Reese Witherspoon

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born on the 22nd of March 1976) is an American actress. She has received numerous accolades such as an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award. Time magazine named her one of the top 100 influential people in the world in 2006 and 2015, and Forbes listed her as one of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2019 and 2021. Forbes declared her the World's Richest Actress in 2021. Her net worth is estimated at $400 million. Witherspoon first appeared on screen in the year 1991 as she was a teenager. Her breakout came in 1999, with the role of a supporting actress in Cruel Intentions as well as her performance as Tracy Flick in the black comedy Election. Elle Woods, a comedy comedy (2001) and its 2003 sequel brought her greater recognition. She also appeared in Sweet Home Alabama (2002) the romantic comedy. She was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in the musical biopic Walk the Line. After a career decline, with her only box office hit was Water for Elephants (2011). Witherspoon returned to the screen when she produced and starred in Wild (2014). She got a second Academy Awards nomination for Best Actress. Witherspoon has continued to work mostly on television and performed and produced in a variety of female-led literary adaptions under Hello Sunshine. They include Big Little Lies, an HBO drama series (2017-2019), The Morning Show as an Apple TV+ drama series (2019-present) and Little Fires Everywhere (2020). In the very first, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series. She was the producer of the adaptations to film of Gone Girl (2014) as in Where the Crawdads Sing (1922). Witherspoon also owns Draper James clothing company and is involved in advocacy groups for children and women. She is a member of the board of the Children's Defense Fund and was named Global Ambassador of Avon Products in 2007. In this capacity, she also serves as chair honorary of Avon Foundation's charitable foundation devoted to women's issues.