Name: Milla Jovovich
Birth Name: Milizta Natasha Jovovich
Birthdate: Dec. 17, 1975
Birthplace: Kiev, Ukraine
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MILLA JOVOVICH
The child of an actress mother and pediatrician father, Milla
Jovovich's family relocated to the States when she was five and she was
soon enrolled in acting school. It wasn't long before her striking
looks landed her a modeling career, and at 12 she became the
youngest-ever magazine cover model (with a reputation for being a
brat). By 15 she'd banked $1 million, and by 18 largely abandoned
modeling to become an actress. As a scantily clad alien in 1997's
The Fifth Element, Jovovich stole the show from costar Bruce Willis. The refined, private actress' noteworthy roles since have included
The Messenger and zombie video game movie
Resident Evil.
5 Things:
1. She was booted off the cover of Mademoiselle when editors
found out she was only 11, until photographer Richard Avedon threatened
to never work for the Conde Nast publishing company again if they
didn't give in. They did.
2. Milla has said she enjoys making music more than acting. Her band
The Divine Comedy is a huge success in Europe and a moderate success in
the U.S.
3. Her name is pronounced "Mee-la" (rhymes with Sheila) "Yo-vo-vitch."
4. Milla has confessed to a few "inhales" in her day.
5. Her parents were housekeepers for director Brian de Palma when they moved to California in the early 1980s.
Quote:
"When guys first meet me, they're mystified by my independence. They
like the fact that I'm young and pretty, have money and stability and
don't need anything from them. They don't know what to do to get me.
Then they start resenting the things they loved about me in the first
place."
—
Playboy, May 2002
Family:
Husband: Luc Besson, director, met on the set of Joan of Arc; married Dec. 14, 1998 in Las Vegas; divorced June 12, 1999
Husband: Shawn Andrews, actor, met on the set of Dazed and Confused; married Oct. 2, 1992 when she was only 16 and he was 21; annulled two months later
FILMS
Resident Evil: Extinction - (2007) - Actor
Ultraviolet - (2006) - Actor
Resident Evil: Apocalypse - (2004) - Actor
Dummy - (2003) - Actor
Resident Evil - (2002) - Actor
No Good Deed - (2002) - Actor
The Claim - (2001) - Actor
The Million Dollar Hotel - (2001) - Actor
Zoolander - (2001) - Actor
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc - (1999) - Actor
He Got Game - (1998) - Actor
The Fifth Element - (1997) - Actor
Dazed and Confused - (1993) - Actor
Kuffs - (1992) - Actor
Chaplin - (1992) - Actor
Return to the Blue Lagoon - (1991) - Actor
The Night Train to Katmandu - (1988) - Actor
Two Moon Junction - (1988) - Actor
