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The Greatest Character Actors of All Time

From [link=/name/nm6180088/]Young Mazino[/link] in "[link=/title/tt3581920]The Last of Us[/link]" to [link=/name/nm12043107]Sarah Bock[/link] in "[link=/title/tt11280740]Severance[/link]," check out these popular and up-and-coming stars who are taking Hollywood by storm.

Asian Hollywood Stars to Watch

From <a class="ipc-md-link" href="/name/nm6180088/?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Young Mazino</a> in &quot;<a class="ipc-md-link" href="/title/tt3581920?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">The Last of Us</a>&quot; to <a class="ipc-md-link" href="/name/nm12043107?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Sarah Bock</a> in &quot;<a class="ipc-md-link" href="/title/tt11280740?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Severance</a>,&quot; check out these popular and up-and-coming stars who are taking Hollywood by storm.

Reese Witherspoon, Will Ferrell, Margot, and Glen Wilson

Reese Witherspoon, Meredith Hagner, and Jimmy Tatro in You're Cordially Invited (2025)

Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell in You're Cordially Invited (2025)

Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde (2001)

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in The Overview Effect (2023)

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in Newscasters We Love From Film & TV (2023)

Reese Witherspoon in The Morning Show (2019)

Reese Witherspoon in Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

Reese Witherspoon, Colleen Camp, Matt Malloy, Loren Nelson, and Phil Reeves in Election (1999)

Reese Witherspoon and Mark Harelik in Election (1999)

Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)

Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher in Your Place or Mine (2023)

Reese Witherspoon and Patrick Dempsey in Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in Testimony (2021)

Reese Witherspoon in A Private Person (2021)

Julianna Margulies and Reese Witherspoon in Laura (2021)

Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Billy Crudup in It's Like the Flu (2021)

Reese Witherspoon and Hasan Minhaj in My Least Favorite Year (2021)

Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Billy Crudup in The Morning Show (2019)

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in The Morning Show (2019)

Reese Witherspoon in Saturday Night Live (1975)

Alan Rickman, Reese Witherspoon, Adam Sandler, Jack Black, and Lindsay Lohan in "The IMDb Show" On Location Goes Back to School (2019)

Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Matthew Perry in Friends (1994)

Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, and Zoë Kravitz in The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017)

Laura Dern, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, and Zoë Kravitz in Big Little Lies (2017)

Reese Witherspoon in Inner White Girl (2015)

Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, and Zoë Kravitz in Big Little Lies (2017)

Patricia Arquette and Reese Witherspoon in Wildflower (1991)

Reese Witherspoon, Colleen Camp, Nicholas D'Agosto, Matt Malloy, Loren Nelson, and Phil Reeves in Election (1999)

Reese Witherspoon and Colleen Camp in Election (1999)

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Betty Witherspoon, a registered nurse & John Draper Witherspoon, a military surgeon. Reese spent the first 4 years of her life in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany, where her father served as a lieutenant colonel in the US Army reserves. Shortly after, the family moved back to the USA & settled in Nashville, Tennessee.

Reese was introduced to the entertainment industry at a very early age. At age 7, she began modeling. This led to appearances on several local television commercials. At age 11, she placed first in a Ten-State Talent Fair.

In 1990, she landed her first major acting role in Robert Mulligan's The Man in the Moon (1991). Her role as a 14-year old tomboy earned her rave reviews. Roles in bigger films such as Jack the Bear (1993) and A Far Off Place (1993) followed shortly after.

Following high school graduation in 1994 from Harpeth Hall, a Nashville all girls school, Reese decided to put her acting career on hold and attend Stanford University where she would major in English literature. However, her collegiate plans were shortly dashed when she accepted roles to star in two major motion pictures: Fear (1996), alongside Mark Wahlberg, and Freeway (1996) with Kiefer Sutherland. 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. 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. The next year, she scored a follow-up hit with Sweet Home Alabama (2002), which went on to gross over $100 million dollars at the box office. In 2006, she took home the best actress Oscar for her role as June Carter Cash in the Johnny Cash biopic, Walk the Line (2005). On the late 2000s and early 2010s, Reese continued to star in more romantic comedies, such as Four Christmases (2008) and How Do You Know (2010). In December 2010, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In the year 2014, she produced both Gone Girl (2014) and Wild (2014), for which she got nominated for best actress Oscar again for her role as Cheryl Strayed.

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