March 08, 2006
Reese Witherspoon was once a kid
A long-standing Hollywood tradition (established in 2006) has been to embarrass the Best Actress Oscar winner a few days after their win by circulating their childhood photos on the Internet. And since The Superficial is proud to be a part of such a visual roast, we bring you more photos than in her mom's photo albums, which she showed to Reese's prospective boyfriends, embarrassing the poor girl in the process.
We still don't know what we would have done if Dame Judi Dench would have won, seeing as they didn't have photography in the late 1200s. More photos after the jump.
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Comments
1. Posted by MeganHarris on March 8, 2006 05:49 PM
Funny thing is.... She looks the same!!
2. Posted by piperita on March 8, 2006 05:51 PM
Apparently the chin was always there, she just grew to catch up with it (somewhat).
3. Posted by Grphdesi23 on March 8, 2006 05:56 PM
I adore Reese Witherspoon.
May she have a lifelong acting career.
4. Posted by Kimmie on March 8, 2006 06:04 PM
Oh my gawd........ she is so cute.
5. Posted by ButtSnack on March 8, 2006 06:07 PM
Well I guess she never went through the same awkward stage that I did. The round glasses are the worst part and they even aren't that bad. I'm so disappointed!
6. Posted by playahater101 on March 8, 2006 06:07 PM
She's cute. Everyone looks terrible in their younger years before we all got a sense of style. You should see some of my pics. Yikes!!
7. Posted by ButtSnack on March 8, 2006 06:08 PM
I forgot to give kudos to Mr. Superficial for the Judi Dench comment. That's the Superficial I know and love!
8. Posted by nbabomb666 on March 8, 2006 06:09 PM
She was a little Hottie!!
9. Posted by dids on March 8, 2006 06:14 PM
She's wearing a candy necklace in the third pic. She's always been adorable.
10. Posted by SVA1994 on March 8, 2006 06:16 PM
Umm...........so tell me again why these pics are supposed to be embarrasing? She looked as pretty as a kid as she does now.
11. Posted by wedgeone on March 8, 2006 06:17 PM
Where are the friggin' zits? She went through her entire life without a single pimple?
Holy crap!! 8^D
12. Posted by happy_bunny on March 8, 2006 06:23 PM
Nothing embarrassing there. Even at her dorkiest - with the big, round glasses - she's perfectly cute. Actually, she looks pretty much the same as she does now. I think it's safe to say she hasn't had any plastic surgery. Good! I'm sick of plastic surgery. I love that Witherspoon - though quite pretty - has always been more about her acting ability than her looks.
That girl scout pic is TOO damn cute!
13. Posted by sadiembeagle on March 8, 2006 06:23 PM
Well at least we can see she hasn't had plastic surgery!
14. Posted by hotintempe on March 8, 2006 06:55 PM
She didnt deserve to win an Oscar.
15. Posted by Lynette Carrington on March 8, 2006 06:59 PM
She looked sweet and adorable then. She looks sweet and adorable now. I guess the only thing that she is now that she wasn't back then: Super rich and the proud new owner of an Oscar. Congrats!
16. Posted by suzy on March 8, 2006 07:13 PM
why didn't she deserve to win the oscar hotintempe? I thought she did
17. Posted by jida on March 8, 2006 07:47 PM
She got lucky. No competition this go-round.
18. Posted by jida on March 8, 2006 07:48 PM
That chin is atrocious. And the teeth, as well.
19. Posted by Evangelia on March 8, 2006 07:58 PM
she is seriously cute! from legally blonde to oscar winner - wow!
20. Posted by VanillaSalTyBaLLs on March 8, 2006 08:04 PM
I'd hit it!!!!!!
21. Posted by hafaball on March 8, 2006 08:10 PM
She still lokes cute to me. Does that make me a pedophile? She's old now though, so I guess not. What was embarrassing was that dress she wore, oh, I could of died!
22. Posted by happy_bunny on March 8, 2006 08:18 PM
Could HAVE died. And her dress was fab.
And she's done more than Legally Blonde and Walk the Line. Anyone see Freeway? Election? Pleasantville? American Psycho?
23. Posted by Foxbase Alpha on March 8, 2006 08:22 PM
How come there are no photos of her with her dad, Jay Leno? Poor girl inherited daddy's giant chin.
24. Posted by Donna A. on March 8, 2006 08:22 PM
She's cute. I have liked most of her movies. I just saw Just Like Heaven. I thought it was really good for a rom-com.
Donna A.
25. Posted by nichole on March 8, 2006 08:37 PM
She's so cute, even with her odd chin. Odd features gives one character (that's what the wise man told me, anyway).
