reese witherspoon began her career as a child actress in the film industry
born in new orleans and raised in tennessee  she began her career as a child actress  making her professional screen debut in the man in the moon lrb 1991 rrb  for which she was nominated for a young artist award
the man in the moon is a 1991 american coming of age drama film directed by robert mulligan lrb in his final film rrb and is also reese witherspoon s film debut