Witherspoon at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival

Reese Witherspoon is an American actress. She made her acting debut in The Man in the Moon (1991). Her second box office performance was with Kiefer Sutherland in Freeway (1996) in which Witherspoon played a youth troubled by victimization and neglect who has a violent murderous streak, but in the name of protecting vulnerable youth from sexual predation by seemingly perverted men. She then rose to prominence in 1999 with Cruel Intentions and for her portrayal of Tracy Flick in the black comedy Election, which earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical nomination. She achieved fame for her work on romantic comedies with her role as Elle Woods in the comedy Legally Blonde (2001) and its 2003 sequel, as well as her starring role in Sweet Home Alabama (2002). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in the 2005 biographical musical film Walk the Line. She also received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in the 2014 drama Wild.

Witherspoon became a leading actress on the HBO television series Big Little Lies (2017–2019) (winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series as an executive producer), the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2019–present), and the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere (2020).

Launching Hello Sunshine in 2014, Witherspoon has served as producer on several of her films and shows, in addition to the 2014 psychological thriller Gone Girl.

Film

Witherspoon at the premiere of Water for Elephants in 2011
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes
1991 The Man in the Moon Dani Trant
1993 A Far Off Place Nonnie Parker
Jack the Bear Karen Morris
1994 S.F.W. Wendy Pfister
1996 Freeway Vanessa Lutz
Fear Nicole Walker
1998 Twilight Mel Ames
Overnight Delivery Ivy Miller
Pleasantville Jennifer / Mary Sue Parker
1999 Cruel Intentions Annette Hargrove
Election Tracy Flick
Best Laid Plans Lissa
2000 Little Nicky Holly
American Psycho Evelyn Williams
2001 The Trumpet of the Swan Serena Voice[1]
Legally Blonde Elle Woods
2002 The Importance of Being Earnest Cecily Cardew
Sweet Home Alabama Melanie Smooter
2003 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Elle Woods Also executive producer
2004 Vanity Fair Becky Sharp
2005 Walk the Line June Carter Cash
Just like Heaven Elizabeth Masterson
2006 Penelope Annie Also producer
2007 Rendition Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
2008 Four Christmases Kate
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens Susan Murphy / Ginormica Voice
Legally Blondes — Producer
2010 How Do You Know Lisa Jorgenson
2011 Water for Elephants Marlena Rosenbluth
2012 This Means War Lauren Scott
Mud Juniper
2013 Devil's Knot Pamela Hobbs
2014 Gone Girl — Producer
Wild Cheryl Strayed Also producer
The Good Lie Carrie Davis
Inherent Vice Penny Kimball
2015 Hot Pursuit Officer Rose Cooper Also producer
2016 Sing Rosita Voice
2017 Home Again Alice Kinney
2018 A Wrinkle in Time Mrs. Whatsit
2019 Lucy in the Sky — Producer
2021 Sing 2 Rosita Voice
2022 Where the Crawdads Sing — Producer
2023 Your Place or Mine Debbie Dunne Also producer
TBA You're Cordially Invited Filming; also producer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Wildflower Ellie Perkins Television film
1992 Desperate Choices: To Save My Child Cassie Robbins Television film
1993 Return to Lonesome Dove Ferris Dunnigan Miniseries
2000 King of the Hill Debbie Grund Voice; 2 episodes[2]
Friends Jill Green 2 episodes
2001 Saturday Night Live Host / Various Episode: "Reese Witherspoon/Alicia Keys"
2002 The Simpsons Greta Wolfcastle Voice; Episode: "The Bart Wants What It Wants"
2003 Freedom: A History of Us Various roles 3 episodes; documentary[3]
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space Susan Murphy / Ginormica Voice; Special[4]
2015 Saturday Night Live Host / Various Episode: "Reese Witherspoon/Florence + the Machine"[5]
Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris Guest announcer Episode: "Reese Witherspoon"[6]
The Muppets Herself Episode: "Walk the Swine"[7]
2017, 2019 Big Little Lies Madeline Martha Mackenzie Also executive producer
2017 The Mindy Project Herself Episode: "Girl Gone Wild"[8]
2018 Shine On with Reese Host Also executive producer[9][10]
2019–present The Morning Show Bradley Jackson Also executive producer
2020 Little Fires Everywhere Elena Richardson Also executive producer
2021 Friends: The Reunion Herself TV Special
2023 Daisy Jones & the Six — Executive producer
My Kind of Country Herself Also executive producer
TBA Tiny Trailblazers Fern Also executive producer
All Stars TBA Also executive producer

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens Susan Murphy / Ginormica

References

  1. ↑ The Trumpet of the Swan at AllMovie
  2. ↑ Mike Judge (creator). King of the Hill – The Complete Fourth Season (DVD). Fox Television.
  3. ↑ "Freedom: A History of Us". TV Guide. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space at AllMovie
  5. ↑ "Reese Witherspoon on Saturday Night Live". NBC. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  6. ↑ Fienberg, Daniel (September 15, 2015). "'Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Reese Witherspoon vs. Miss Piggy Video". ABC. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  8. ↑ Bacle, Ariana (August 29, 2017). "Reese Witherspoon to Guest on 'The Mindy Project'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  9. ↑ Ue, Tom (2013). "Don't Show Us, Tell Us: An Interview with Jean Little". New Writing. 10 (1): 34–38. doi:10.1080/14790726.2012.693099. ISSN 1479-0726. S2CID 161284734.
  10. ↑ Spangler, Todd (July 10, 2018). "Reese Witherspoon Interview Series to Kick Off Her Hello Sunshine Channel Debut on AT&T, DirecTV". Variety. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
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