Reese Whitherspoon, 31

A-List Achievements: Playing against her box-office blockbuster “Legally Blonde” type, Reese nabbed a Best Actress Academy Award and Golden Globe for playing June Carter Cash—and doing her own singing—in “Walk the Line” in 2005 just days before she turned 30. Mother of a daughter and son with Phillippe.

Originally the Wife Of: Ryan Phillippe  

Sealed the Deal: 1996

Do-Over Began: 2006 (filed for divorce)

Better Than Ever: Change is in more than the air for this sweet-home southerner. When Reese hit the red carpet at the Golden Globes in January, she was sporting a new style that was so good it should’ve been illegal. In February she caused a different kind of stir in Hollywood when she fired her agents at Endeavor moved to CAA.

Star Wattage
With her successful film production company, which was behind “Legally Blonde 2” and has an offbeat, modern-day fable, “Penelope” starring Christina Ricci and Reese coming out later this summer, and her reported $15 million dollar per movie paychecks, the only way for this savvy stunner to go is up.