We look very similar: Reese

Actor Reese Witherspoon has said people often confuse her daughter, Ava Phillippe with her. The 40-year-old actor,

who arrived with Ava on the premiere of 'Big Little Lies' says the mother-daughter duo have often been mistaken for each other, reported E! News.

"People come up to her (all the time). We were at a premiere and they were congratulating her on her performance. She's like, 'I'm not in the movie'," Reese Witherspoon said. After the show, the 17-year-old shared a picture with her mother where she congratulated the team .

She wrote, "So proud of my awesome mama and her passion for this project. It is so nice to see these wonderful, talented women in roles just as dynamic as they are. #biglittlelies." Witherspoon admitted that Ava doesn't want to do become an actor like her mother but she is "very supportive, and I love that she's here to help me".