Resident Evil star Milla Jovovich - arriving at Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter Fashion Show
Mini Biography
Milla Jovovich is an American actress, supermodel, fashion designer, singer and public figure, who was on the cover of more than a hundred magazines, and starred in such films as The Fifth Element (1997), Ultraviolet (2006), and the 'Resident Evil' franchise.
She was born Milica Natasha Jovovich on December 17, 1975, in Kiev, Ukraine, Soviet Union (now Kiev, Ukraine). Her Montenegrinian father, Bogdan (Bogdanovich) Jovovich, was a medical doctor in Kiev. There he met her mother, Galina Jovovich (nee Loginova), a Russian-Ukrainian actress. At the age of 5, in 1981, Milla with her parents emigrated from the Soviet Union, moving first to London, UK, then to Sacramento, California, and eventually settled in Los Angeles. There her parents worked as house-cleaners for the household of director Brian de Palma. Her parents separated, and eventually divorced, because her father was arrested and spent several years in prison.
Young Milla Jovovich was brought up by her single mother in Los Angeles. In addition to her native Russian, she also learned French, German and English. However, in spite of her cosmopolitan background, Milla was ostracized by some of her classmates, as a kid who emigrated from the Soviet Union amidst the paranoia of the Cold War. Many emotional scars had affected her behavior, but she eventually emerged as a resilient, multi-talented, albeit rebellious and risk-taking girl. She was coached by her actress mother since her childhood, first at home, then studied music, ballet, and acting in Los Angeles. In 1984 she made her first career move, appearing on the cover of 'High Times' in the UK, at the age of 9.
Biography for
Milla Jovovich
Date of Birth
17 December 1975, Kiev, USSR (now Ukraine)
Birth Name
Militza Jovovich
Height
5' 8½" (1.74 m)
She shot to international fame after she was spotted by the photographer Richard Avedon at the age of 11, and was featured in Revlon's "Most Unforgettable Women in the World" advertisements, and on the cover of the Italian fashion magazine 'Lei' which was her first cover shoot. She made her first professional model contract at the age of 12, and soon made it to the cover of 'The Face', 'Vogue', Cosmopolitan' and many other magazines. The total number of her magazine covers worldwide was over one hundred by 2004, and keeps counting. In 2004 she made 10,4 million dollars, becoming the highest paid supermodel in the world.
Milla Jovovich was torn between two professions, before she eventually became one of the very few supermodels who also developed a steady and serious film career. In 1988, at age 12, she made her film debut credited as Milla in a supporting role in Two Moon Junction (1988) by writer/director Zalman King. During the 1980s and early 1990s, she played several supporting roles as a teenage actress in film and on television, then starred in Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). In 1997 she co-starred opposite Bruce Willis in the sci-fi blockbuster The Fifth Element (1997), then she starred as Joan of Arc, the title character in the eponymous costume drama. In the early 2000s, Milla had a few years of uncertainty in her acting career due to uneven quality of her films, as well as some hectic events in her private life. However, she managed to overcome her personal crisis. With the leading role as Alice in the 'Resident Evil' trilogy, she established herself as a film star, and her success in acting career eventually matched her success as a supermodel.
Outside of her acting and modeling professions, Milla Jovovich released several critically acclaimed musical recordings, making her debut as a singer, songwriter and musician with the 1994 release of 'The Divine Comedy'. She also gave several live performances with her band called 'Plastic Has Memory', and was featured on 'Hollywood Goes Wild'. Her vocal recordings appeared on soundtracks of several films. She has been writing music and lyrics to her song-demos, playing her guitar and sampling other sounds from her computer, and allowing free download and remix of her songs from her website.
For many years Milla Jovovich has been maintaining a healthier lifestyle, practicing yoga and meditation, trying to avoid junk food, and cooking for herself. Since she was a little girl, Milla has been writing a private diary, a habit she learned from her mother. She has been keeping a record of many good and bad facts of her life, her travels, her relationships, and all important ideas and events in her career, planning eventually to publish an autobiography. After dissolution of her two previous marriages, Milla Jovovich became engaged to film director Paul W.S. Anderson; their daughter, Ever Anderson, was born on November 3, 2007.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Steve Shelokhonov
Spouse
Luc Besson (14 December 1997 - 12 June 1999) (divorced)
Shawn Andrews (2 October 1992 - 25 November 1992) (annulled)
Trivia
Name pronounced Mee-la Yo-vo-vitch.
She has bluish-green eyes and brown hair originally.
Mother is Russian actress Galina Jovovich.
Father is a Serbian pediatrician, from Belgrad Serbia, who moved to Russia and married her mother there.
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.
Once fronted a band called Plastic Has Memory.
Her native language is 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-year-old model. But since matured to a 35B. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
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 appearance 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.
Has one sibling, a half-brother named Marco.
Besides Russian, she's also fluent in French, English, and Serbian.
As a teenage girl she lived with her single mother, because her father spent seven years in prison, and her parents divorced.
She enjoys martial arts and she practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Daughter, Ever Anderson, born 3 November 2007. Father is her fiancé, Paul W.S. Anderson.
Personal Quotes
I think that's one of the only reasons God created celebrities. To help those who can't help themselves.
I worked like hell {on The Fifth Element}. No band practice, no clubs, no pot, nothing.
"If this movie was made in America they would have had a guy and we would have been his harem or entourage. Big studios don't trust that women will bring in that kind of audience, "Tomb Raider" was really an exception to the rule. Most of the time, if you make a big action film there has to be a big action guy in it. It's very European to trust a woman to play that kind of a role." [on 'Resident Evil']
"I'm a dribbler." [really meaning dabbler, English is not her first language, after all]
About Madonna: "Oh, my God! I used to ride my bicycle around for hours in the garage of our apartment building singing 'Material Girl.'" (In Style magazine, Sept/2006)
Milla Jovovich - arriving at Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter Fashion Show
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