The Legally Blonde prequel series found its Elle Woods!

Lexi Minetree has been cast in the lead role of Prime Video‘s Elle, which will follow the protagonist during her high school years before she went off to Harvard.

Reese Witherspoon, who originated the role, broke the casting news on social media Thursday (Feb. 13).

“Allow me to introduce you to the new Elle Woods! After watching so many incredible auditions for the new Elle prequel series on @PrimeVideo, we finally found our Elle. And today, I got to break the news myself! Meet @leximinetree 💕🌟💅🏼,” she wrote.

It was such a sweet moment! Lexi, of course, broke down and hugged Reese and then wanted to call her mom.

Lexi has previously appeared in Law and Order: SVU, Lifetime’s The Paramedic Who Stalked Me, and Tubi’s Hot Take: Murdaugh Murders.