Elle Woods

Elle Woods is the protagonist of Amanda Brown's novel Legally Blonde and the film of the same name, as well as a sequel, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde. Woods was also portrayed in the Broadway adaptation of the same name. 2In pop culture Elle Woods first appeared as the protagonist of Legally Blonde, a novel by Amanda Brown. Later, Woods was portrayed by Reese Witherspoon in the films Legally Blonde (2001) and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003). The character was then portrayed in a Broadway theatre adaptation of the first film, Legally Blonde - The Musical. Elle Woods is also the basis of a series of young adult fiction novels featuring the character and written by Natalie Standiford. The character is mentioned but not seen in a later direct-to-video sequel, Legally Blondes (2009), which portrays the adventures of her twin British cousins. 3Legally Blonde films Entertainment Weekly put Elle Woods on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "She's blond, bubbly, and carries a tiny Chihuahua. But despite the inevitable Paris Hilton comparisons, Reese Witherspoon's Legally Blonde dynamo managed to be taken seriously. Case closed!" 3Broadway adaptation Since the start, Woods has been portrayed by eleven different actresses in different stagings of the show: Gabby Cinque, Olivia Mezzerina, Laura Bell Bundy, Bailey Hanks, Becky Gulsvig, Jessica Jung, Nikki Bohne, Luna Park, Jung Eun-ji, Sayaka Kanda, and in the West End by Sheridan Smith OBE (who was later to be replaced by her Legally Blonde co-star Susan McFadden