Reese Witherspoon made her screen debut in The Man in the Moon.
Reese Witherspoon . Born in New Orleans and raised in Tennessee , she began her career as a child actress , making her professional screen debut in The Man in the Moon ( 1991 ) , for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award . The Man in the Moon is a 1991 American coming of age drama film directed by Robert Mulligan ( in his final film ) and is also Reese Witherspoon 's film debut .