Reese Witherspoon may have started as America’s sweetheart, but she’s since become a Hollywood powerhouse with serious business and real estate savvy. Over the past three decades, she’s built a career that spans acting, producing, and entrepreneurship, moving seamlessly between box-office hits, prestige television, and passion projects. That success has also translated into some of the industry’s top paychecks—at least $1 million per episode for television, including $1.2 million for The Morning Show, which she also produces.
In 2012, the Legally Blonde star cofounded Pacific Standard, the company behind acclaimed films like Wild and Gone Girl. Four years later, she transformed it into Hello Sunshine, a women-driven media giant. In 2021, the company was sold for over $900 million to a Blackstone-backed media firm, with Witherspoon joining the board, staying involved in daily operations, and retaining significant equity. The company has delivered hits like Big Little Lies and Little Fires Everywhere and developed high-profile adaptations, including Where the Crawdads Sing and Netflix’s From Scratch.
Her empire also extends to Reese’s Book Club, which counts 2.1 million followers and has seen 42 of its 50 picks land on The New York Times Best Sellers list—providing a built-in audience for future screen projects.
Off-screen, the Academy Award winner has built a reputation as a real estate aficionado, buying, selling, and flipping homes across Los Angeles and her hometown of Nashville for the past two decades. Much like fellow celebrities such as Ellen DeGeneres, she’s developed a knack for turning high-end properties into investments. In recent years alone, she’s sold a Los Angeles property for $21.5 million—after paying under $16 million in 2020—and offloaded a Nashville home for nearly double what she paid in 2018.
Many of these properties aren’t full-time residences but rather investments, retreats, or future projects. Still, each reflects Witherspoon’s sharp eye for style, comfort, and long-term value. From storybook Southern estates to sleek West Coast escapes and Bahamian hideaways, the homes of her collection are covered in more detail below.
Nashville
Image Credit: Google Earth Witherspoon’s real estate story starts back in 2003, when she picked up a modest two-bedroom home for just $125,000—a humble property compared to what was to come. That same year, her personal life was marked by change: she and then-husband Ryan Phillippe welcomed their son, Deacon, after having already started their family with daughter Ava in 1999. By 2020, Witherspoon was back in her hometown market, adding a four-bedroom suburban house for $676,000. A year later, she scooped up a two-bedroom condo for $485,000.
2022 marked her biggest Nashville splash yet: first, a historic three-bedroom home for $4.2 million, and then, that spring, a sprawling $18 million estate straight out of a storybook, complete with ivy climbing the facade and a striped breakfast nook. She wasn’t done—by 2023, she’d rounded out her local portfolio with a 5,500-square-foot home for $5.25 million. Taken together, her Tennessee properties reflect the full Reese spectrum: sentimental, cozy, and occasionally jaw-dropping.
Franklin
Image Credit: Google Earth Witherspoon’s Tennessee portfolio isn’t limited to Nashville—she also owns a serene retreat in Franklin’s Temple Hills neighborhood. Purchased in December 2021—years after her 2007 divorce from Phillippe—for $672,000, this three-bedroom, two-bath, 2,202-square-foot home sits on a private, tree-lined cul-de-sac overlooking the 13th fairway of Texas Hills Country Club. Open, airy spaces and abundant natural light make the pad feel bright and welcoming, providing just the right amount of Southern charm.
The one-level living area on the main floor includes the primary suite and a versatile office/mudroom. Upstairs, three large bedrooms provide plenty of space for family or guests, and the inviting living and entertaining areas—including a sunroom, huge deck, and generous kitchen with island and pantry—make it perfect for both relaxing and hosting. Updated baths feature two walk-in tiled showers and a freestanding soaking tub, while hardwoods, tile floors, and large windows bring style and comfort together in this peaceful golf course retreat.
Los Angeles
Image Credit: Google Earth When she’s not lighting up the screen, Witherspoon is curating a West Coast real estate collection that’s equal parts charm and California sunshine. In 2022, she scooped up a four-bedroom, three-bath Pacific Palisades home for $5 million, featuring 2,588 square feet of bright, airy interiors and a private backyard perfect for morning coffee or afternoon poolside lounging.
The following year, she added a 1938-built two-bedroom, one-bath West L.A. home for just under $2 million. Though cozier, at 850 square feet on a 6,093-square-foot lot, the digs are packed with character and modern perks: a 1940s Wedgewood range in the kitchen, honed black granite countertops, marmoleum flooring, and a backyard oasis brimming with jasmine, roses, olive trees, and a mature fig tree. Whole-home filtration, updated plumbing, and central HVAC make life effortless, providing a serene retreat during what would become a personally turbulent period: In March 2023, Witherspoon and ex-husband Jim Toth announced their divorce after nearly 12 years of marriage, with the couple sharing joint custody of their son, Tennessee James, while continuing to co-parent Ava and Deacon.
The Bahamas
Image Credit: Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images The Walk the Line actress also has an island escape tucked away in the Bahamas. Her luxury retreat is reportedly nestled in the exclusive, guard-gated Baker’s Bay Golf & Ocean Club on Great Guana Cay, a community known for its golf course, tennis courts, water sports, and even a charming village with a grocery store and restaurant. While details about Witherspoon’s exact property aren’t public, it’s clear she’s in good company—neighbors include Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, and Cindy Crawford—making it the perfect low-key, sun-soaked getaway.
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