Reese Witherspoon is a Hollywood actress who became famous due to a role of a blonde lawyer in a comedy Legally Blonde. After that she nailed down a success by acting in a movie Walk the Line. This role brought her not only worldwide fame but also an Oscar, the Golden Globe Award and BAFTA for the best female role. Actress has played more than 50 roles in projects of different genres from comedies to detective dramas. But what is Reese’s life like behind the scenes?
Her mother, Betty worked as a professor in a university and later as a nurse. She is a very beautiful woman and they say, Reese has inherited her best traits. Both are very close in life, supporting, loving and caring for each other.
Reese’s father, John Sr. was working as a surgeon and saved many lives. He and his wife Betty were on the first pages of tabloids because Betty didn’t want a divorce. In the end, they didn’t divorce but have started living separately since 1996. When living alone, John was experiencing troubles with money overspending in addition to alcohol.
The famous actress was very close with her grandparents from father side, Dorothea Draper and William James Whitherspoon. She even launched a clothing line in their honor called Draper James.
Reese isn’t the only child in a family. She has an elder brother, John Jr. who was born in 1972. He is not connected with the movie-making industry and instead, he succeeded as a real estate agent. Both were in good relations before her brother got two years probation for sexual assault. Of course, this circumstance didn’t make her happy but it was in 2003 and now after all these years, they are back to being close again as brother and sister.
