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FilmographyActor CreditsMonsters vs Aliens [2009] Penelope [2008] Twilight [1996] S.F.W [1994] Jack And The Bear [1993] TV Shows/SeriesKing Of The Hill (# of episodes: 1) TV AppearancesLive With Regis & Kelly [2005 - 2008] (# of episodes: 3) The Oprah Winfrey Show [2005 - 2006] (# of episodes: 3) Ellen: The Ellen DeGenerous [2004 - 2008] (# of episodes: 5) Tonight Show With Jay Leno [2001 - 2008] (# of episodes: 7) Late Night With Conan O`Brien [1998 - 2005] (# of episodes: 2) Other InformationAwardsOutstanding Actress - Motion Picture [2006] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Actress Academy Awards [2006] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Golden Globes [2006] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Actress in a Leading Role BAFTA Awards [2006] (Won/Nominated: Won) Related ArtistsDolly Parton [Influenced by] Jessica Simpson [Produced by] Marc Platt [Produced by] Michelle Pfeiffer [Similar Artist] Nicole Kidman [Similar Artist] DiscographyAlbumsWalk The Line Soundtrack [2005] (# of tracks: 4) |
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Reese Witherspoon Biography |
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Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress who has established herself as one of the highest-paid Hollywood actresses in recent years.
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BiographyDistinctive FeaturesHer beautiful body. :: Her beautiful face. :: Her long hair.Friends and FamilyTara Subkoff [Friend] :: Jessica Simpson [Friend] (her producer friend who helps her with Type A Films) :: Debra Siegal [Friend] :: Jennifer Garner [Friend] :: Alyssa Milano [Friend] :: Selma Blair [Friend] :: Breckin Meyer [Friend] :: Renee Zellweger [Friend] :: Betty Witherspoon [Mother] :: John Draper Witherspoon [Brother] :: Dr John Witherspoon [Father]PetsPenelope :: Chi Chi Rodriguez Dog :: Bulldog Dog :: French Bulldog DogTrivia and QuotesQuotes When I was a question on Jeopardy!, that`s when I felt famous. {On roles resembling the title character in `Penelope`] I like this girl because she is a bit of a bad-ass. I grew up watching movies with people like Barbara Stanwyck, and sometimes I get frustrated that there aren`t a lot of great female characters out there that young women can look at and go, `I want to be like that`. I go to movies and yell at the women on-screen, `Shoot him; just shoot him.` I mean, why why does the guy always have to shoot him? "Life isn`t just about you: It`s about family and friends and giving back." quoted in Woman`s World magazine 2-21-06 About dual careers and marriage: "Marriage and family come before everything. You don`t want to make a movie at the cost of your relationship." I feel like there`s a race being run for some unattainable goal - to be the best, the skinniest, the most beautiful. I just admit that`s what I`ll never be. "It`s nice to come home to what`s real." - E! "Revealed with Jules Asner" (2001). "There`s something timeless and important about making people laugh, about being the right spot in their day." - as quoted in the Dec 7, 2004 issue of Woman`s World "While making Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), I had like 50 outfit changes. It was great! I`m real into the whole "girlie" thing, it was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed it". Attending an all-girls school has its advantages, there are no inhibitions. You can walk to school with your zit cream on and your hair in rollers and nobody cares. I did. I called my attorney. My agent. My manager. I said "You know y`all, you`re serious about this? I`m really.. I gotta get out of this. Like can`t they call `Leann Rimes`? I mean she`s good." - On trying to get out of the part of June Carter Cash in Walk the Line (2005). I do think things were meant to happen. I`m just this little girl from Tennessee, and here I am today. I think a lot of things are just out of your hands. I was thinking about why I make movies, and I know why. Life is hard. It`s nice to go escape and have a good time at the movies. If I can give people a movie about hope, love and the future, then I`ve done my job. The director came to us and he said "No, I really want you guys to learn to sing. To learn to play instruments and I want you to record an album". and that is what... and I just absolutely was just gob-smacked and I said .. "I don`t know. I can`t do that." And he said "Well I want you to try." Now that`s the thing for me. If someone asks me to try, I will always try. - On doing her own singing in Walk the Line (2005). [Asked about the ways she is discriminated against] "I get discriminated against in three ways: I get discriminated against because I`m blond, I get discriminated against because I`m an actress and I get discriminated against because I`m from the South." [On husband Ryan Phillippe] "I don`t think I can imagine a better guy than the one I`ve ended up with". "I grew up in Tennessee. We didn`t know what Louis Vuitton was. I had to order all my prom outfits out of catalogs". As far as being in the spotlight and under public scrutiny, a lot of that`s about how much you put yourself out there. It`s not like we go to every premiere and every celebrity function and every charity auction. We really just try to maintain our privacy and never let our public persona get out of hand. I`m not perfect! I`m human. I make mistakes. But I try to be as conscious as I can about things I should be. If I`m going to do something commercial and mainstream and made for the masses, I just believe you can make those kinds of films with quality - and good ideas and good intentions. There`s a lot of negativity out there. People want to try and move you into a place where you can be easily identifiable by every woman in America - to be this very likable woman in a romantic comedy. And it`s really hard for me. I just don`t see myself as the girl that everybody likes. I never have been and I don`t know how to be that person. [on having a baby]: "Obviously, this isn`t the time in my life