Reese Witherspoon
 Birthday: March 22, 1976 Age: 35 Sign: Aries Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Big Break: Role in The Man in the Moon. | Biography Reese Witherspoon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to John and Betty Witherspoon. Her father was a lieutenant colonel in the US Army reserves and her mother was a nurse and college professor from Harriman, Tennessee. She claims to be the direct descendant of John Witherspoon who was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence, the sixth president of Princeton University, and Presbyterian minister. Reese Witherspoon was raised in the Episcopalian religion. Her father worked for the US military in Wiesbaden, Germany, were she lived there for four years as a child. After returning to U.S, army brat Witherspoon spent most of her childhood in Nashville, Tennessee. After graduating Harpeth Hall School, a private all-girls school in Nashville, she attended Stanford University in California as an English literature major. After completing a year of her studies, she left Stanford to pursue her acting career. Witherspoon’s first role was in a TV movie called Wildflower, directed by Diane Keaton. At age 15, Witherspoon attended a casting call for The Man in the Moon. She earned a leading role and was nominated for the Young Artist Award “Best Young Actress”. After her success in The Man in the Moon, Witherspoon had many leading and supporting roles. She had a minor role in Jack the Bear in 1993 which earned her a Young Artist Award “Best Youth Actress co-starring in Motion Picture Drama.” She has also appeared in TV movie Desperate Choices: To Save My Child, and was cast as leading character “Nonnie Parker” in the Disney film A Far Off Place. She gained another leading role in the 1994 film S.F.W. Witherspoon won best actress for the 1996 film Freeway. In 1998, Witherspoon made three films: Twilight, Overnight Delivery, and Pleasantville. Her role in Pleasantville won her the Young Hollywood Award for “Best Female Breakthrough Performance.” In 1999, Witherspoon starred in the drama Best Laid Plans. Meanwhile, she starred in Cruel Intentions, where she co-starred with Sarah Michelle Geller and future husband Ryan Phillippe. Her role in Election caused Witherspoon to struggle in finding work. She finally received a supporting role in American Psycho in 2000. She also made and appearance in Little Nicky. Witherspoon had two minor roles in Friends and King of the Hill. In 2001 Witherspoon finally landed a leading role as Elle Woods in the film Legally Blonde. The box office hit helped Witherspoon gain her fame. Witherspoon received a Golden Globe for “Best Actress” and an MTV Movie Award for “Best Comedic Performance.” She later received a Teen Choice Award for her role in the comedy The Importance of Being Earnest. That same year she starred in Sweet Home Alabama. In 2003, Witherspoon starred in the Legally Blonde sequel, Legally Blonde 2. The movie earned her a $15 million paycheck for the sequel, which made her one of Hollywood’s highest paid actresses. She later starred in the films Vanity Fair and Just Like Heaven. In 2005 she gained many awards and reviews for her role as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line. Witherspoon runs a production company called Type A films. Type A Films had produced the Legally Blonde Sequel and Penelope. Witherspoon’s first post-Oscar role came in the modern-day fairy tale, Penelope. Filming of Penelope began in March 2006, but the film has been set to a February 2008 release. Rendition, starring Witherspoon was released on October 12, 2007. In 2007, Witherspoon made her first move in endorsements as she signed to serve as Avon Products Global Ambassador. She will be involved in product development, appear in advertisements, and will serve as the chairwoman of Avon Foundation. Her upcoming works include Midnight and Four Christmases. Witherspoon and actor Ryan Phillippe married in 1999. Together they have two children, daughter Ava Elizabeth and son Deacon. After seven years of marriage, the couple announced their divorce on October 30, 2006. It has been recently reported that Witherspoon has been linked to actor and co-star Jake Gyllenhaal. Did you know…
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“I don’t think I need plastic surgery at this point,” Reese told UK’s Glamour Magazine.
“Can we just go day by day on that one?”
The Oscar-winner graces the cover of the mag, and while she says plastic surgery’s not for her, she’s not against it either.
