Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976), better known as
Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress and film producer. Witherspoon landed her first feature role as the female lead in the movie
The Man in the Moon in 1991; later that year she made her television acting debut, in the cable movie
Wildflower. In 1996, Witherspoon appeared in
Freeway and followed that appearance with roles in three major 1998 movies:
Overnight Delivery,
Pleasantville, and
Twilight. The following year, Witherspoon appeared in the critically acclaimed
Election, which earned her a
Golden Globe nomination.
2001 marked her career's turning point with the breakout role as "Elle Woods" in the box office hit
Legally Blonde, and in 2002 she starred in
Sweet Home Alabama, which became her biggest commercial film success to date. 2003 saw her return as lead actress and executive producer of
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde. In 2005, Witherspoon received worldwide attention and praise for her portrayal of
June Carter Cash in
Walk the Line, which earned her an
Academy Award,
Golden Globe,
BAFTA, and
Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Witherspoon married actor and
Cruel Intentions co-star
Ryan Phillippe in 1999; they have two children, Ava and Deacon. The couple separated at the end of 2006 and divorced in October 2007. Witherspoon owns a production company, Type A Films, and she is actively involved in children's and women's advocacy organizations. She serves on the board of the
Children's Defense Fund (CDF), and was named Global Ambassador of
Avon Products in 2007, serving as honorary chair
Priyanka Chopra (
Hindi:
प्रियंका चोपड़ा,
pronounced [prɪˈjəŋkaː ˈtʃoːpɽaː]; born 18 July 1982)
[1] is an Indian actress and former
Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a
model and gained fame after winning the
Miss World title in 2000.
[2]Chopra made her acting debut with the 2002
Tamil film
Thamizhan. The following year, she made her
Bollywood film debut with
The Hero: Love Story of a Spy and followed it with the hit
Andaaz, for which she won a
Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. In 2004, she became the second woman to win the
Filmfare Best Villain Award, which she received for her critically acclaimed performance in
Aitraaz. Chopra would later have commercial success with films like
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004),
Krrish (2006) and
Don – The Chase Begins Again.
[3] Chopra earned a
Filmfare Best Actress Award and a
National Film Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of a model in
Fashion (2008) and has thus established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in Bollywood.
[4][5]Charlize Theron (pronounced
/ʃɑrˈliːs ˈθɛrən/; born August 7, 1975) is a
South African actress,
film producer and former
fashion model.
She rose to fame in the late 1990s following her roles in
2 Days in the Valley,
Mighty Joe Young,
The Devil's Advocate and
The Cider House Rules. She received critical acclaim and an
Academy Award for her portrayal of
serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the film
Monster, for which she became the first
African to win an Academy Award in a major acting category. She received another
Academy Award nomination for her performance in
North Country.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan[1] (
née Aishwarya Rai,
Tulu:
ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಾ ರೈ, pronounced [
əjɕʋərjaː rəj]; born
1 November 1973) is an
Indian actress and former
Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a
model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 1994. During her career, Rai has acted in over 40 movies in
Hindi,
English,
Tamil and
Bengali, which include a number of international productions.
Often cited by the media as the most beautiful woman in the world,
[2][3][4] Rai made her movie debut in
Mani Ratnam's Tamil film
Iruvar (1997) and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie
Jeans (1998). She came to the attention of
Bollywood in the movie
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), directed by
Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Her performance in the film won her the
Filmfare Best Actress Award. In 2002 she appeared in Bhansali's next project,
Devdas (2002), for which she won her second
Filmfare Best Actress Award.
After a low phase in her career during 2003–2005, she appeared in the blockbuster
Dhoom 2 (2006), which turned out to be her biggest Bollywood commercial success. She later appeared in films like
Guru (2007),
Jodhaa Akbar (2008), and
Enthiran (2010) which were commercially and critically successful. Rai has thus established herself as one
of the leading contemporary actresses in the Indian film industry.
to Love (1997),
City of Angels (1998), and
You've Got Mail (1998), whose total gross was over $870 million worldwide.
[1] At that time,
TIME critic
Richard Corliss called her "the current soul of romantic comedy."
[2] In addition to these romantic comedy roles, she garnered critical acclaim for her work in
When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), in which she played an
alcoholic, and in
Courage Under Fire (1996), portraying a captain in the
Gulf War.
[2]Ryan has two children: Jack, from her marriage to actor
Dennis Quaid, and Daisy, whom she adopted from China. Meg and her children moved to New York City in the summer of 2010.