American actress and producer with an Academy Award for "Walk the Line", who built Hello Sunshine into a major prestige-television production company.
Background
Born Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Nashville, she made her film debut at 14 in “The Man in the Moon” (1991). She studied English at Stanford University before going full-time into acting.
Career
Alexander Payne’s “Election” (1999) and the “Legally Blonde” films set her early comic image. James Mangold’s “Walk the Line” (2005) won her the Oscar as June Carter Cash. She founded Hello Sunshine in 2016 and sold it in 2021 for $900 million.
Style
Witherspoon’s book club, launched on Instagram, drives bestseller selections across genres. She has produced “Big Little Lies”, “Little Fires Everywhere”, “The Morning Show”, and “Daisy Jones & The Six”.
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