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'''Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon''' (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress and producer. She is the recipient of [[List of awards and nominations received by Reese Witherspoon|various accolades]], including an [[Academy Award]], a [[Primetime Emmy Award]], and two [[Golden Globe Awards]]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine named her one of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] in 2006 and 2015, and ''[[Forbes]]'' listed her among the [[Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women|Worldworld's 100 Mostmost Powerfulpowerful Womenwomen]] in 2019 and 2021. In 2021, ''Forbes'' named her the [[List of highest-paid film actors|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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How Reese Witherspoon Has Become The World's Richest Actress|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnchmielewski/2021/08/02/how-reese-witherspoon-has-become-the-worlds-richest-actress/?sh=2cf621a34d9b|access-date=March 30, 2022|website=Forbes|date=April 2, 2021|archive-date=March 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330231833/https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnchmielewski/2021/08/02/how-reese-witherspoon-has-become-the-worlds-richest-actress/?sh=2cf621a34d9b|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Here Are The 15 Richest Women Celebrities In America|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2023/06/01/here-are-the-15-richest-women-celebrities-in-america/?sh=7e9309ca253e|access-date=June 1, 2023|website=Forbes|date=June 1, 2023}}</ref>

Witherspoon began her career as a teenager, making her screen debut in ''[[The Man in the Moon (1991 film)|The Man in the Moon]]'' (1991). After starring in the 1996 films ''[[Freeway (1996 film)|Freeway]]'' and ''[[Fear (1996 film)|Fear]]'', her breakthrough came in 1999 with a supporting role in ''[[Cruel Intentions]]'', and for her portrayal of [[Tracy Flick]] in the black comedy ''[[Election (1999 film)|Election]]''. She gained wider recognition for playing [[Elle Woods]] in the comedy ''[[Legally Blonde]]'' (2001) and its [[Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde|2003 sequel]], and for starring in the romantic comedy ''[[Sweet Home Alabama (film)|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 (film)|Water for Elephants]]'' (2011), Witherspoon made a comeback by producing and starring as [[Cheryl Strayed]] in the drama ''[[Wild (2014 film)|Wild]]'' (2014), which earned her a second Academy Award nomination.