Carter Cash in
Walk the Line , a role that earned Witherspoon critical praise, media attention and an
Academy Award for Best Actress. More recently, Witherspoon starred in
Penelope, alongside
Christina Ricci, set for an early 2008 release date.
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