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goes wrong. Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to episode 167 of Awards Chatter, the Hollywood Reporters Awards Podcast.

I'm the host Scott Feinberg and my guest today is one of

Hollywood's most popular and respected actresses and more recently one of its top producers as well. A best actress Oscar winner in

2006 for Walk the Line and an Emmy nominee this year

for both producing and acting in the massively acclaimed HBO limited series Big Little Lies, Reese Witherspoon.

The 41 year old has been in the business for 27 years.

She started as a child actress making her big screen debut at the age of 14 in

Robert Mulligan's 1991 film The Man in the Moon. She grew into an impressive young

adult actress who gave memorable performances in strong films like

Gary Ross's Pleasantville in 1998 and Alexander Payne's election in 1999.

And then she became a full-fledged A-list movie star following her portrayal of El Woods, a material girl who pursues her ex all the way to Harvard Law School in Robert Lukeetics Blockbuster Legally Blonde in 2001.

For the next few years through 2002 Sweet Home Alabama, 2003's Legally Blonde 2,

Red White and Blonde, 2004's Vanity Fair, and James Mangold's aforementioned walked the line in 2005,

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