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“Life isn't just about you: It's about family and friends and giving back.”
Birthname:
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
Assets:
Blonde, Eyes, Body, Southern Accent
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Vices:
that chin of hers could smash a wall
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Hobbies:
Collecting antique linens, embroidery, gymnastics
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Chicks She's Worked With
Selma Blair, Ali Larter, Linda Cardellini, Raquel Welch, Jennifer Coolidge, Rhona Mitra, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mary Steenburgen, Joan Allen, Gail Strickland, Amanda Plummer, Brooke Shields, Amy Brenneman, Alyssa Milano, Marley Shelton, Frances O'Connor, Regina King, Sally Field, Candice Bergen, Ginnifer Goodwin, Christina Ricci, Meryl Streep
Introduction
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon is an Academy Award-winning American actress. She is best known for her work in Legally Blonde, and her Academy Award-winning turn as June Carter Cash in the Johnny Cash biopic, Walk the Line. Her performance as Tracy Flick in Election is ranked #45 on Premiere magazine’s 100 Greatest Performances of All Time. She edged out Tom Hanks in Castaway; but in all fairness, his performance was mired by the selfish, over the top pantomime of co-star Wilson the Volleyball.
Life story
Reese spent the first four years of her life in Wiesbaden, Germany where her father served as a lieutenant colonel in the US Army reserves. Shortly after, John moved the family back to the States, settling in Nashville, Tennessee, where a kid could grow up with normal American angst, and none of that German schadenfreude hooey.
At age seven, Reese began modeling. In 1990, she landed her first major acting gig in The Man in the Moon. Her role as a 14-year old tomboy earned her rave reviews. But instead of letting it all go to her head, packing up and heading out to La La Land, Reese decided to attend Stanford University where she would major in English. Little did she know that English majors are every bit as unemployed as actors.
However, her collegiate plans were shortly dashed when she accepted roles to star in two major motion pictures: Fear, alongside Mark Wahlberg and his fingers (watch it) and Freeway with Kiefer Sutherland and his gravitas. Although neither film was a huge box-office success, they did help to establish Reese as a rising starlet in Hollywood and open the door for bigger and better film roles.
Her breakthrough role came as Elle Woods in the 2001 comedy Legally Blonde. The movie was huge box-office smash and established Reese as one of the top female draws in Hollywood. The next year, she scored a follow-up hit with Sweet Home Alabama, which went on to gross over $100 million dollars at the box office. Both films are a small price to pay for the promise of hanky panky with the girlfriend.
She won an Oscar in 2006 for her role in Walk the Line. Her husband has not won an Oscar, and is also not talented or beautiful. They are now divorced. Go figure. She is now romantically linked to Jake Gyllenhaal.
And because Reese is an "A" List Hollywood talent, she is legally obligated to lend her voice to an animated film. She will fulfill that obligation in the upcoming DreamWorks Animation movie Monsters vs. Aliens (2009).
Stuff she’s done, ie: movies, tv, albums:
Walk the Line, Legally Blonde, Legally Blonde 2, Rendition, Just Like Heaven, Election, Cruel Intentions, Sweet Home Alabama, American Psycho, Friends, Pleasantville, Penelope, Fear, Vanity Fair, Little Nicky, Four Christmases, The Man in the Moon, Freeway, The Importance of Being Earnest, Monsters vs. Aliens
Dudes she has worked with:
Ryan Phillippe, Josh Lucas, Jake Gyllenhaal, Christian Bale, Adam Sandler, Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Luke Wilson, Jared Leto, William DaFoe, Peter Sarsgaard, Matthew Broderick, Jon Voight, Vince Vaughn, Jason London, Sam Waterston, Tobey Maguire, Chris Klein, Mark Ruffalo
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