that I would have chosen to do this, but I feel like life gives you these challenges for a reason. I feel so happy and glad to be in the place that I am. I really feel blessed. This is something I need to face and take control of." [talking about how she choose the films she will be in]: "I have a weird process, but the main thing is like this: I hear her voice in my head. There are a lot of wonderful scripts my agents can`t believe I pass on, but I do because I can`t hear the voice. It doesn`t appeal to me then. I`m really careful. Unless I hear the voice, I can`t do it." [Talking about motherhood and her baby]: "I feel good, I`m proud of Election (1999) and very proud of this [her child]. It couldn`t be a better time. It`s always the right time when it happens. You make it the right time". [talking about Pleasantville (1998)]: "We were thrilled for just the three nominations we got, but obviously it`s a little sad. I went through so many press junkets with people saying they loved it. And Joan Allen was robbed but she can`t get nominated every year. She`s an inspiration for every young actress. She has that calm and reserve about herself and makes you think she appreciates the normal things of everyday. Then she transforms into this character that`s so different." [talking about Ryan Phillippe]: "I`m lucky to find a person to share my life, and the best friend I`ll ever have." [talking about the movie business]: "The battles that we face in this business aren`t financial, but they are moral. And I certainly think that the longer you can keep your values, and your morality intact, and keep your head on your shoulders about what is important at the end of the day, you can get the most out of this business and really emerge with something wonderful."Trivia Announced on October 30, 2006 that she has separated and would file divorce papers against her husband, Ryan Phillippe, after seven years of marriage. Best friends with Selma Blair. Distant cousin of Daniel Morton Dyed her hair brown for her role in Walk the Line (2005) Friend of Renée Zellweger. Has appeared in four movies bearing the names of songs: Jack the Bear (1993), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Just Like Heaven (2005) and Walk the Line (2005). Named the first-ever Avon Global Ambassador and will serve as the Honorary Chairman of the Avon Foundation [August 1, 2007]. She donated many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign. The dress she wore at the Golden Globes in 2006 was also worn by Kirsten Dunst at the Golden Globes in 2003 The year she won her Oscar for Walk the Line (2005) her husband Ryan Phillippe appeared in the movie that won "Best Picture": Crash (2004/I) . As extra credit for a high school class, she worked as an office production assistant for the film Devil in a Blue Dress (1995). Director Carl Franklin paid homage to her by featuring Legally Blonde (2001) in the film Out of Time (2003/I). Gymnast for 7 years Has an older brother, John D. Witherspoon Her wedding ring is an early 1990s Neil Lane, Asscher-cut-diamond, and there are only a few like it in the world. Is a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. Neither she nor her husband, actor Ryan Phillippe, use their real first names - Reese`s first name is Laura, Ryan`s first name is Matthew. Ryan proposed to her in December of 1998 while the couple was vacationing at The Planter`s Inn in Charleston, South Carolina. She collects antique linens and is crazy about old embroidery Son Deacon Phillippe was born [October 23rd, 2003] Was approached by a few companies to record music after she provided her own singing voice for Walk the Line (2005). At the young age of 11 she won the "Ten State Talent Award" Has been named one of Rolling Stone`s "People of the Year" along with Eminem and Kelly Osbourne. Has moved her production company, Type A Films, to Universal Pictures. Has signed a two-year first-look production pact with Universal. The studio has already picked up a romantic comedy pitch, Sports Widow (2010), for her to star in and produce. Her daughter, Ava, is named after Ryan`s grandmother. Her Gap ad appeared on a six-story-high building on Sunset Blvd,. Reese is her mother`s maiden name. She can trace her family all the way back to Scotland, UK. John Witherspoon, her Gifford-born "favourite ancestor", who attended Haddington Grammar School, obtained a Master of Arts from Edinburgh University in 1739, and was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence. She lived in Wiesbaden, Germany, as a young child. She was a cheerleader in high school and a debutante. Steve Dontanville from the William Morris Agency is still her agent. They got together after The Man in the Moon (1991). Daughter Ava Elizabeth Phillippe born [9 September 1999] Her mother, Betty, has a Ph.D. in pediatric nursing and her dad, John, is a surgeon. Majored in English Literature at Stanford University; on leave from her studies as of 1998. Named one of People Magazine`s "25 Most Intriguing People of 2001" One of her ancestors, John Witherspoon, signed the Declaration of Independence. In the movie 1776 (1972), the role of Dr. John Witherspoon was played by James Noble. Refused the lead roles in two horror movies, Scream (1996/I) and Urban Legend (1998). She runs a production company called "Type A Films" with Debra Siegal Shortly after she started acting she had an audition for a role in Cape Fear (1991). She was supposed to meet with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese for the audition, but at the time didn`t really know who they were. On the plane she was talking to the man next to her about her audition, and the man started to rave to her about De Niro and Scorsese. This made her so nervous that she completely blew the audition and the role eventually went to Juliette Lewis. Was considered for the role of Juliet in Romeo + Juliet (1996). Went to Harpeth Hall School, a private school for girls in Nashville, Tennessee First kiss at 12 She is right-handed she won an oscar in 2006 | ||
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