January 4, 2012
Reese Witherspoon and her husband Jim Toth met when his drunk friend was hitting on her. Jim Toth was actually the wingman in this situation, which is why you should always get your friend liquored up and take their sloppy seconds because you never know when you're going to marry Reese Witherspoon, err, well, you know what I mean.
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December 25, 2011
If Timberlake did indeed get down on one knee, in the snow, with a backdrop of sparking Christmas lights and as a horse-drawn carriage passes—okay, I have no idea how it could’ve gone down, but in my mind, that’s how it happened. Anyway, if he did indeed propose to Jessica over the holidays, he’s certainly not the first. Here are 7 celebrities who got engaged during the Christmas holidays.
Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard: Sad endings aside, Zooey announced her engagement to Deathcab for Cutie front man Ben Gibbard in December 2008. At the time, it was a match made in hipster heaven. I think they had the ceremony at Urban Outfitters.
December 9, 2011
Brad put his Malibu oceanfront home up for sale four months ago, and the actor suddenly withdrew the house from the market. He was asking for $13.75 million.
This place is seriously lavish, but compared to the castle he lives in with Angelina Jolie, it might as well be a cardboard box on Skid Row.
Alright, maybe not. At 3,300 square feet, the estate was originally built in 1962 and sits on top of a bluff off the Pacific Ocean.
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December 5, 2011
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The 21 year-old has a firm opinion on what it means to be a role model, and during the Billboard Women of the Year Awards on Friday, she explained her view to Katie Couric.
“If you're a singer and on TV and in the living room of some 12-year-old girl, she's watching what you're wearing and saying and doing,” Swift explained. “For me, when Faith Hill performed on an awards show, everything mattered -- everything she said, did, wore, I tried to copy it."
September 13, 2011
Remember last week, when Reese Witherspoon got run over by an old lady? Well, now she has a black eye. Witherspoon was photographed at a friend’s birthday party in Los Angeles on Monday, sporting a shiner and a bandaged forehead.
At first I was like, “well, the lady was 84, you can’t really be mad.” But I gotta say, if some old lady gave me a black eye, I’d be pretty pissed. Mostly because I’m starting to think, half the time, old people are just playing dumb to get away with stuff.
Oooh goodness, Sonny…I hit a movie star? Me oh my, I was just going on a Sunday drive to pick up some food for my seventeen cats. They’re my only family, ya know.
September 8, 2011
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According to Santa Monica police, Witherspoon "suffered minor injuries and was transported by ambulance to a local hospital for medical treatment."
Reese was hit by an 84 year-old woman. So you can't even be mad at the driver because it's a little old lady. She most likely thinks it's 1974 and was on her way to take her "kids to the zoo".
Reese was running across an unmarked crosswalk around 11 a.m. on Wednesday when the woman didn't slow down and hit her. The woman was cited for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. And not just any pedestrian, a celebrity pedestrian.
September 7, 2011
Reese covers the October Issue of Marie Claire and reveals her 2006 divorce from Ryan Phillippe left her and their two children Ava, 12 and Deacon, 7 1/2 very stressed.
"I was hard on myself when I got divorced. And until I got remarried, I don't think I realized how stressed I was. I feel so much relief. I don't think I recognized how anxious I was about being a single parent."
August 15, 2011
Witherspoon was in Hawaii with her new husband, Jim Toth, on Sunday, doing what celebs do best—taking paparazzi shots in her bikini. And if that woman had two kids, you sure as hell can’t tell.
Maybe Reese’s new ink looks different in person, but these pics aren’t doing it any favors. It looks like she got “Witherspoon” in Old English tatted on her belly. I’m half expecting to see a giant tattoo of the Virgin Mary on her back. Or “Love” and “Hate” on her knuckles.
Alright, so maybe Reese’s isn’t that bad. It could be worse. She could’ve gotten any one of these celebrity tats:
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The couple tied the knot in March and spent their honeymoon in Belize and even brought along Reese’s kids, Ava, 11, and Deacon, 7.
Now they finally have time for their real/second honeymoon (celebrities need several honeymoons okurrr) now that Reese has ...
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