Ava Phillippe sends all the birthday love to her mom Reese Witherspoon.
Phillippe, 22, the daughter of Witherspoon and her ex-husband Ryan Phillippe, took to Instagram on March 22 to celebrate her mother’s 46th birthday. Captioning a black and white photo of the naturally blonde actress, she wrote: “With each passing year her bright light shines even brighter and I find even more reasons to love her and a greater appreciation for everything she does. Happy birthday to the brilliant, cheerful, fiery, thoughtful and beautiful woman I am fortunate to call my mother.”
Ava Phillippe, the daughter of Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe, wished her mother a happy 46th birthday with Witherspoon. (Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
Phillippe wasn’t the only person who wished Witherspoon well on their big day. Laura Dern, who starred with the Oscar winner on TV show Big Little Lies and portrayed her mother in drama Wild, also sent love to the birthday girl on Instagram, writing alongside a photo of the duo: “It’s International I Love Reese Witherspoon day ! Happy birthday to my amazing sister.”
Jennifer Aniston, who co-hosts the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show with Witherspoon, took to Instagram to share a throwback photo of the two portraying sisters on Friends. She captioned the post: “It’s someone’s birthday today. My little sister, co-host, accomplice. I LOVE YOU sweet sunshine. Let the love flow in! Happy BIRTHDAY @reesewitherspoon.”
Phillippe and Witherspoon have long grabbed headlines for their near-identical looks — something Witherspoon said her daughter could find challenging. While Witherspoon told InStyle that she “loves” being mistaken for Phillippe because it makes her feel young, “Philippe “really rolls with it.”
“I’m sure it’s not easy looking just like your mother,” Witherspoon admitted. “We talk a lot with Zoë Kravitz. Because she and her mother [Lisa Bonet] look exactly the same, so whenever Ava gets frustrated, I say, ‘Call Zoë, text Zoë, she knows what to talk about.’ I mean, that’s another mother-daughter combo that’s like identical twins.”
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