2001 marked her career's turning point with the breakout role as Elle Woods in the box office hit Legally Blonde, and in 2002 she starred in Sweet Home Alabama, which became her biggest commercial film success to date.

2001 marked a significant turning point in Witherspoon's career, when she starred in the feature film Legally Blonde.

In 2009, she also produced a spin-off film of Legally Blonde called Legally Blondes, featuring Camilla " Milly " Rosso and Rebecca " Becky " Rosso.

In 2001, she had a supporting role in the hit film Legally Blonde opposite Reese Witherspoon.

Duff hosted the reality show Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods, which searched for the next actress to take over the lead role in Legally Blonde: The Musical where she was previously in the chorus.

The incident jump-started Ali Larter's acting career, and she went on to many TV shows, movies ( Legally Blonde, Final Destination ) and the role of Niki Sanders in NBC's Heroes.

Her other film work includes roles in Dead Man on Campus, Legally Blonde, Brokeback Mountain ( for which she was nominated for the ensemble Gotham and Screen Actors Guild awards ), and a starring role in the Happy Madison film Grandma's Boy as Samantha.

Legally required to support his estranged wife, William Nichols paid her an allowance of five shillings a week until 1882, when he heard that she was working as a prostitute ; he was not required to support her if she was earning money through illicit means.

In later years, she did other acting work, appearing in a 2002 commercial for the insurance company GEICO and as " Bruiser's Mom " in the 2003 movie " Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde ".

Legally blind as a child, she learns to read before going to school, thus stoking up wrath in the Nuns / teachers at her Catholic school.

She starred as Mrs. Valentine on the teen drama Dawson's Creek in the 2000-2001 season, and she had supporting roles in the films Global Effect ( 2002 ), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ( 2003 ), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde ( 2003 ), Click ( 2006 ), The Heat Chamber ( 2003 ) and Cougar Club ( 2007 ).

In 2011, she won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for playing Elle Woods in Legally Blonde.

Smith was originally supposed to leave Legally Blonde on 23 October 2010, but she extended her run to 8 January 2011, when Susan McFadden took over the role.

She is best known for playing " Stifler's mom ," the consummate " MILF ," in the American Pie films, though she is also known for supporting parts in other films, including Hilary Duff's stepmother in A Cinderella Story ; Paulette, the manicurist in Legally Blonde and its sequel ; " Hottie Police Officer " in A Night at the Roxbury ; and the voice of Aunt Fanny in the animated feature Robots.

Since then, she has served as a policy advisor and counsel for Tom Campbell's U. S. Senate campaign in 2000, given speeches throughout California ( including keynote addresses for the Golden State Republican Women Leaders ' Forum, the California Federation of Republican Women's biennial conference, the San Diego County Federation of Republican Women's 76th Annual Convention, and the San Bernardino County Federation of Republican Women's Conference in 2003 ) assisted on a variety of free-lance projects, including providing advice on the script for Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, and volunteered for organizations as diverse as the Junior League of Pasadena and Soldiers ’ Angels.

Legally, she is prevented from lobbying anyone at the FCC for two years and an agreement made by Comcast with the FCC as a condition of approving the merger will ban her from lobbying any executive branch agency for life.

Legally the definition varied from state to state, and was more flexible in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries before the American Civil War.

Legally, Mozambique was as much a part of Portugal as Lisbon but as an overseas province enjoyed special derogations to account for its distance from Europe.

" Legally " they belonged on the Colorado River Reservation after it was established in 1865.

Legally, he was actually only regent for his son Conrad II of Jerusalem, only child of Yolande and the grandson of Maria of Montferrat and John of Brienne, who had been born shortly before Frederick left in 1228.

Legally, Charles had every right to do this — the renunciation of sovereignty by Charles was never made and therefore Gascony was still legally land held by the King.

Speaking about Woods ' character, Witherspoon said " When I read Legally Blonde, I was like, ' She's from Beverly Hills, she's rich, she's in a sorority.

" Legally Blonde was a box office hit, grossing US $ 96 million domestically.

He has a daughter, Natalie Lander, who was on MTV's show, Legally Blonde-The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods.

" In his opening monologue, Letterman said " Legally, I can continue to call myself Dave " but joked that he woke up that morning and next to him in bed was the head of a peacock ( while the orchestra played the theme from The Godfather ).

Hanson was the musical guest at the Tulsa stop of The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour starring Conan O ' Brien on May 15, 2010.

Legally, Tobyhanna Township, was incorporated from Coolbaugh Township in 1830.

Legally speaking the only lack of independence a woman in Rome experienced in a marriage without Manus was from her father.

Legally, it was perfectly acceptable for Adolf to induce the feudal lord to abandon his fief and to bring the land under the empire.

This concept was somewhat misrepresented in the movie Legally Blonde, where the protagonist Elle argues before a jury.

Legally bound to Bang Records, Morrison was not only kept out of the studio, but he also found himself unable to find performing work in New York as most clubs refrained from booking him, fearing reprisals.

Featured on the album was the song, " We Can ", which was originally released as a single for the Legally Blonde 2 soundtrack in July 2003.

Legally, any property acquired by individual family members ( whether sons, daughters or slaves ) was acquired for the family estate: the paterfamilias held sole rights to its disposal and sole responsibility for the consequences, including personal forfeiture of rights and property through debt.

Legally, Tripoli was part of the jurisdiction of the military province of Damascus ( Jund Dimashq ).

Legally, from the British perspective, the name Southern Rhodesia continued to be used until April 18, 1980, when the name Republic of Zimbabwe was formally proclaimed.

Legally, the Crown and Duchy were again separate, but the Duke was a child, and the Duchy had been governed as an integral part of France for years ; the King had little trouble in maintaining royal control over the Duchy.

Legally, the Duchy was part of France.

Legally, Brittany still remained distinct, and its future remained dependent on the Ducal bloodline, now held by the House of Montfort.

Legally declared fathers have access to paternity testing services under the new regulations, provided the putative parental DNA being tested is their own.

Weinberg was not a part of the Legally Prohibited Tour, and remained vague throughout most of 2010 about the possibility of his participation in the new TBS show.

As well as her role in Legally Blonde, Smith also performed the title role in the workshop productions of a new musical adaptation of Bridget Jones ' Diary.