26. Posted by prideofchucky on March 8, 2006 08:38 PM
Damn, even during that "Akward Phase" (usually 3rd grade-High school Freshman) she looks simply adorable even with the Bruce Campbell- "If Chins Could Kill" shape... Rock on Reese!
27. Posted by Kii on March 8, 2006 08:38 PM
She looks really cute in the picture with the umbrella.
28. Posted by elvindeath on March 8, 2006 09:40 PM
Well, all I can say is that if I knew her in 9th grade, I'd most definately have tried to have played a game or two of stinky-finger with her.
29. Posted by Tetsuo on March 8, 2006 10:01 PM
I'd hit it, as long as she shut the hell up for the duration. And no, she didn't deserve the Oscar. That whole performance was a) grating, b) predictable, and c) formulaic.
30. Posted by mamacita on March 8, 2006 10:19 PM
#22
Freeway ruled!! That movie was so freaking funny. My favorite part was "You are SO ugly Bob!!! And hey, I heard you got one of them shit bags!". Also, did you see Man in the Moon? It was really good.
31. Posted by cerisier on March 8, 2006 10:20 PM
She is a cute kid, but she does look like a crazed Harry Potter fan too.
32. Posted by jojo on March 8, 2006 10:40 PM
I loved Sweet Home Alabama! I haven't seen Walk the Line, but I was happy to see her win the Oscar. The better roles should keep rolling in now.
33. Posted by blackblackheart on March 8, 2006 10:46 PM
BIG SURPRISE; She was always beautiful.
34. Posted by LindaParson on March 8, 2006 11:09 PM
Yeah she is cute in most of them, but in the third one down from the top she looks like a giant bobblehead on a tiny neck. And what the fuck is wrong with the 2 girls next two her? Miss piggy on the left and an 80 year old woman trapped in a 10 year olds body on the right. I can't decide which one of them looks the scariest in that pic...
35. Posted by Nadine on March 9, 2006 12:24 AM
cute...even the one with glasses
36. Posted by Average on March 9, 2006 01:20 AM
She has been in about 24 or 25 movies I think actually. Not counting TV roles, like her appearance on "Friends". She starred in about 20 of them.
Majority of them did very well. Or are somewhat unknown but by word of mouth like "Freeway".
Freeway was incredible, twisted as all fuck, Little Red Riding Hood. Twisted like Darko ;)
And I respect anyone in hollywood that says things like this...
http://www.thesuperficial.com/archives/2005/08/09/reese_witherspo.html
37. Posted by urockmysocks on March 9, 2006 02:06 AM
she's one of those natural beauties in the hollywood right now without any fake nose or hotdog lips! she deserves a giant cookie for that!
38. Posted by sqongo on March 9, 2006 02:45 AM
@Average,shes done 29films + 3 announced(imdb.com)
@urockmysocks,yep she deserves a giant cookie.Damn,she looks cute in those pics,hasnt changed she should be in www.neverhadawfulplasticsurgery.com
39. Posted by Average on March 9, 2006 03:00 AM
lol hotdog lips
Ya, no hotdog lips and she doesnt make that stupid smelly face(kierra Knightly, Jennifer Garner) thats becoming popular either.
Thanks for the exact number of films she made socks, I guess.
I wasnt really interested enough to go and count them somewhere. But kudos to you! You waste time on insignificant details much more effectively than I.
40. Posted by jennifer11 on March 9, 2006 07:41 AM
that first picture is EXACTLY what it would look like if hermione and harry potter had a bastard child.
41. Posted by velvet_morning on March 9, 2006 08:35 AM
hahah best comment ever jennifer11... it's funny because it's true!
42. Posted by Zanna on March 9, 2006 09:13 AM
She's so genuine. She's like one of the only celebs I don't hate. Hmm..maybe the only one. Cute pics!
43. Posted by oshkoshb-goshdammgosh on March 9, 2006 10:32 AM
She looks ok except for the last two pics, where it seems like she went through one of those akward phases - you know, where you turn into a black woman and get a nose job. I went through one of those phases. It was akward. But THANK GOD SHE WON THE OSCAR THAT IS SO F***ING GREAT AND HER SPEECH - OMG LOL NMH LMAO OMG, I LOVE YOU REESE!!!
44. Posted by nbk on March 9, 2006 12:03 PM
I remembered Reese guess-starred on Friends as Rachel's sister for a few episode. Funny how Reese now has the Oscar when Jennifer still couldn't successfully launch her movie-stardom.
