Reese Witherspoon Through the Years: From ‘Legally Blonde’ to Her 1st Oscar Win and Beyond
usmagazine.comWhat, like it’s hard? Reese Witherspoon has had quite the evolution throughout her career — as an actress, producer and businesswoman.The southern belle made a splash with her debut film, 1991’s The Man in the Moon, at the ripe age of 14.
While she briefly put her acting aspirations on hold following her high school graduation to attend Stanford University, Witherspoon’s calling ultimately won out.“Growing up in the South, it was very patriarchal.
When I applied to Stanford, I was told by a [male] college counselor, ‘You’re never gonna get in, don’t bother. They don’t want you,’” Witherspoon recalled during an October 2015 interview with Glamour. “I said, ‘I’m going to try.’ And I got in!
But I wouldn’t be the woman I am if I hadn’t had that conflict to overcome. It has given me an underdog feeling all my life.”The Tennessee-raised star left college in 1996 to pursue acting full-time, which led to her roles in 1996’s Fear and Freeway.
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