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     Following high school graduation in 1994 from Harpeth Hall, a Nashville all girls school, Reese Witherspoon decided to put her acting career on hold and attend Stanford University where Reese Witherspoon would major in English literature. However, her collegiate plans were shortly dashed when Reese Witherspoon accepted roles to star in two major motion pictures: Fear (1996) alongside Mark Wahlberg and Freeway (1996) with Kiefer Sutherland. Although neither film was a huge box-office success, they did help to establish Reese as a rising starlet in Hollywood and open the door for bigger and better film roles. Those bigger roles came in movies such as Pleasantville (1998), Election (1999) and Cruel Intentions (1999). Reese Witherspoon's breakthrough role came as Elle Woods in the 2001 comedy Legally Blonde (2001). The movie was huge box-office smash and established Reese as one of the top female draws in Hollywood. The next year, Reese Witherspoon scored a follow-up hit with Sweet Home Alabama (2002) which went on to gross over $100 million dollars at the box office. In 2006, Reese Witherspoon took home the best actress Oscar for her role as June Carter Cash in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line (2005).