| Full Name: |
Laura Jeanne
Reese Witherspoon
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| Height: |
5'2"
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| Birthplace: |
Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, USA
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| Date of Birth: |
March 22,
1976
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| Husband/Partner: |
Ryan Phillippe
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| Contact Info: |
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| Personal
Quote: |
"I
grew up in Tennessee. We didn't know what
Louis Vuitton was. I had to order all my
prom outfits out of catalogs."
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Reese
followed her innitial success in acting with several
television roles. In 1991 she appeared in the Diane
Keaton television movie Wildflower. Reese portrayed
a Depression-Age girl who, along with her older
brother, helps an epileptic girl who has been mistreated
by her family. Next came Desperate Choices: To Save
My Child where Reese played a teenager whose family
is almost torn apart when they learn she has cancer.
Her next, and last, made-for-television movie role
was on the CBS mini-series "Return to Lonesome Dove"
in 1993. "It was nice; we sort of dressed up and
rode around on horses for a while. It's really rigorous
shooting television, though, and I've stopped doing
it because it's a really hard schedule to keep up
with. It's a lot tougher than being on a movie;
you don't have a lot of time to get into your character
or prepare, or feel like you're doing a good job."
Laura
Jean Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976
in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her father was a military
doctor at the time, so the Witherspoons (including
Reese's older brother, John) travelled during Reese's
childhood, spending a lot of time in Germany before
settling down in Nashville, Tennessee. Reese never
seriously expected to be an actress when she was
growing up. Although she did some modelling and
local commercials, she says "I had always just accepted
that I would be a doctor of some sort." However,
all of that changed when Reese went with some friends
to an open audition for movie extras. She so impressed
director Robert Mulligan with her screen tests for
a small speaking role that he later offered her
the lead role - 14-year-old Dani Trant in the 1991
drama The Man in the Moon. |
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Last
Update:
June 15, 2003
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Films:
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Legally Blonde (2001)
Little Nicky (2000)
American Psycho (2000)
Best Laid Plans (1999)
Election (1999)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
Pleasantville (1998)
Overnight Delivery (1998)
Twilight (1998)
Fear (1996)
Freeway (1996)
S.F.W. (1994)
Jack the Bear (1993)
A Far Off Place (1993)
The Man in the Moon (1991)
Made for TV:
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992)
Wildflower (1991)
Direct to Video: None
TV Shows:
Return to Lonesome Dove (1993)
Cartoon Voices:
The Trumpet of the Swan (2001)
Hercules (1998)
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