Reese Witherspoon: Life in pictures

Reese Witherspoon has found success with critics as well as at the box office. Here’s a look at some of her big moments, on and off screen. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Oct. 17, 2014 11 AM PT

Reese Witherspoon has found success with critics as well as at the box office. Here’s a look at some of her big moments, on and off screen.

Witherspoon is all smiles at the Governors Ball after winning the Oscar on March 5, 2006. She won the lead actress award for her performance as June Carter in “Walk the Line.” (AMPAS / WireImage.com)

Witherspoon and Hollywood talent agent Jim Toth married in 2011, and the couple have three children (two from Witherspoon’s previous marriage to actor Ryan Phillippe). (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press)

Witherspoon became agitated after her husband, CAA agent Jim Toth, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Atlanta in April 2013, officials said. Witherspoon was subsequently arrested for disorderly conduct. Both pleaded no contest. (Georgia Department of Corrections / AFP)

Witherspoon plays Cheryl Strayed, who undertakes a life-changing, 1,100-mile solo hike on the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Oregon, in “Wild.” (Anne Marie Fox / AP)

Reese Witherspoon and Ger Duany appear in “The Good Lie,” a film about a woman who tries to help a group of Sudanese refugees relocating to the United States. (Bob Mahoney / Associated Press)

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