Appearing is formally a household enterprise now for Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe, after their 25-year-old daughter Ava made her debut final week on the 2025 TV schedule. Ava guest-starred on Physician Odyssey as one of many “vixens” cruising together with her girlfriends, and as The Morning Present actress posted a pic congratulating her daughter on the accomplishment, I couldn’t assist however love how Ava’s character paid homage to certainly one of Witherspoon’s most iconic roles.
Reese Witherspoon Is ‘So Proud’ Of Ava Phillippe’s Appearing Debut
Whereas many followers needed Ava Phillippe to be solid as teenage Elle Woods within the upcoming Legally Blonde prequel sequence Elle, it was Reese Witherspoon doppelganger Lexi Minetree who received the position ultimately. To not fear, as a result of Phillippe obtained to hitch with fellow nepo infants Paris Jackson and Charlotte Lawrence as vixens Veronica, Vanessa and Victoria, respectively, on Physician Odyssey’s “Spring Break.” Ava’s mother celebrated the event in her Instagram Tales, posting:
Ava Phillippe’s Veronica escaped unscathed from the “Spring Break” chaos, although she had a troublesome week, what with Vanessa’s fentanyl overdose and Victoria’s undiagnosed coronary heart situation inflicting her to grow to be paralyzed from the waist down. It appeared like a enjoyable undertaking to kick off a possible performing profession.
She’s not the primary of the Merciless Intentions stars’ youngsters to interrupt into the household enterprise, although. Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe’s 21-year-old son Deacon made his performing debut in 2022, guest-starring in two episodes of By no means Have I Ever (streaming with a Netflix subscription). He’s additionally set to seem within the Liam Neeson heist film 4 Children Stroll Right into a Financial institution, which reportedly began filming in December 2024.
Ava Phillippe’s Character Nods At Legally Blonde’s Elle Woods
Reese Witherspoon is actually happy with her daughter for nabbing a task on ABC’s high-seas medical drama (which has not but been renewed for a second season), however that respect goes each methods. Ava Phillippe paid homage to her mother’s Legally Blonde character, donning a pink bikini alongside her fellow vixens on Physician Odyssey. Elle Woods famously wore a glowing pink bikini in her Harvard admissions video in among the finest movies of the 2000s:
The gold preliminary necklace worn by Veronica on the present additionally appeared to be a nod to the Tiffany coronary heart pendant that Reese Witherspoon famously rocked in Legally Blonde.
I really like that Ava Phillippe has joined her mother and father and brother within the performing enterprise, and I’m particularly obsessive about the truth that she paid homage to her mother’s iconic profession whereas doing it.
In the event you missed Ava’s performing debut, Physician Odyssey’s “Spring Break” may be streamed with a Hulu subscription, and if you wish to relive all of Elle Woods’ Harvard Regulation College enjoyable, you possibly can lease Reese Witherspoon’s 2001 traditional Legally Blonde from Amazon’s Prime Video, Apple TV or wherever you get your leases.