Reese Witherspoon Site at Jeanreesewitherspoon.com
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Reese Witherspoon Site at Jeanreesewitherspoon.com
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— Witherspoon began her career in local commercials. Her first role was in a 1991 made-for-TV movie called Wildflower, directed by Diane Keaton and starring Beau Bridges, William McNamara, and Patricia Arquette. That same year, at age 14, Witherspoon attended an open casting call for The Man in the Moon, intending to audition as a bit player. She was instead cast in the lead role, immediately capturing the attention of critics. She has since built up an impressive filmography, playing both comedic and dramatic roles, including performances as Vanessa in Freeway and Tracy Flick in Election. She was the voice of the animated character Greta Wolfecastle in The Simpsons episode The Bart Wants What It Wants. She also played Jill Green, Rachel’s sister, in season six of “Friends.”
She achieved fame and a Golden Globe Best Actress nomination for her role as a fashion designer major who decided to become a law student to follow her ex-boyfriend in the 2001 film Legally Blonde, and became a leading environmental lawyer in its sequel Legally Blonde 2, for which she received a reported $15 million paycheck, making her one of Hollywood’s top-paid actresses.
She has garnered critical praise and awards for her turn as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line. Carter Cash, who died in 2003, personally approved of Witherspoon to play her. Witherspoon won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, NYFCC, the FFCC, the SFFCC Award for Best Actress, the Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) for best actress in a lead role, the British Academy’s BAFTA for best actress in a lead role, the “Favorite Leading Lady” at the 32nd Annual People’s Choice Awards, and the Academy Award for Best Actress for this role.
Recently, Witherspoon has been featured as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. Her article was written by friend and fellow costar in the Legally Blonde movies, Luke Wilson.
Witherspoon also runs a production company, Type A Productions. Some believe the company is named after her childhood nickname “Little Miss Type A,” but she clarified the misconception in Interview: “[P]eople think I named it after myself … But it just isn’t who I am at all. It was actually an in-joke with my family because at 7 I understood complicated medical terms, such as the difference between type A and type B personalities. But I just wished I’d named the company Dogfood Films or Fork or something. You carry that baggage all your life.”
Witherspoon has commented on her motivation to act. “Sometimes I think it’s about acknowledgment. I always felt like people didn’t understand me what I was capable of or what I could accomplish. I was driven to make people understand that I was capable of more … But for me part of the experience of acting is that it is really moving–it’s almost meditative, going into a different character. You lose all self-consciousness and self-awareness for that brief moment. It’s really magical. Of course, it can also be drudgery if you can’t connect with the material or director.”
Reese Witherspoon newest site is now online at jeanreesewitherspoon.com. This site has news, forums, chat and blogs.