Reese Witherspoon is an Academy Award Winner actress and a film producer. Her career began at an early age doing television commercials and modeling. Her first big role was in 1990 with the movie "The Man in the Moon". After having success doing a couple of movies she graduated from an all girls high school and started attending Stanford University, but not long after she dropped out when she realized that acting was what she really wanted. Reese Witherspoon´s biggest role came in 2001 when she played the character "Elle Woods" in the 2001 comedy "Legally Blonde".