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Reese Witherspoon is an American actress. She made her acting debut in The Man in the Moon (1991). Her second box office performance was the Disney production, A Far Off Place (1993) in which she crosses the African desert to escape poachers that killed her family.
Those bigger roles came in movies such as Pleasantville (1998) , Election (1999) and Cruel Intentions (1999). Her breakthrough role came as Elle Woods in the 2001 comedy, Legally Blonde (2001). The movie was huge box-office smash and established Reese as one of the top female draws in Hollywood.
3 days ago · Reese Witherspoon Movies and Series Ranked. Reese Witherspoon rose to prominence in the late 1990s, a receptive era for twisted comedies (Freeway), teen thrillers (Fear, Cruel...
1. Cruel Intentions. 1999 1h 37m R. 6.8 (206K) Rate. 56 Metascore. Two vicious step-siblings of an elite Manhattan prep school make a wager: to deflower the new headmaster's daughter before the start of term. Director Roger Kumble Stars Sarah Michelle Gellar Ryan Phillippe Reese Witherspoon. 2. Election. 1999 1h 43m R. 7.3 (105K) Rate. 83 Metascore
13 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Legally Blonde. 2001 1h 36m PG-13. 6.5 (249K) Rate. 59 Metascore. Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school. While she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks.
She has also produced the film adaptations Gone Girl (2014) and Where the Crawdads Sing (2022), and the miniseries adaptation Daisy Jones & the Six (2023). Witherspoon also owns Reese's Book Club and a clothing company, Draper James. She is involved in children's and women's advocacy organizations.
Following a career downturn, during which her sole box-office success was the romantic drama Water for Elephants (2011), Witherspoon made a comeback by producing and starring as Cheryl Strayed in the drama Wild (2014), which earned her a second nomination for Best Actress at the Academy Awards.
