Career: A series of TV roles, including Diane Keaton's Wildflower and miniseries Return to Lonesome Dove, got Witherspoon noticed. After several unremarkable movie projects, she starred alongside Mark Wahlberg in commercial success Fear in 1996, winning an army of young fans. A string of hits soon followed, including Freeway, Pleasantville, Cruel Intentions, Election, American Psycho and Legally Blonde, establishing her as a major Hollywood star and prompting her to set up production company Type A Films. Movies since include The Importance of Being Earnest, Sweet Home Alabama, and Legally Blonde 2. She wowed critics with a breathtaking performance in Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, for which she landed an Academy Award. Her recent films include Penelope, Four Christmases, How Do You Know, Water for Elephants and This Means War.

Career: Gidget lasted for only one series, but Field proved a hit with TV audiences and in 1967 was given the lead role in the sitcom The Flying Nun, which ran for three years. When that came to an end, she was afraid she would never be taken seriously and signed up to study at the prestigious Actors Studio. In 1976, she won an Emmy for her performance in TV movie Sybill and big-screen success soon followed in Smokey and the Bandit. In 1979, Field picked up the Best Actress Oscar for Norma Rae, going on to win a second five years later for Places in the Heart. Her career has since struggled to reach those heights, but Field has appeared in successful movies including Steel Magnolias, Forrest Gump and Say It Isn't So, and in 2001 won an Emmy for her recurring guest role in ER. She has since won further rave reviews for her role in US drama Brothers and Sisters. Her recent credits include Lincoln and The Amazing Spider-Man movies.

Career: Largely specialising in comedic roles, Coolidge has made a name for herself with scene-stealing guest appearances. Her TV credits include guest spots on Frasier, According to Jim, Sex and the City, Friends, Joey, Nip/Tuck and The Closer. She became known to a wider global audience in 1999 when she played Stifler's mom in American Pie. She reprised her role in the later American Pie movies. Her other movie credits include Legally Blonde (2001) and its sequel, A Cinderella Story (2004), Click (2006), Date Movie (2006) and Austenland (2013). Since 2012, she has had a recurring role on the sitcom 2 Broke Girls.

Career: After moving to Hollywood with Owen and Andrew, Wilson landed a role in Telling Lies in America (1997). In the same year, he also made a cameo appearance in Scream 2. He went on to star in the comedies Best Men (1997), Bongwater (1997) and Home Fries (1998) before teaming up again with Wes Anderson for Rushmore (1998). He worked with Anderson again in 2001, playing Richie in The Royal Tennebaums. Other credits include Charlie's Angels (2000) and its sequel Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Old School (2003), Legally Blonde 2, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Idiocracy (2006) and Vacancy (2007). From 2011 to 2013, he starred in HBO comedy drama Enlightened.