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Witherspoon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She spent the first five years of her life in Germany, where her father was serving as a military surgeon, before the Witherspoon family landed in Nashville, Tennessee. From a young age, Witherspoon attended Harpeth Hall, an all-girls school.

Witherspoon studied English literature at Stanford University in the mid-1990s before going on leave to pursue acting. Her on-screen career took off, and she didn't return to Stanford University. However, she did drop by campus and visit her old dorm room in 2017.

After appearing in a local florist's commercial, Witherspoon was hooked and enrolled in weekly acting classes. She landed parts in more commercials before spotting a newspaper casting call for a 14-year-old Southern girl, so she auditioned. Eventually, after reading lines in Los Angeles and Louisiana, she got the part of Dani Trant.

Witherspoon drew on her Tennessee roots to create a cookbook called "Whiskey in a Teacup," which was published by Atria Books in 2018.

Witherspoon launched Draper James — which has brick-and-mortar stores in Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas, and Georgia — in 2015.

The star did a duet with the artist on his song, "Something Stupid," in 2013—and it's all because of her work on the film, Walk the Line

Elle Woods, played by Hollywood sweetheart Reese Witherspoon, and her dog Bruiser initially waltzed into our lives two decades ago. She knew more about pursuing one's aspirations and chemical hair care, than half of the self-help books we may own.

Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical drama film directed by James Mangold and based on the early life and career of country music artist Johnny Cash. It got Reese Witherspoon her first oscar. 

Vanity Fair is a 2004 historical drama film directed by Mira Nair and adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name. James Purefoy starred as Colonel Rawdon Crawley.

Cruel Intentions is an American teen romantic drama film written and directed by Roger Kumble which starred Reese Witherspoon with her then-husband, Ryan Phillippe.