Reese witherspoon is a well-known American-born film and television actress, famous for having established herself as one of the highest-paid artists in Hollywood.
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon He was born on March 22, 1976 in the city of New Orleans, located within the state of Louisiana in the United States of America.
His family consists of his mother Betty reese, a pediatric nurse who teaches at the Vanderbilt University, and his father John witherspoon, an otolaryngologist who served in the United States Army.
During his father’s stay in Germany, the family moved to the European country, living there for four years. Upon their return to America they settled in Nashville Tennessee, where Reese attended the Harpeth Hall School for Girls.
In her own words, she is very proud to have been raised in the southern style, since this instilled in her values of respect and tradition that she considers very important. Besides being a very educated girl, she was always a fan of books and as a child she read everything that fell into her hands.
At the age of seven she had her first appearance in front of the cameras, being the face of a local flower shop. Later, this first approach awakened her desire to act, so she asked her mother to send her to drama classes.
By the time she finished high school, she was leading the cheerleaders at her school and decided to join the Stanford University. Despite having excellent grades in all subjects, after a year of studying, he dropped out to pursue acting.
In 1991, she went to an audition with some friends to try her luck and see if they chose her as an extra. The producers were so intrigued by her performance that they featured her in the lead role in “The Man on the Moon” (The man in the Moon).
For being such a young unknown actress, the critics really praised her and wrote the best reviews about her final kiss. These first steps in the film industry proved, later, not to be a mere fluke.
Already in 1993 he continued working, appearing in the film “Jack the bear”(Jack the bear) next to Danny DeVito Y Gary sinise. For his interpretation of Karen morris, Reese received the award for Best Supporting Actress of the Young Artists Awards.
Without stopping at any point, his career continued to rise, earning him roles such as that of Vanessa lutz on “Freeway”(Carretera), in 1996. On this occasion she was the co-star of Kiefer Sutherland Y Brooke shields.
Later that year, he rose to definitive fame with the trhiller “Fear”(Obsessive Passion), where he accompanied her Mark Wahlberg. The rest of the cast composed it William petersen Y Alyssa Milano, reaching great success in all cinemas.
A short time later, when he turned 21, he met the actor Ryan phillippe. They began dating throughout 1997 and, in 1998, he proposed to her. This period was very busy due to the enormous number of contracts that Reese had to roll.
The first of them premiered on the big screen on March 6, 1998, with stellar performances by Susan Sarandon, Paul newman, Stockard Channing Y Gene Hackman under the title of “Twilight”(At sunset).
In April, he released one of his first romantic comedies, “Overnight Delivery”(Sent at midnight), sharing the scene with Paul rudd. The 1998 hit closed with “Pleasantville”(Quiet Villa), where he performed with Tobey Maguire Y Jeff daniels.
Continuing with his line of big box office events, in March 1999 he appeared in “Curel Intentions”(Cruel intentions), with her fiancé Ryan phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar Y Selma blair. Actors Joshua jackson Y Tara reid they also had minor roles in the film.
In May 1999 he premiered “Election”(Election), next to Matthew broderick Y Chris klein, shortly before their wedding. June 5, 1999 Phillippe Y Reese they joined in marriage and a few months later, in September, they had their daughter Ava elizabeth.
Already in the new millennium, one of the first roles she played was that of the mother of Nicky on “Little nicky” (The son of the devil). His companions in this case were Adam Sandler, Patricia arquette Y Harvey Keitel, with whom he had supposedly fathered Nicky.
However, she is surely remembered much more for her outstanding performance in “American psycho”(American psychopath), with Christian bale. Some of the other protagonists who had been thought of had been Johnny depp, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton And till Leonardo Dicaprio.
Finally, the final cast was made up of Willem dafoe, Chloe sevigny Y Jared Leto, who did not expect that, with a budget of 8 million dollars, the film would reach more than 40 million in sales.
Then in 2001, Reese released his first animation together with Seth green, in which he gave life to the sympathetic swan of “The Trumpet of the Swan”(The trumpet of the swan). Of course, it was totally overshadowed by the role that gave it worldwide recognition: “Legally Blonde”(A very legal blonde).
In it, she played the glamorous Elle woods, a girl from Bel-Air who enlists in Harvard to show her ex boyfriend that not all blondes are stupid. The rest of the cast was composed of Luke wilson, Selma blair Y Matthew davis, and the movie itself reached a spectacular $ 141 million in earnings.
After having gone through other productions, in 2002 he brought to the box office “Sweet Home Alabama”(Sweet Home Alabama). In it he acted with Fred ward and the appeal Patrick Dempsey and once again secured sales that exceeded $ 180 million.
By this point in her life, she had already become one of the highest paid actresses in the world. Hollywood, since it maintains to this day. In June 2003 he released the sequel “A very legal blonde 2”, Again accompanied by Luke wilson.
In October she gave birth to her second child, Deacon, and immediately afterwards began to prepare for his role in “Vanity fair”(The vanity fair). Under this title, he had a cast made up of excellent actors such as Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Gabriel byrne Y Jim Broadbent, among others.
Despite the image that many critics had formed of her, this role showed her displaying all her acting skills, later leading her to the winning film “Walk the line”(Johnny and June: Passion and madness).
Next to Joaquin phoenix, the film reached a total sales of over 186 million dollars. In the meantime, Reese was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Actress, for his interpretation of June Carter.
After working so tumultuously, in 2005 he took a short break presenting “Just like heaven” (I wish it were true). By this time Ryan phillippe began to be overshadowed by the figure of Reese, so the relationship was not the same as before.
Eventually, 2006 presented her with a year full of arguments and arrangements that led to a separation. At the beginning of 2007 they presented the divorce papers and agreed to maintain joint custody of the children.
Towards the end of that same year, he launched “Rendition”(Surrender), which featured on its billboard Jake gyllenhaal already Meryl streep. Despite being his only film of 2007, it had a very good reception and left it very well established in front of the critics.
In 2008 he will launch “Penelope”, Which had already been shot in 2006, with Christina Ricci Y James mcavoy in the star roles. Her other contract for 2008 will take her alongside Robert Duvall Y Vince vaughn on “Four Christmases”(Four Christmases).