Reese Witherspoon's Famous Friends Fete The Actress At 29th American

Dani Trant in The Man In The Moon, Tracy Flick in Election, Jill Green in Friends, Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, June Carter in Walk the Line, and Cheryl Strayed in Wild are only a few of Reese Witherspoon's roles that were praised at the 29th Annual American Cinematheque Award tribute on Friday at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The Oscar victor brought alongside her daughter & son Deacon - her kids with Ryan Phillippe - to the event in LA, which was additionally attended by Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Aniston & Kate Hudson.

McConaughey, who starred with Witherspoon in Mud, was the final presenter of the night, giving Witherspoon her award.

"This whole experience is just overwhelming and unbelievable because I'm literally just a girl from Nashville who had a big dream", said Witherspoon when she took the stage to accept her award.

If you've got famous friends, flaunt 'em!

The actress was grateful and emotional upon accepting the mid-career award at the ceremony, which acknowledged her producing credits on films such as Gone Girl and Wild, in addition her numerous comedic and dramatic roles.

Reese Witherspoon is one proud mama!

"I recognized her depth, her piercing eyes, her sass, confidence and her vulnerability".

"I can't even tell you the number of times I'd call my agent and I 'd say, 'What happened with that audition?' and he'd be like, 'Well, it's between you and Reese, '" she said with mock frustration. "That performance marked the beginning of a true star I continued to be in awe when I watched a 15-year old Reese work the after-party like a seasoned politician". "She is determined", added Hudson.

"She is an active and successful movie producer who is moving her career forward both behind and in front of the camera".

Witherspoon launched her production label Pacific Standard with Bruna Papandrea in 2012 with the specific intention of finding more great roles for women, and telling more stories about women. It was troublesome to inform the duo apart as the 16-year-old is the spitting image of her superstar mom. "I said what we do is we [play make believe], and when we do it well we make people believe".