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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.

Music video&quot; Appeared in the video for <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0389965/?ref_=nmwrk">Hoku</a>&#39;s &quot;A Perfect Day&quot;, 2001.

Music video: Appeared in video for &quot;Every You, Every Me&quot; by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2202308/?ref_=nmwrk">Placebo</a>, (1999)

Was interviewed in an episode of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0413610/?ref_=nmwrk">Talking Movies (1999)</a> about the potential releasing of movies simultaneously in theaters, on DVD and TV (2006). The other interviewees were <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001752/?ref_=nmwrk">Steven Soderbergh</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0906136/?ref_=nmwrk">Todd Wagner</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0000876/?ref_=nmwrk">Noah Baumbach</a>.

(2008) Print ads and TV commercial for Avon&#39;s Pro-to-Go Lipstick.

TV commercial for Avon Supermagnify Mascara (2010).

(2010) PSA for AvonWalk.com for Breast Cancer.

(2018) Book: &quot;Whiskey in a Teacup&quot;. New York: Touchstone. ISBN-10: 1501166271; ISBN-13: 9781501166273

(2017 - 2018) Print ads for Elizabeth Arden New York Advanced Ceramide Capsules. - Print advertisement for &quot;Elizabeth Arden&quot; (NY) (Retinol Ceramide Capsules) - Model

(2017 - 2018) Print ads for Elizabeth Arden New York Advanced Ceramide Face Capsules and Advanced Ceramide Eye Capsules.

(2022) Release of her children&#39;s book, &quot;Busy Betty&quot;.

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