Reese Witherspoon

Born: Laura Jean Reese Witherspoon
March 22, 1976,
Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Reese is her mother’s maiden name

Height: 5' 2"

Father: John, surgeon

Mother: Betty, pediatric nurse, professor in nursing

Brother: John

Spouse: Ryan Phillippe (June 5, 1999 - present)
They met at Reese's 21st birthday party.

Daughter: Ava Elizabeth Phillippe, born 9/9/99, named after Ryan's grandmother

Son: Deacon Phillippe, born 10/23/03

Education: Majored in English Literature at Stanford University; on leave since 1998.

Diet: former vegetarian

Pet: English bulldog named Francis Albert

     Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her father was a military doctor, so the Witherspoon family traveled during most of Reese's childhood before settling in Nashville, Tennessee.
     Although Reese did some modeling and local commercials as a child, she didn't expect to become an actress. She recalls "I had always just accepted that I would be a doctor of some sort." But when she was fourteen, she heard that some extras were needed for a movie that was filming near Nashville, went to the audition, and ended up winning the lead role of Dani Trant in the film, The Man in the Moon. The movie won rave reviews from critics, and she was then cast in a few made-for-TV movies, and went on to leading roles in Jack the Bear and Disney's A Far Off Place.
     Since then, Reese has starred in many quality films alongside A-list actors. She can most recently be seen in The Importance of Being Earnest, with Frances O'Connor and Rupert Everett.
     Reese lives with her husband, actor Ryan Phillippe, and their two children, in Los Angeles.