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Born Laura Jean Reese Witherspoon , on Mar 22, 1976, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Not conventionally hot (she's cute, but has a sometimes distractingly big noggin and a chin that can cut glass), Reese Witherspoon has so forceful (if hyper) a personality and charisma that it was inevitable, I suppose, that she would be elevated to Hollywood royalty the moment she had the starring role in a mainstream film — in her case, Legally Blonde, which impressed critics by showing that Reese not only could carry a film by herself, but could turn even a weightless, witless film like Legally Blonde into a hit, having evolved from being a blonde but more talented Jennifer Love Hewitt (Fear, Overnight Delivery, Cruel Intentions) to a blonde but more talented Julia Roberts.

Unfortunately for me, the Reese I like is the forgotten Reese: the crazy, quirky Reese of Freeway and Election who will likely never be seen again now that she has a kid. Until that kid comes of age, I fear, it’ll be nothing but romantic comedies and other family-friendly fare, no matter how badly those films do at the box office. Worse is that, if too many of her films fall flat, it’s quite possible she’ll disappear altogether rather than return to independent films, re-emerging only after her kid’s fully grown and she herself largely forgotten.

Also sprach Golem.
(More recent commentary below)


Reese, Ryan, and The Seven Year Itch

Monday, October 30, 2006
It’s been announced today that Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe have formally separated after seven years of marriage. Which is a pretty good run for marriages these days — especially Hollywood marriages — and if there’s any surprise, it’s that it didn’t happen sooner.... Read more


REESE WITHERSPOON’S FILMOGRAPHY

* Titles in red feature Reese in the raw *

Film

  • Four Christmases (2008) .... Kate
  • Rendition (2007) .... Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
  • Penelope (2006) .... Annie
  • Just Like Heaven (2005) .... Elizabeth
  • Walk the Line (2005) .... June Carter
  • Whiteout (2005) .... Carrie Stetko
  • Vanity Fair (2004) .... Becky Sharp
  • Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) .... Elle Woods
  • The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) .... Cecily
  • Sweet Home Alabama (2002) .... Melanie Carmichael
  • Legally Blonde (2001) .... Elle
  • American Psycho (2000) .... Evelyn Williams
  • Little Nicky (2000) .... Holly
  • Slow Motion (2000)
  • The Trumpet of the Swan (2000)
  • Best Laid Plans (1999) .... Lissa
  • Cruel Intentions (1999) .... Annette Hargrove
  • Election (1999) .... Tracey Flick
  • Overnight Delivery (1998) .... Ivy Miller
  • Pleasantville (1998) .... Jennifer/Mary Sue Parker
  • Twilight (1998) .... Mel Ames
  • Fear (1996) .... Nicole Walker
  • Freeway (1996) .... Vanessa Lutz
  • S.F.W. (1994) .... Wendy Pfister
  • A Far Off Place (1993) .... Nonnie Parker
  • Jack the Bear (1993) .... Karen Morris
  • The Man in the Moon (1991) .... Dani Trant
Made for Television Movies/Specials
  • MTV 2002 Movie Awards (2002) .... Nominee (best line, best dressed)
  • Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992) .... Cassie Robbins
  • Wildflower (1991) .... Ellie Perkins
Miniseries
  • Return to Lonesome Dove (1993) .... Ferris Dunnigan
Television
  • Friends: “The one where Chandler can't cry” (2/10/2000) .... Jill Green
  • King of the Hill: “Hanky Panky (Part 1)” (2/6/2000) .... Debbie [voice]
  • Friends: “The one with Rachel's sister” (2/3/2000) .... Jill Green
  • King of the Hill: “Rodeo Days” (1/16/2000) .... Debbie [voice]


REESE WITHERSPOON-RELATED ARTICLES

  • Reese Witherspoon is top-earning actress
    Associated Press (Nov 30, 2007)
    Even though her latest film, Rendition, was a flop, Reese Witherspoon is a moneymaker.
  • Straight from the Heart
    Vogue (Nov 2005)
    Reese Witherspoon sheds her perky past to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in country music’s greatest love story — the long, passionate romance between June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash.


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