Ironically, it was playing a dippy blonde with a big heart in the romantic comedy Legally Blonde in 2001 that catapulted Reese Witherspoon onto the Hollywood A-list. But much like her character in that movie, there's more to 32-year-old Reese than her bubbly blonde persona. The southern belle and mother of two has a head for business, running her own film company Type A Films, and produces films as well as acting in them. Although the political thriller Rendition didn't do well at the box office last year, Reese did find romance with co-star Jake Gyllenhaal and the couple now live in London. Look out for Reese and Vince Vaughn in Four Christmases at the end of this year,  a romcom which sees a couple juggling their time between divorced parents.

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