Reese Witherspoon has been called America's Sweetheart for a reason. (Even if .) She’s sunshine and goodness, a cheerleader beauty queen with a heart of gold.
But she’s got spitfire in her, too—that Southern spirit makes her charming, but also a little dangerous.It comes out in her best work.
In Election, she was as irrepressible as she was fearsome. In Walk the Line, she struck the perfect balance between ladylike and lady boss (and won an Oscar for it).
In Vanity Fair, she was a social climber; in Wild, a literal climber (well, hiker). In her current incarnation as , she’s a little more hardened but also more inspirational.