Reese Witherspoon Highlights

  • 2009: Voiced Susan Murphy, the 49 ft monster, in the computer-animated 3-D feature, "Monsters vs. Aliens"
  • 2008: Nominated for the 2008 People’s Choice Award for Favorite Female Star
  • 2008: Made producing debut (also co-starred) with "Penelope"; Christina Ricci starred in the title role (lensed 2006)
  • 2008: Co-starred with Vince Vaughn in the holiday comedy, "Four Christmases"
  • 2007: Played a pregnant Midwestern woman who discovers that her Egyptian husband is being secretly held by the U.S. government in "Rendition"
  • 2006: Witherspoon surpassed Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts to become the highest paid actress of all time; will earn $29 million for the horror film "Our Family Trouble"
  • 2005: Co-starred opposite Joaquin Phoenix, as June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line"; a biopic of late country music legend Johnny Cash, directed by James Mangold
  • 2004: Starred in the period film "Vanity Fair" directed by Mira Nair
  • 2003: Reprised the role of Elle Woods for "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blond"
  • 2002: Starred as a Southern girl who remakes herself as a New York socialite in "Sweet Home Alabama"
  • 2002: Played Cecily Cardew in a film remake of "The Importance of Being Earnest"
  • 2001: Starred in the surprise hit comedy "Legally Blonde"
  • 2000: Made two-episode appearance as the kid sister of Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) in the NBC sitcom "Friends"
  • 1999: Cast as Tracy Flick, a manipulative overachiever running for class president in Alexander Payne's "Election"
  • 1999: Cast as a virginal teenager in "Cruel Intentions," a modern-day spin on "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"
  • 1999: Starred alongside Alessandro Nivola and Josh Brolin in "Best Laid Plans"
  • 1998: Transported back to the black-and-white world of 1950s television in Gary Ross' "Pleasantville"
  • 1998: Played the daughter of Gene Hackman and Susan Sarandon in Robert Benton's "Twilight"
  • 1996: Played a troubled, precocious girl with a dark past in "Freeway" (aired on HBO before its theatrical release)
  • 1996: Starred as the object of Mark Wahlberg's obsession in "Fear"
  • 1995: Starred as satirical mini-mart hostage who lets loose a bitchy side in "S.F.W."
  • 1993: Acted in Marshall Herskowitz's "Jack the Bear"
  • 1993: Co-starred in CBS miniseries "Return to Lonesome Dove"
  • 1993: First starring role, "A Far Off Place"
  • 1991: Film debut in "The Man in the Moon"; also marked first on-screen kiss
  • 1991: TV acting debut in Lifetime movie "Wildflower"; directed by Diane Keaton
  • 1983: Began acting in local commercials at age seven
  • Raised in Nashville, Tennessee