All About Reese Witherspoon’s Parents, Betty and John Draper Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon has always stayed true to her Southern roots. The star was born Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon in New Orleans on March 22, 1976, to mom Mary Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Reese and dad John Draper Witherspoon. Her parents raised her and her older brother John in Nashville — a city that is still beloved by the family. Growing up, her parents were both in the medical field — her mom as a nurse and dad as a surgeon — instilling a sense of independence and ambition in Reese early on....