45. Posted by tito on March 9, 2006 12:04 PM
I didn't care for Election. I love crude movies and stuff like that, but Election was just ... it made me hate Matthew Broderick.
But I've always loved Reese. Freeway was awesome. And why has no one mentioned Cruel Intentions? Her role wasn't that great, but still I loved that movie. Haha.
I don't get how we're emberassing her with childhood photos, though. She's been acting since she was 12, right?
46. Posted by freewayrules on March 9, 2006 12:22 PM
Freeway was such a great movie and Reese was awesome in it "I shot him sooo many times". Man in the Moon was also good too. I love her Brownie uniform- I think I have the same pic!
47. Posted by gogoboots on March 9, 2006 12:25 PM
She has a really pointy chin. She's ok, I still have to see freeway so I can shake the Illegally Blonde shitiness outta my mind.
48. Posted by gogoboots on March 9, 2006 12:33 PM
But, I'll say that Election was her best film!
49. Posted by staticbumblebee on March 9, 2006 01:24 PM
Celebrities remind us normal folk how much our lives really do suck.
No blemishes? No "chunk"? No crooked teeth, or braces? What the hell..? So yeah, excuse me while I throw myself off a cliff.
50. Posted by Shaun on March 9, 2006 01:40 PM
Poster # 37 - LMFAO - "hotdog lips" hahahaha
Could you imagine Reese, one night goes out with Paris Hilton and Reese tunrs into an all American bad girl? Getting banned from bars, parties, nipple slips and so on.
Paris, "come on Reese, herpes aren't that bad, at least after the blow you did, it felt good being on all 4's while being hammered by 3 guys".
That would be great, instead of all the mickey mouse club celeb news that has been out in the last couple of months.
51. Posted by September_bebe on March 9, 2006 01:49 PM
What a cutie!
52. Posted by ning_ning on March 9, 2006 01:55 PM
Is reese related to chinniston?
53. Posted by jimmy cliff williams on March 9, 2006 03:48 PM
Forget Harry Potter-- in the very first pic she's a dead ringer for Thomas Dolby. Blinded By Science, indeed!
54. Posted by Rusty on March 9, 2006 05:00 PM
#40 - hilarious!
I never used to like Reese much, but now I do and I don't know why I didn't before. I looked like an absolute dumbass in middle school...why didn't she?!
55. Posted by cibby on March 9, 2006 05:18 PM
It's amazing how some people never change through childhood... Some of us, on the other hand, went through a dreadful metamorphosis...
56. Posted by gossipmonger on March 9, 2006 05:18 PM
Freeway is too disturbing-remember when she was hooking
and asking men if they wanted to have "sexo"? Also loved
Election-she was great in that! Also couldn't believe her
nude scenes in Twilight but I guess to work with Paul Newman made it worth it to have topless pictures on the
Internet!
I wonder what she thinks about these movies now that she's
America's favorite "girl next door"?
She's great-I can't wait to see what she does next!
57. Posted by Spindoc on March 9, 2006 05:54 PM
Wheres the picture of her and Lindsay Lohan being baby sat by Courtney Love and having a three-way while stoned out on Angel Dust? Anybody got that pic, I lost my copy.
58. Posted by Average on March 10, 2006 12:41 AM
48.gogoboots, you have to get ahold of Freeway!
Her character was a cross between Patricia Arquette in True Romance and Gyllenhal in Donnie Darko because it was just so kick ass(true romance) and freaky(donnie darko).
Reese also had to actually work her way into Hollywood instead of relying on relations like Jolie, Hudson...
59. Posted by dhampir on March 10, 2006 10:09 AM
She sort of looks like the Oslen twins in those photos. Actually, she looks ALOT like them...except for the body weight...and breasts...and attractiveness.
60. Posted by Pearly on March 10, 2006 12:26 PM
Reese looks the same in all these pics as she does now. Weird. Well, some people have all the luck. I have to agree though that Freeway is her onlywatchable film outside of Election. The rest is Hollywood fluff...
Freeway! See it!
"You are sooooo ugly Bob! You know that's gonna cramp your style. Especially with little Miss Priss over there"
-priceless
61. Posted by LaydeeBug on March 10, 2006 09:30 PM
She's so cute. And I liked Election, what a bitch!
Pick Flick!!!!
62. Posted by hotdog80 on March 14, 2006 05:44 PM
Everyone has failed to mention Fear! That is one of my all time fav flicks! Mark walhberg is such a hottie in it and she is a cutie as well. And the man in the moon is my all time fav and that was her first flick.Good for her for coming all this way she is an excellent actor!