History Creator / ReeseWitherspoon

* NiceGirl: According to most reports she is very pleasant and easy to work with.

She won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward in 2005 for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in ''Film/WalkTheLine''. Her breakout role was Elle Woods in ''Film/LegallyBlonde'' in 2001. She is noted for being able to play a broad spectrum of characters. She is also a film producer and owns her own production company, Hello Sunshine. She was married to Ryan Philippe and now married to Jim Toth.

She won an AcademyAward in 2005 for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in ''Film/WalkTheLine''. Her breakout role was Elle Woods in ''Film/LegallyBlonde'' in 2001. She is noted for being able to play a broad spectrum of characters. She is also a film producer and owns her own production company, Hello Sunshine. She was married to Ryan Philippe and now married to Jim Toth.

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Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress from UsefulNotes/NewOrleans, Louisiana.

She won an AcademyAward in 2005 for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in ''Film/WalkTheLine''. Her breakout role was Elle Woods in ''Film/LegallyBlonde''. She is noted for being able to play a broad spectrum of characters. She was married to Ryan Philippe and now married to Jim Toth.

* PatrioticFervor: Just take a gander at her social media. She makes it unabashedly clear that she loves America.

* RuleOfSeanConnery: She [[spoiler:killed]] Creator/KieferSutherland, screwed with Creator/MatthewBroderick, shot Creator/PaulNewman, and got into Harvard. Yeah. She's awesome.

* SheReallyCanAct (and Sing): Just see ''Walk The Line'' and ''Sing'', and your jaw will drop.

* Madeline Martha [=MacKenzie=] in ''Series/BigLittleLies''.

* Madeline Martha MacKenzie in ''Series/BigLittleLies''.

Reese Witherspoon was born March 22, 1976, in UsefulNotes/NewOrleans, Louisiana. She won an Academy Award in 2005 for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in ''Film/WalkTheLine''. Her breakout role was Elle Woods in ''Film/LegallyBlonde''. She is noted for being able to play a broad spectrum of characters. She was married to Ryan Philippe and now married to Jim Toth.

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* Rosita in ''WesternAnimation/Sing''.

Reese Witherspoon was born March 22, 1976, in UsefulNotes/NewOrleans, Louisiana. She won an Academy Award in 2005 for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in ''Film/WalkTheLine''. Her breakout role was Elle Woods in ''Film/LegallyBlonde''. She is noted for being able to play a broad spectrum of characters. She was married to Ryan Philippe.

* SheReallyCanAct (and Sing): Just see ''Walk The Line'', and your jaw will drop.

* MethodActing:
** In ''Film/CruelIntentions'', When Annette slaps Sebastian in the face during their breakup scene, the slap wasn't supposed to happen. Reese became caught up in the intensity of the scene that she impulsively slapped him.
** In ''Film/{{Election}}'', she spent a couple of weeks in high school to understand the thought process of a student.
** In ''Film/LegallyBlonde'', she met with several sorority girls to prepare for the role, not wanting to play a typical airhead. She also attended law school.
** In ''Film/WalkTheLine'', she listened to multiple recordings of June Carter's music and watched her interviews to get her voice and mannerisms right. She also learned how to sing and play the auto-harp.
** A case of EnforcedMethodActing, but in ''Film/{{Wild}}'', the director refused to let her learn how to make a tent, so we are really seeing her frustration on-screen when her character attempts to set one up.

* LargeHam: She hams it up in ''Freeway'', ''Election'', and ''Film/LegallyBlonde''. She also really loves to make a lot of facial expressions in many of her roles, so her face hams it up for her as well!

* SheReallyCanAct (and Sing): Just see ''Walk The Line'', and your jaw will drop. She also learned to play the auto-harp for the film.

* MsFanservice: She is often portrayed as sexy or a lust object, e.g. in ''This Means War'', ''Film/LegallyBlonde'', or NippleAndDimed in ''Twilight'' (no, not that one), or in ''Film/{{Wild}}'' as well, though some of it is also FanDisservice.

* RuleOfSeanConnery: She [[spoiler: killed]] Creator/KieferSutherland, screwed with Creator/MatthewBroderick, shot Creator/PaulNewman, and got into Harvard. Yeah. She's awesome.
* SheReallyCanAct (And Sing): Just see ''Walk The Line'' and your jaw will drop. She also learned to play the auto-harp for the film.

* LargeHam: She's pretty hammy in ''Freeway'', ''Election'', and also a few moments of ''Film/LegallyBlonde''.

* PlayingAgainstType: Tracy and Vanessa are nothing like Elle Woods. Her role as real-life novelist/hiker Cheryl Strayed in ''Wild'' allowed her to play a subdued character with a lot of emotional flaws.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** She was offered the starring role in ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'', but declined.
** She was also going to voice Merida in Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', but dropped out due to commitment issues.
** She originally produced ''Film/GoneGirl'' with the intent to play the female lead that wound up going to Rosamund Pike when scheduling conflicts arose.

!!Tropes relating to her carreer:

* MsFanservice: She is often portraed as sexy or a lust object, e.g. in ''This Means War'', ''Film/LegallyBlonde'', or NippleAndDimed in ''Twilight'' (no, not that one), or in ''Film/{{Wild}}'' as well, though some of it is also FanDisservice.

* PlayingAgainstType: Tracy and Vannessa are nothing like Elle Woods. Her role as real-life novelist/hiker Cheryl Strayed in ''Wild'' allowed her to play a subdued character with a lot of emotional flaws.

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Notable Roles:

!!This actress and her roles provide examples of:

* BewareTheNiceOnes: You better. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9M_4KXX0xI]]
* DeadpanSnarker: On and off-screen.
* LargeHam: She's pretty hammy in Freeway, Election, and also a few moments of ''Film/LegallyBlonde''.
* MsFanservice: She can be this in This Means War, ''Film/LegallyBlonde'', and (YMMV) Water For Elephants.
** To say [[NippleAndDimed nothing]] of her role in Twilight (no, not that one)
** Quite a bit of this in ''Film/{{Wild}}'' as well, though some of it is also FanDisservice.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gifted at doing these, see WalkTheLine, Freeway, Election, etc.
* PlayingAgainstType: Tracy and Vannessa are nothing like Elle Woods.
** Her role as real-life novelist/hiker Cheryl Strayed in ''Wild'' allowed her to play a subdued character with a lot of emotional flaws.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: She is nothing like some shrews she played.

* SheReallyCanAct(And Sing): Just see ''Walk The Line'' and your jaw will drop. She also learned to play the auto-harp for the film.

* RuleOfSeanConnery: She [[spoiler: killed]] Kiefer Sutherland, screwed with Matthew Broderick, shot Paul Newman, and got into Harvard. Yeah. She's awesome.
* SheReallyCanAct(And Sing): Just see Walk The Line and your jaw will drop. She also learned to play the auto-harp for the film.

* Cheryl Strayed in ''Wild''