Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon has bought a luxurious new home in Los Angeles for $12.5 million.

The Oscar-winning actress has acquired a multi-million dollar Pacific Palisades estate, which was previously owned and built by 'starchitect' Ken Ungar, Trulia.com reports.

Witherspoon's new abode is located in one of the most plush areas of Los Angeles, where the likes of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, Matt Damon, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks also reside.

The property, where Witherspoon and her husband Jim Toth will live, features five bedrooms and five bathrooms, in addition to enviable views of the rolling Palisades.

The move comes ahead of the release of a number of hotly-anticipated films featuring the Oscar Award winner, including 'Wild', where she plays a woman who hikes along the Pacific Crest Trail.

And Witherspoon recently admitted she embarrassed her teenage daughter with the raunchy scenes in 'Wild'.

She said her 15-year-old daughter, Ava Phillippe was left red-faced because of the sexually explicit scenes in the upcoming movie.

The actress explained: "There's a lot of explicit sex scenes in this movie and she's like, 'Oh no!'"