(Reese Witherspoon), the daughter of a poor artist and a French chorus girl. Armed with nothing but her wit and ambition, Becky attempts to climb the rigid social ladder of English high society. Her journey is contrasted with that of her kind-hearted friend Amelia Sedley
: Unlike the novel's often ruthless portrayal, Reese Witherspoon’s Becky is presented as a "mountaineer" whose social climbing is a survival strategy in a rigid patriarchal society. vanity fair -2004 film-