Cast & creator
Reese Witherspoon
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress and producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 and 2015, and Forbes listed her among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2019 and 2021. In 2021, Forbes named her the world's highest earning actress, and in 2023, she was named one of the richest women in America with an estimated net worth of $440 million. Witherspoon began her career as a teenager, making her screen debut in The Man in the Moon (1991). Her breakthrough came in 1999 with a supporting role in Cruel Intentions, and for her portrayal of Tracy Flick in the black comedy Election. She gained wider recognition for playing Elle Woods in the comedy Legally Blonde (2001) and its 2003 sequel, and for starring in the romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama (2002). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying June Carter Cash in the musical biopic Walk the Line (2005). Following a career downturn, during which her sole box-office success was the romantic drama Water for Elephants (2011), Witherspoon made a comeback by producing and starring as Cheryl Strayed in the drama Wild (2014), which earned her a second nomination for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. She has since worked primarily in television, producing and starring in several female-led literary adaptations under her company Hello Sunshine. These include the HBO drama series Big Little Lies (2017–2019), the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2019–present), and the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere (2020). For the first of these, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series. She has also produced the film adaptations Gone Girl (2014) and Where the Crawdads Sing (2022), and the miniseries adaptation Daisy Jones & the Six (2023). Witherspoon also owns Reese's Book Club and a clothing company, Draper James. She is involved in children's and women's advocacy organizations. She serves on the board of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) and was named Global Ambassador of Avon Products in 2007, serving as honorary chair of the charitable Avon Foundation dedicated to women's causes.
Also known as: Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
93
film credits
83
television credits
120
1952–2027 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (176)
Showing 176 of 176 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Simpsons
Greta (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Conan
Self - Guest
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997The View
Self - Guest
1997
Friends
Jill Green
1994
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
King of the Hill
Debbie (voice)
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
American Idol
Self
2002
The Drew Barrymore Show
Self
2020
The Mindy Project
Reese Witherspoon
2012
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
The Morning Show
Bradley Jackson
2019The Morning Show
Executive Producer
2019
Gone Girl
Producer
2014
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Chelsea
Self
2016
Lucky
Executive Producer
2026
The Oscars
Self
1953
Today
Self
1952
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
2009
Truth Be Told
Executive Producer
2019
American Psycho
Evelyn Williams
2000
People's Choice Awards
Self - Winner
1975
Sing
Rosita (voice)
2016
Monsters vs Aliens
Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
2009
Big Little Lies
Madeline Mackenzie
2017Big Little Lies
Executive Producer
2017
The Last Thing He Told Me
Executive Producer
2023
Elle
Executive Producer
2026
Sing 2
Rosita (voice)
2021
TRL
1998
Legally Blonde
Elle Woods
2001
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Surface
Executive Producer
2022
The Muppets
Self
2015
Rove
Self
1999
Where the Crawdads Sing
Producer
2022
Cruel Intentions
Annette Hargrove
1999
From Scratch
Executive Producer
2022
A Wrinkle in Time
Mrs. Whatsit
2018
Daisy Jones & the Six
Executive Producer
2023
Just Like Heaven
Dr. Elizabeth Masterson
2005
You're Cordially Invited
Margot
2025You're Cordially Invited
Producer
2025
Your Place or Mine
Debbie
2023Your Place or Mine
Producer
2023
This Means War
Lauren
2012
Inherent Vice
Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball
2014
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Little Fires Everywhere
Elena Richardson
2020Little Fires Everywhere
Executive Producer
2020
Wild
Cheryl Strayed
2014Wild
Producer
2014
Fear
Nicole Walker
1996
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Elle Woods
2003Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Executive Producer
2003
Sweet Home Alabama
Melanie Smooter
2002
Outcome
Thanks
2026Revealed with Jules Asner
2001
Hot Pursuit
Officer Rose 'Coop' Cooper
2015Hot Pursuit
Producer
2015
Walk the Line
June Carter
2005
Little Nicky
Holly
2000
Four Christmases
Kate
2008
Tiny Beautiful Things
Executive Producer
2023
Return to Lonesome Dove
Ferris Dunnigan
1993
Minions & More 2
Rosita (voice)
2022
How Do You Know
Lisa
2010
Water for Elephants
Marlena Rosenbluth
2011
The Good Lie
Carrie Davis
2014
Get Organized with The Home Edit
2020Get Organized with The Home Edit
Executive Producer
2020
Pleasantville
Jennifer
1998
Home Again
Alice Kinney
2017
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
2003
Mud
Juniper
2013
My Kind of Country
Self
2023My Kind of Country
Executive Producer
2023
Penelope
Annie
2007Penelope
Producer
2007
The Man in the Moon
Danielle "Dani" Trant
1991
Devil's Knot
Pam Hobbs
2013
Something from Tiffany's
Producer
2022
Friends: The Reunion
Self
2021
Lucy in the Sky
Producer
2019
Election
Tracy Flick
1999
Nature Is Speaking
Home
2015
Rendition
Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
2007
Vanity Fair
Becky Sharp
2004
Legally Blondes
Producer
2009
Freeway
Vanessa Lutz
1996
The Rise
Executive Producer
2025
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Self (voice)
2023
Shine On with Reese
Self - Host
2018Shine On with Reese
Executive Producer
2018
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
2009
Best Laid Plans
Lissa
1999
Twilight
Mel Ames
1998
A Far Off Place
Nonnie Parker
1993
Side Hustlers
Executive Producer
2024
The Importance of Being Earnest
Cecily Cardew
2002
This Changes Everything
Self
2019
The Nightingale
Producer
2027
Surf Girls
Executive Producer
2023
The Pasta Queen
Executive Producer
2024The Pasta Queen
Creator
2024
Overnight Delivery
Ivy Miller
1998
The Trumpet of the Swan
Serena (voice)
2001
Gunter Babysits
Rosita (voice)
2017
Family Recipe Showdown
Guest Judge
2025
Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line
Self
2006
Jack the Bear
Karen Morris
1993
F1: The Academy
Executive Producer
2025F1: The Academy
Executive Producer
2025
9 Kisses
Woman at Costume Party
2014
Polly Pocket
Producer
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
Self (uncredited)
2020
Come Home
Rosita (voice)
2021
S.F.W.
Wendy Pfister
1995
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
Self
2001
Meet Me in Rome
Executive Producer
2024
Fair Play
Executive Producer
2022
Broken
Executive Producer
2016
Wildflower
Ellie Perkins
1991
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
2012
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
Cassie Robbins
1992
Influenced
Executive Producer
2024
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
2020I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash
Self
2005
Fierce Queens
Narrator (voice)
2020Freedom: A History of Us
Factory Girl
2003Freedom: A History of Us
Susan Magoffin
2003Freedom: A History of Us
Sarah Raymond
2003
Becoming
Self
2020All Stars
Executive Producer
Everything Is Copy
Self
2015All We Ever Wanted
Producer
Meet Me in Paris
Executive Producer
2023
Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music
Self
2020
The Rise: The Inaugural Season of the PWHL
Executive Producer
2026The Thing About Jellyfish
Producer
Master the Mess
Executive Producer
2018
Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah
Executive Producer
2023
Love in Fairhope
Executive Producer
2023Untitled Ilona Maher Documentary
Executive Producer
The Cactus
Producer
Miss Nelson Is Missing
Producer
June
Self
2023
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999Tiny Trailblazers
Fern
Tiny Trailblazers
Executive Producer
Tiny Trailblazers
Creator
Run, Rose, Run
Producer
Orange is the new pink
Elle Woods
2026Mrs. Claus
Producer
Smother In Law
Producer
Election - Reese Witherspoon
Self
2017Wish List
Twelfth Knight
Producer
Truly Madly Guilty
Producer