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Milla Jovovich Profile |
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Birth Date: December 17, 1975
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Birth Place: Kiev, Ukraine
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Birth Name: Milica Natasa Jovovic
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Height: 5'8"
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Biography |
Milla Jovovich was born in Kiev, Ukraine, on
December 17, 1975. She spent her early childhood between
London, where her father Bogdanovitch Jovovich was studying,
and Russia, where her mother, Gallina Loginova lived. Her
family soon moved to California, where Milla experienced
difficulty adapting to the American way of life.
She began acting at the age of 9, and modeling at 11. Her
first cover was for the Italian fashion magazine Lei. A
six-page fashion spread by Herb Ritts for a French fashion
magazine quickly moved Jovovich, the young and
barely-trained model, to the top ranks. In her first year
alone, she completed 15 fashion covers and countless other
shoots, still managing the time for her studies -including
the training necessary for runway work- as well as
maintaining her teenage social life.
She released her first movie in 1988, entitled Two Moon
Junction, followed by The Night Train to Kathmandu. She took
the modeling world by storm, and impressed critics with her
uncanny ability to carry herself at such a young age. She's
been in Calvin Klein, Escape, and dozens of other high
profile ads, as well as in all the major glamour magazines.
She displayed maturity and talent beyond her years, and
continued her acting career with the release of Return to
Blue Lagoon in 1991, and Kuffs and Chaplin in 1992. At the
age of 16, she married 21-year-old actor boyfriend Shawn
Andrews (whom she was involved with on the set of Dazed and
Confused), only to have the marriage annulled two months
later.
After filming Dazed and Confused in 1993, her career was
already in full swing. Milla looked to conquer a third
domain; the world of music. She released her first album at
the age of 18, entitled The Divine Comedy. Unlike most
actresses and models that try their hand at singing careers
see Caprice here, and end up with a lackluster attempt,
Jovovich's album was well-received.
Next on her list was the the Fifth Element, the sci-fi movie
starring Bruce Willis that takes place in the future. In
this role, Jovovich was appropriately cast as the perfect
being. Playing Leeloo, Jovovich's modeling experience came
in handy -the character was engineered, and required Milla
to use little facial expressions, and portray an innocent
and distant look.
In the spring of '98, she starred in a Spike Lee Joint with
Denzel Washington, entitled He Got Game. Here she played a
prostitute who suffers from a severe beating, but Jovovich
gets very little on-screen time. She went on to win the
leading role in another Luc Besson film, where she played
the role of Joan Of Arc. Soon after the production was
complete, she married Besson.
In 1999, Milla starred in the horror film The Boat House.
Milla plays a teenager who has seen some evil creature and
loses her mind, and is sent to a mental hospital from which
she later escapes. Her character is described as a
beautiful, yet fragile girl. Next on her list are The
Million Dollar Hotel and Kingdom Come.
She also plans to return to school and finish some of the
classes she dreaded taking in high school, like math,
chemistry, and physics. She stated: All the things I was
bored with in high school. I didn't understand the
importance of math then, which is stupid. It provides the
building blocks of reality.
She also plans to return to the studio to record another
album. She is unsure of exactly where she would like her
career to go, but remains true to her belief with her
integrity, honesty and sincerity. I just want to make one
really good movie a year. And when I die, to know I was
honest as an artist, and for this we have to respect her. |
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Other
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Name pronounced Mee-la Yo-vo-vitch.
Also a talented singer (album: "The Divine Comedy")
She has bluish-green eyes and brown hair originally.
Mother is Russian stage actress Galina Jovovich.
Father is a Serbian pediatrician, from Belgrad Serbia.
Frequently attends big show business events such as
celebrity parties, premieres, openings, fashion shows, and
awards shows. Is a fixture in magazine paparazzi sections
because of this.
Has been on the cover of more than one hundred magazines
worldwide.
Is an "international spokesmodel" for L'Oreal cosmetics.
Once fronted a band called Plastic Has Memory.
Can speak fluent Russian.
It was announced that she is currently engaged to Resident
Evil (2002) and Mortal Kombat (1995) director Paul W.S.
Anderson (March, 2003).
Voted the Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire
Magazine September 2002.
Measurements: 34B-22-33, as a 16 yr old model. But since
matured to a 35B. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Sampled assorted sighs, moans and vocals for the Crystal
Method's 2004 track "I Know It's You" from their album
"Legion of Boom".
While filming the movie Dazed and Confused (1993), she
eloped with actor Shawn Andrews to Las Vegas. It was 1992
and a few months before she turned seventeen. Since she was
only sixteen at the time, her mother had the marriage
annulled.
Performed almost all of her own stunts in Resident Evil
(2002).
Went to high school with Christina Applegate; then later
made a guest appearence on "Married... with Children"
(1987).
Her music video, "The Gentleman Who Fell" is based on Maya
Deren's short film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943).
Ranked #98 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World (2005).
She was #65 on VH1's 100 Most Hottest Celebrity bodies
Named #82 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list.
At the age of just eleven, she was used in Revlon's "Most
Unforgettable Women in the World" advertisements, which were
shot by Richard Avedon. |
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