Reese Witherspoon

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976. Her many accolades include an Academy Award, British Academy Film Award and Primetime Emmy Award. She also received two Golden Globe Awards. Time magazine listed her as one of the 100 most influential individuals in the world in both 2005 and in. Forbes also named her one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World in the year 2019. Forbes has named her the World's Richest Actress in 2021. Her net worth is estimated to be 400 million. Witherspoon first appeared on screen in 1991 as an teen. Her breakout came in 1999 when she played her role as a support in Cruel Intentions as well as her role as Tracy Flick in the black comedy Election. Elle Woods, a comedy comedy (2001) and its 2003 sequel gained her wider recognition. She was also in Sweet Home Alabama (2002), a romantic comedy. She was critically acclaimed and was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as June Carter Cash, in the musical biopic Walk the Line. After a downturn in her career with her only box office success was Water for Elephants (2011). Witherspoon returned to the screen by producing and starring in Wild (2014). She received an additional Academy Awards nomination for Best Actress. She has continued to perform primarily in television and has performed and produced in a variety of adaptations of literary written by women under the name Hello Sunshine. These include Big Little Lies (2017-2018), The Morning Show (2019-20), as well as Little Fires Everywhere (2020) which are all HBO dramas. She won the Primetime Emmy Award in Outstanding Limited Series for the first one. She was the producer of the adaptations to film of Gone Girl (2014) as in Where the Crawdads Sing (1922). Witherspoon also owns Draper James, a clothing company, and is involved in advocacy groups for children and women. She is a member of the board of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) and was named Global Ambassador of Avon Products in 2007, being the honorary chair of the charitable Avon Foundation dedicated to women's causes.