Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon is an American actress, entrepreneur and producer, born in New Orleans in 1976. At age seven, Reese began modeling and appeared on several local television commercials. Her first major acting role was in 1990. in The Man on the Moon, for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award. Shortly after that, Reese appeared in bigger films such as Jack the Bear, Far Off Place... Witherspoon's breakthrough role came as Elle Woods in the film Legally Blonde and the best actress Oscar she took for her role as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line. Reese received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010. She was married to Ryan Phillippe and remarried to Jim Toth. She has three children and continuing to act in romantic comedies