Reese Witherspoon - Milestones

• 2004: Starred in the period film "Vanity Fair" directed by Mira Nair
• 2003: Reprised the role of Elle Woods for "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blond."
• 2002: Played Cecily Cardew in a film remake of "The Importance of Being Earnest"
• 2002: Starred as a Southern girl who remakes herself as a New York socialite but must return home to finalize a divorce in "Sweet Home Alabama"
• 2001: Starred in the surprise hit comedy "Legally Blonde"
• 2000: Made two-episode appearance as the kid sister of Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) in the NBC sitcom "Friends"
• 1999: Starred alongside Alessandro Nivola and Josh Brolin in "Best Laid Plans"
• 1999: Acted in "Cruel Intentions", a modern-day spin on "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"; cast as a virginal teenager
• 1999: Co-starred opposite Matthew Broderick in "Election", directed by Alexander Payne
• 1998: Transported back to the black-and-white world of 1950s television in Gary Ross' "Pleasantville"
• 1998: Appeared as the daughter of Gene Hackman and Susan Sarandon in Robert Benton's "Twilight", also starring Paul Newman
• 1996: Played troubled, precocious girl with a dark past for "Freeway", a nihilistic takeoff on "Little Red Riding Hood" that aired on HBO before its theatrical release
• 1996: Starred as the object of Mark Wahlberg's obsession in "Fear"
• 1995: Starred as satirical mini-mart hostage who lets loose a bitchy side in "S.F.W."
• 1993: Co-starred in CBS miniseries "Return to Lonesome Dove"
• 1993: First starring role, "A Far Off Place"
• 1993: Acted in Marshall Herskowitz's "Jack the Bear"
• 1991: Film debut in "The Man in the Moon"; also marked first on-screen kiss
• 1991: TV acting debut in Lifetime movie "Wildflower", directed by Diane Keaton
• 1983: Began acting in local commercials at age seven
• ---: Will co-star with Joaquin Phoenix as June Carter Cashin in "Walk the Line," the biopic of late country music legend Johnny Cash (lensed 2004)
• Raised in Nashville, Tennessee