Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is very well-known for her lead role as Elle Woods in her movie Legally Blonde, back in 2001. Some critics even referred to her as the "next Meg Ryan of the movie industry." Aside from the said flick, she was also able to garner a number of awards and nominations for some of her movies like Pleasantville, Election, and Walk the Line.

Sad to say, though her career happens to make its way up, her personal life happens to go the other way around. After being married to Ryan Phillippe (also her co-star in the movie Cruel Intentions) for quite some time and having two lovely children with him, they have now separated ways. The actress is rumored to be dating fellow actor Jake Gyllenhaal.