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Trivia
Birth name: Laura Jean Reese
Witherspoon
Date of birth: 22 March 1976
Place of birth: Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, USA
Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m)
Spouse: Ryan Phillippe (5
June 1999 - present) 2 children
Majored in English Literature at Stanford
University; on leave from her studies as of 1998.
Shortly after she started acting she had an
audition for a role in Cape Fear (1991). She was supposed to meet with
Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese for the auditon, but at the time
didn't really know who they were. On the plane she was talking to the
man next to her about her audition, and the man started to rave to her
about De Niro and Scorsese. This made her so nervous that she completely
blew the audition and the role eventually went to Juliette Lewis.
daughter Ava Elizabeth Phillippe born [9
September 1999]
Refused the lead roles in two horror movies,
Scream (1996) and Urban Legend (1998).
Was considered for the role of Juliet in
Romeo + Juliet (1996).
One of her ancestors, John Witherspoon,
signed the Declaration of Independence.
Her mother, Betty, has a Ph.D. in pediatric
nursing and her dad, John, is a surgeon.
Named one of People Magazine's '25 Most
Intriguing People of 2001'.
Named one of E!'s "top 20 entertainers
of 2001".
Is a vegetarian.
Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful
People by People Magazine in 2002.
Went to Harpeth Hall School, a private
school for girls in Nashville, Tennessee
She runs a production company called
"Type A Films" with Debra Siegal
Appears in Entertainment Weekly's Most
Powerful List sitting at #22
At the young age of 11 she won the "Ten
State Talent Award"
She was a cheerleader in high school and a
debutante.
Reese is her mother's maiden name.
Has moved her current Production Company
"Type A Films" to Universal Pictures. Has signed a 2 year
first-look production pact with Universal. They have already picked up a
romantic comedy pitch "Sports Widow" for Reese to star and
produce in.
She appeared in a television commercial when
she was 7 for a local Nashville Florist.
Has been named one of Rolling Stones'
"People of the Year" along with Eminem and Kelly Osbourne.
She lived in Wiesbaden, Germany as a young
child.
Her GAP ad appeared on a 6-storey high
building on Sunset Blvd
Named one of E! 2002 Entertainers of the
year.
Her daughter, Ava, is named after Ryan's
grandmother.
Steve Dontanville from the William Morris
Agency - is still her agent. They got together after The Man in the Moon
(1991).
She can trace her family all the way back to
Scotland, UK.
Her wedding ring is an early 1990s
Asher-cut-diamond, and there are only a few like it in the world.
Has an older brother, John D. Witherspoon
Ranked
#1 on E!'s Hollywood's Hottest Blondes (2003)
Son Deacon Phillippe was born [October 23rd,
2003]
As
extra credit for a high school class, she worked as an office production
assistant for the film Devil in a Blue Dress (1995). Director Carl
Franklin paid homage to her by featuring Legally Blonde (2001) in the
film Out of Time (2003).
She collects antique linens and is crazy
about old embroidery.
Ryan proposed to her in December of 1998
while the couple was vacationing at The Planter's Inn in Charleston,
South Carolina.
Used to model in the Sunday paper, modelling
kids track suits and such. She said it was creative for her when she was
a kid. She was paid $50 a day.
Started childrens acting classes at a
community college at the age of 7. By the age of 9 she was taking adult
acting classes.
Her son is named after former Pittsburgh
Pirates pitcher Deacon Phillippe, a distant relative of her husband Ryan
Phillippe.
Gymnast for 7 years
Named 'Favorite Female Film Star' by People
Magazine (2004)
Is a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.
[Asked about the ways she is discriminated
against] "I get discriminated against in three ways: I get
discriminated against because I'm blond, I get discriminated against
because I'm an actress and I get discriminated against because I'm from
the South."
Neither she nor her husband, actor Ryan
Phillippe, use their real first names - Reese's first name is Laura,
Ryan's first name is Matthew.
Was the first person to host Saturday Night
Live after the September 11th terror attacks.
Auditioned for a role in Mallrats (1995)
Was approached by a few companies to record
music after she provided her own singing voice for Walk the Line (2005).
Has appeared in four movies bearing the
names of songs: Jack the Bear (1993), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Just
Like Heaven (2005) and Walk the Line (2005).
Is precisely two weeks older than Candace
Cameron Bure.
Friend of Renée Zellweger.
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