#8: Reese Witherspoon – June Carter Cash (2006)

Johnny Cash, a music legend of the ’60s and ’70s, was brought to life in Walk the Line, with Joaquin Phoenix portraying the fiery musician and Reese Witherspoon playing his second wife, singer June Carter Cash.

Witherspoon’s captivating performance earned her the 2006 Academy Award for Best Actress. The Hollywood Reporter praised her portrayal, writing, “Witherspoon delivers a knockout performance as a woman who must temper her passion with an unwillingness to witness her man’s self-destruction.”