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The 14 Best Reese Witherspoon Movie Characters

by YPB Team

Sharp comedies, weighty dramas, and a few scene-stealers in between show off a remarkable range of roles. Which performance is your favorite?

  1. Elle Woods — ranked #11
    Elle Woods
    The relentlessly optimistic sorority-girl-turned-Harvard-lawyer in Legally Blonde.
    1000pts
  2. Madeline Mackenzie — ranked #22
    Madeline Mackenzie
    The fierce, gossip-savvy mother in the Monterey drama Big Little Lies.
    912pts
  3. June Carter Cash — ranked #33
    June Carter Cash
    The country singer in Walk the Line, a role that won Witherspoon the Best Actress Oscar.
    809pts
  4. Bradley Jackson — ranked #44
    Bradley Jackson
    The scrappy field reporter who rises to anchor in The Morning Show.
    789pts
  5. Vanessa Lutz — ranked #55
    Vanessa Lutz
    The streetwise teen in the dark Red Riding Hood thriller Freeway.
    684pts
  6. Becky Sharp — ranked #66
    Becky Sharp
    The cunning social climber of the period drama Vanity Fair.
    684pts
  7. Jennifer / Mary Sue — ranked #77
    Jennifer / Mary Sue
    The teen transported into a black-and-white sitcom town in Pleasantville.
    684pts
  8. Annette Hargrove — ranked #88
    Annette Hargrove
    The virtuous headmaster's daughter caught in a cruel wager in Cruel Intentions.
    684pts
  9. Rosita — ranked #99
    Rosita
    The overburdened mother pig who finds her voice in the animated musical Sing.
    684pts
  10. Melanie Carmichael — ranked #1010
    Melanie Carmichael
    The New York designer returning to her Southern roots in Sweet Home Alabama.
    560pts
  11. Elizabeth Masterson — ranked #1111
    Elizabeth Masterson
    The spirited doctor whose ghost shares an apartment in Just Like Heaven.
    560pts
  12. Tracy Flick — ranked #1212
    Tracy Flick
    The ruthlessly ambitious overachiever in the dark comedy Election.
    560pts
  13. Cheryl Strayed — ranked #1313
    Cheryl Strayed
    The grieving woman who hikes the Pacific Crest Trail in Wild.
    560pts
  14. Nicole Walker — ranked #1414
    Nicole Walker
    The teenager drawn into a dangerous obsession in the thriller Fear.
    0pts

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