Reese Witherspoon

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Reese Witherspoon at the 2012 Cannes International Film Festival

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) is an American actress , film producer and Oscar winner. She was best known for her roles in Pleasantville - Too Good to Be True (1998), Election (1999), Eiskalte Engel (1999), Naturally Blonde (2001), Walk the Line (2005) and The Big Trip - Wild (2014).

Life

Youth and career start

Witherspoon lived in Wiesbaden for four years as a toddler ; her father John was stationed there with the US Air Force as a military doctor with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel . After returning to the United States, she grew up in Nashville . Her mother, Mary Elisabeth (nee Reese), nicknamed Betty, is a professor of nursing at Vanderbilt University . Reese Witherspoon has a brother three years her junior named John Draper. Her parents have lived separately since 1996. Witherspoon has stated that she is a direct descendant of John Witherspoon , who was born in Scotland and immigrated to the United States and was one of the signatories of the US Declaration of Independence . Their ancestry has not been confirmed by genealogists, who focus exclusively on the descendants of the signatories of the American Declaration of Independence.

At the age of seven, Witherspoon was hired to work for a florist's commercials. After graduating from Harpeth Hall School, a private girls' high school in Nashville, she began studying English literature at Stanford University , which she abandoned in order to pursue an acting career.

breakthrough

In 1991, at the age of 14, she played her first film role in The Man in the Moon at the side of Jason London , for which she was nominated for the Young Artist Award in the category Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture . In 1996 she played the leading role in the thriller Fear - when love is scary at the side of Mark Wahlberg . In the same year she turned down the lead role in Wes Cravens Scream! which was then cast with Neve Campbell . In 1998 Paul Newman discovered Witherspoon for his thriller In Twilight . She became better known in 1998 alongside Tobey Maguire in the comedy Pleasantville - Too Good to Be True , which was a success with both critics and audiences. In 1999, Witherspoon was nominated for a Golden Globe for the first time for the film Election for best actress in a comedy . In the year it celebrated another success with the drama Cruel Intentions alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar and her future husband Ryan Phillippe .

In 2001 she made her final breakthrough with the lead role of Elle Woods in the comedy Naturally Blond . The film was an international box office hit, and Witherspoon received good reviews and a second Golden Globe nomination. In 2003 she was able to build on this success with the sequel Naturally Blond 2 . In 2002 she starred alongside Patrick Dempsey in the equally successful romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama . At the same time, she founded her own production company Type A Films , so that she also acted as a producer for the films Naturally Blond 2 and Penelope (2006).

Oscar win

Witherspoon 2005 at the Toronto International Film Festival

Witherspoon played her most important role to date in James Mangold's drama Walk the Line in 2005 . In the biography about the American country singer Johnny Cash , she played his second wife June Carter Cash and sang four songs for the film herself. She has received critical acclaim for her performance and has received numerous film awards, including the Golden Globe for best leading actress in a comedy / musical and the Oscar for best leading actress. In her following film, As long as you are there , Witherspoon shone again as a comedy actress who, with the help of Mark Ruffalo, tries to find out her true identity.

In the thriller Powerless (2007) Witherspoon was seen at the side of her future partner Jake Gyllenhaal . In the comedy My Sweetheart, Our Family and I (2008), she played alongside Vince Vaughn, among others . Witherspoon is also one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood. In October 2005, she ranked third on the list of highest salaries behind Julia Roberts (US $ 20 million) and Nicole Kidman (US $ 16 million) with an income of US $ 15 million per film role. In 2007 she secured first place ahead of Angelina Jolie and Cameron Diaz with a fee of 15 to 20 million US dollars . In a Forbes ranking published in July 2008, she was ranked fourth behind Cameron Diaz, Keira Knightley and Jennifer Aniston with an income of $ 25 million (between June 2007 and June 2008) .

In 2010, she stood alongside Paul Rudd , Owen Wilson and Jack Nicholson in the comedy How Do You Know It's Love in Front of the Camera. She played the role of Lisa , a former softball player who has to choose between two men. The film was released in American cinemas in December 2010. Witherspoon received the 2,425th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 1, 2010 .

In 2015 she received her second Oscar nomination for best actress for the role of Cheryl Strayed in The Big Trip - Wild (2014), in this category she was also nominated for a Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild Award .

Private life

On June 5, 1999, Reese Witherspoon married actor Ryan Phillippe . They have two children together, a daughter (* 1999) and a son (* 2003). The marriage was divorced on October 5, 2007.

From 2007 to December 2009 she lived with her colleague Jake Gyllenhaal , whom she met while filming the film Machtlos .

On March 26, 2011, Witherspoon married acting agent Jim Toth. The couple lived temporarily on a ranch in Ojai / California, about 150 kilometers north of Los Angeles. Witherspoon acquired the ranch in 2008 for $ 5.8 million. In late 2013, the ranch was sold for $ 4.984 million.

In September 2012, she gave birth to her third child, a son.

synchronization

Reese Witherspoon has been dubbed most often by Manja Doering . Doering spoke her in The Man in the Moon , Fear , In the Twilight , Pleasantville , Election , Naturally Blonde 1 and 2 , As Long as You're There , Powerless and Water for the Elephants . She is voiced by Ranja Bonalana in many of her recent films (Vanity Fair , Walk the Line and Penelope) . Her other German voices included Marie Bierstedt (Eiskalte Engel) , Dascha Lehmann (American Psycho) and Claudia Lössl (Sweet Home Alabama - love in a roundabout way) .

