Reese Witherspoon is an American actress. She made her acting debut in The Man in the Moon (1991). After featuring in the Disney production A Far Off Place (1993), she starred in Fear (1996). She then rose to prominence in 1999 with Cruel Intentions and for her portrayal of Tracy Flick in the black comedy Election, which earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical nomination. She achieved fame for her work on romantic comedies with her role as Elle Woods in the comedy Legally Blonde (2001) and its 2003 sequel, as well as her starring role in Sweet Home Alabama (2002). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in the 2005 biographical musical film Walk the Line. She also received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in the 2014 drama Wild.

Witherspoon became a leading actress on the HBO television series Big Little Lies (2017–2019) (winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series as an executive producer), the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2019–present), and the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere (2020).

Launching Hello Sunshine in 2014, Witherspoon has served as producer on several of her films and shows, in addition to the 2014 psychological thriller Gone Girl.

Film

+Key Denotes films that have not yet been released Year Title Role Notes 1991 The Man in the Moon Dani Trant 1993 A Far Off Place Nonnie Parker Jack the Bear Karen Morris 1994 S.F.W. Wendy Pfister 1996 Freeway Vanessa Lutz Fear Nicole Walker 1998 Twilight Mel Ames Overnight Delivery Ivy Miller Pleasantville Jennifer / Mary Sue Parker 1999 Cruel Intentions Annette Hargrove Election Tracy Flick Best Laid Plans Lissa 2000 Little Nicky Holly American Psycho Evelyn Williams 2001 The Trumpet of the Swan Serena Voice Legally Blonde Elle Woods 2002 The Importance of Being Earnest Cecily Cardew Sweet Home Alabama Melanie Smooter 2003 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Elle Woods Also executive producer 2004 Vanity Fair Becky Sharp 2005 Walk the Line June Carter Cash Just like Heaven Elizabeth Masterson 2006 Penelope Annie Also producer 2007 Rendition Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi 2008 Four Christmases Kate Kinkaid 2009 Monsters vs. Aliens Susan Murphy / Ginormica Voice Legally Blondes Producer 2010 How Do You Know Lisa Jorgenson 2011 Water for Elephants Marlena Rosenbluth 2012 This Means War Lauren Scott Mud Juniper 2013 Devil's Knot Pamela Hobbs 2014 Gone Girl Producer Wild Cheryl Strayed Also producer The Good Lie Carrie Davis Inherent Vice Penny Kimball 2015 Hot Pursuit Officer Rose Cooper Also producer 2016 Sing Rosita Voice 2017 Home Again Alice Kinney 2018 A Wrinkle in Time Mrs. Whatsit 2019 Lucy in the Sky Producer 2021 Sing 2 Rosita Voice2022 Where the Crawdads Sing Producer Something from Tiffany's Producer 2023 Your Place or Mine Debbie Dunne Also producer 2025 You're Cordially Invited Margot Also producer 2027 Producer

Television Year Title Role Notes 1991 Wildflower Ellie Perkins Television film 1992 Desperate Choices: To Save My Child Cassie Robbins Television film 1993 Return to Lonesome Dove Ferris Dunnigan Miniseries 2000 King of the Hill Debbie Grund Voice; 2 episodes Friends Jill Green 2 episodes 2001 Saturday Night Live Host / Various Episode: "Reese Witherspoon/Alicia Keys" 2002 The Simpsons Greta Wolfcastle Voice; Episode: "The Bart Wants What It Wants" 2003 Freedom: A History of Us Various roles 3 episodes; documentary 2009 Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space Susan Murphy / Ginormica Voice; Special 2015 Saturday Night Live Host / Various Episode: "Reese Witherspoon/Florence + the Machine" Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris Guest announcer Episode: "Reese Witherspoon" The Muppets Herself Episode: "Walk the Swine" 2017–2019 Big Little Lies Madeline Martha Mackenzie Also executive producer 2017 The Mindy Project Herself Episode: "Girl Gone Wild" 2018 Shine On with Reese Herself Host; also executive producer 2019–present The Morning Show Bradley Jackson Also executive producer 2020 Little Fires Everywhere Elena Richardson Also executive producer 2021 Friends: The Reunion Herself TV Special2023 Daisy Jones & the Six Executive producer My Kind of Country Herself Also executive producer 2023—present The Last Thing He Told Me Executive producer 2026—present Elle Executive producer 2026 Lucky Executive producer

Video games Year Title RoleNotes 2009 Monsters vs. Aliens Susan Murphy / Ginormica

References

External links Reese Witherspoon at the Internet Movie Database