Filmography

Witherspoon (2011)

cinemamovies

watch TV

  • 1991: Wilde Sehnsucht (Wildflower)
  • 1992: Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
  • 1993: Wildes Land (Return to Lonesome Dove , miniseries)
  • 2000: Friends (series, guest role 2 episodes)
  • 2000: King of the Hill (series, speaking role, 2 episodes)
  • 2002: The Simpsons (The Simpsons , series, speaking 1 episode)
  • 2003: Freedom: A History of Us (series, guest role 3 episodes)
  • 2009: Monsters vs. Aliens - Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space , speaking role)
  • 2017–2019: Big Little Lies
  • since 2019: The Morning Show
  • 2020: Little Fires Everywhere (Miniseries)

production

Awards

Oscar
Emmy Award
Screen Actors Guild Award
  • 2006: Award in the Best Actress category for her role in Walk the Line
  • 2015: Nomination in the category Best Actress for her role in The Big Trip - Wild
  • 2018: Nomination for Best Actress in a Mini Series or TV Movie category for her role in Big Little Lies
BAFTA Award
  • 2006: Award in the category Best Actress for Walk the Line
Blockbuster Entertainment Award
  • 2000: Award in the category Most Popular Supporting Actress Drama / Romance for Ice Cold Angels
Golden Globe Award
  • 2000: Nominated in the category Best Actress Musical / Comedy for Election
  • 2002: Nominated in the category Best Actress Musical / Comedy for Naturally Blonde
  • 2006: Award for Best Actress Musical / Comedy for Walk the Line
  • 2015: Nominated in the category Best Actress Drama for The Big Trip - Wild
  • 2018: nominated in the category Best Actress - Mini-Series or TV Movie for Big Little Lies
Independent Spirit Award
  • 2000: Nominated in the Best Actress category for Election
MTV Movie Award
  • 2002: nominated in the category Best Female Performance for Naturally Blond
  • 2002: Award in the category of best comedic performance for naturally blonde
  • 2002: Award in the Best Dressed category for naturally blonde
  • 2002: Award in the Best Line category for naturally blonde ("Oh, I like your outfit too, except when I dress up as a frigid bitch, I try not to look so constipated.")
  • 2003: Nominated in the Best Female Performance category for Sweet Home Alabama - Love in a Detour
  • 2006: nominated in the category Best Performance for Walk the Line
  • 2011: Received the MTV Generation Award
National Society of Film Critics Award
  • 2000: Award in the Best Actress category for Election
  • 2006: Award for Best Actress for Walk the Line
People's Choice Award
  • 2005: nominated in the category of most popular female film star
  • 2006: Award in the Most Popular Leading Lady category
  • 2008: Award in the Most Popular Female Film Star category
  • 2009: Award in the category of most popular female film star
Satellite Award
  • 2000: Nominated in the category Best Actress Musical / Comedy for Election
  • 2002: Nominated in the category Best Actress Musical / Comedy for Naturally Blonde
  • 2005: Award in the category Best Actress Musical / Comedy for Walk the Line
Teen Choice Award
  • 1999: Nominated in the Choice Funniest Scene category (with Joan Allen ) for Pleasantville - Too good to be true
  • 1999: nominated in the Choice Hissy Fit category for Election
  • 1999: nominated in the Choice Actress category for Ice Cold Angels
  • 1999: Nominated in the Sexiest Love Scene category (with Ryan Phillippe ) for Ice Cold Angels
  • 2002: Award in the category Film - Choice Actress, Comedy for being serious is everything
  • 2003: Nominated in the Choice Movie Actress - Comedy category for Sweet Home Alabama - Love in a Detour
  • 2003: Award in the Choice Movie Liplock category (with Josh Lucas ) for Sweet Home Alabama - Love in a Detour
  • 2006: Award in the Movies - Choice Actress category: Drama / Action Adventure for Walk the Line
  • 2008: nominated in the category Choice Movie Actress: Drama for Powerless
Young Hollywood Award
  • 1999: Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for Pleasantville

literature

  • Brandon Hurst: Reese Witherspoon. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2007, ISBN 3-89602-765-4 .

Web links

Commons : Reese Witherspoon  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ By Alan Duke, CNN: Reese Witherspoon's parents in bigamy dispute - CNN . In: CNN . ( cnn.com [accessed July 30, 2018]).
  2. ^ Gabriella Boston: Trolley-eye view of the city. In: The Washington Post , March 26, 2006, Family Times, Field Trips, p. D03
  3. ^ John Witherspoon | The Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence . In: The Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence . December 11, 2011 ( dsdi1776.com [accessed December 20, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Scott Bowles: Witherspoon carries 'Alabama' home to sweet No. 1. In: USA Today , September 30, 2002, Life, p. 1D
  5. ↑ Sarah Stewart: Top Gals Get Gold For Junk. In: New York Post , November 30, 2005, All Editions, p. 3
  6. ↑ Hollywood's Dustjack: Reese, the Multi-Million Dollar Woman at Spiegel Online (November 30, 2007)
  7. ↑ cf. Johnson, Wesley: Hollywood's Top Earners. Press Association Newsfile, July 23, 2008, 4:38 PM BST
  8. ↑ Witherspoon receives Stern , Spiegel Online, December 2, 2010
  9. ↑ Info on promiflash.de
  10. ↑ FocusOnline: Reese Witherspoon: Divorce after 7 years
  11. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung : Reese dares for the second time , article from March 27, 2011, accessed on March 27, 2011
  12. ↑ Reese Witherspoon's $ 6.9 million Country House , Hooked on Houses, April 10, 2008 article, accessed March 27, 2011
  13. ^ Reese Witherspoon Sells Ojai Home at a Loss
  14. ↑ Reese Witherspoon gives birth to her third child, Die Welt. Article dated September 27, 2012, accessed December 13, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Witherspoon, Reese
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Witherspoon, Laura Jean Reese (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , Louisiana, United States