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, 2002 Milla Jovovich (Serbian: ??????
??????? (Milica Jovovi?) Russian: ??????
???????, born December 17, 1975), is an actress, musician, and
model currently living and working in the United States.
Early
life
Jovovich was born Milica Natasa Jovovi? in
Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) to a Serbian doctor Bogi?
Jovovi? and Ukrainian actress mother Galina Loginova Jovovi?. The family
moved to London, and then in 1981 to Sacramento, California when Milla was
five years old. Seven months later they settled in Los Angeles,
California.
Career
Milla Jovovich, 11, on the cover of
Italian magazine Lei At the age of just eleven, Jovovich was
spotted by the photographer Richard Avedon who featured her in Revlon's
"Most Unforgettable Women in the World" advertisements. In October 1987,
she was featured on the cover of the Italian fashion magazine Lei which
was to be the first of her many cover shoots. She continued to model, and
released a music CD prior to appearing in her first film Two Moon
Junction in 1988. Her appearance in Return to the Blue
Lagoon in 1991 led to inevitable comparisons between her and another
child model-turned-actress, Brooke Shields (who had starred in the
original Blue Lagoon eleven years earlier). Most of her early
appearances were in supporting or cameo roles.
By the late 1990s,
Jovovich was receiving top billing and entered the world of action heroes
with her performances in The Fifth Element and in two popular
movies based upon the survival horror series, Resident Evil (she
has reportedly signed for two more films in this series for release in
2006 and 2007).
In 1994, Jovovich, billed under her first name,
Milla, released her critically acclaimed first musical album, The
Divine Comedy. Featuring many original songs, the album led to
comparisons with Tori Amos and Kate Bush. Though she began to concetrate
more on her acting than her musical career, her vocals appeared on the
2004 album Legion of Boom by The Crystal
Method.
Personal life
Milla Jovovich, 22, models for
German magazine P.TV Jovovich married Shawn Andrews in
October of 1992 during the filming of Dazed and Confused; the
marriage was annulled a month later. She later married The Fifth
Element director Luc Besson in 1997, but they later divorced in 1999.
She dated Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante for some time,
but they were together for several years. She was briefly engaged to
writer/director Paul W. S. Anderson (Resident Evil) in
2003.
Jovovich is multilingual and speaks SerbianMarko Lopusina:
Holivud je srpsko selo, Russian, French and English fluently, and is of
Ukrainian nationality.
Family history
Her family is
Montenegrin in origin, their estate being at Metohija in Zlopek near Pe?.
Her great-grandfather Bogi? Cami? Jovovi? was flag-bearer of the
Vasojevi?i tribe, and officer of the guard of the King Nicholas I of
Montenegro; his wife's name was also Militza. Her grandfather Bogdan
Jovovi? was a commander in the Pristina military area, and later
investigated finances in military areas of Skopje and Sarajevo, where he
uncovered massive gold embezzlement. He was punished for refusing to
convict his friend for the crime. Later, the communist government
imprisoned him on Goli Otok. When he feared that he could be arrested
again, he escaped to Albania and later came to the Soviet Union, in Kiev.
Another version of the story claims that he actually was the one to have
taken the gold. Milla's father, Bogi? Jovovi?, later joined her
grandfather in Kiev, where he and his sister graduated in medicine.Glas
Javnosti, July 17 2000: Koreni iz lepih Vasojevi?a (an interview with
Milla's father)
Filmography
film (2002)
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Year | Movie | Role |
Other notes | | 2007 | Resident Evil 4 |
Alice | (announced) | | 2007 | Resident Evil: Extinction |
Alice | (pre-production) | | 2006 | .45 | Unknown |
(post-production) | | 2006 | Ultraviolet | Violet | |
2004 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | Alice | | 2002 | You
Stupid Man | Nadine | | 2002 | No Good Deed | Erin |
| 2002 | Resident Evil | Alice | | 2002 | Dummy |
Fangora 'Fanny' Gurkel | | 2001 | Zoolander | Katinka
Ingabogovinanana | | 2000 | The Claim | Lucia | | 2000 |
The Million Dollar Hotel | Eloise | | 1999 | The
Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Joan of Arc | | 1998 |
He Got Game | Dakota Burns | | 1997 | The Fifth
Element | Leeloo | | 1993 | Dazed and Confused | Michelle
Burroughs | | 1992 | Kuffs | Maya Carlton | | 1992 |
Chaplin | Mildred Harris | | 1991 | Return to the Blue
Lagoon | Lilli Hargrave | | 1988 | The Night Train to
Kathmandu | Lily McLeod | (TV) | | 1988 | Two Moon Junction
| Samantha Delongpre | |
Discography
*The Divine
Comedy - released April 1994 (single: "Gentleman Who
Fell") *The People Tree Sessions - unauthorized 1998 release
that still turns up with Amazon and other retailers
Compilations
that include Milla: *The Million Dollar Hotel - "Satellite of
Love" *Hollywood Goes Wild benefit compilation - "On the Hill"
by her band, Plastic Has Memory *Underworld - "Rocket
Collecting" *The Prince and Me - "Separate Worlds" *The
Rules of Attraction - "The Gentleman Who
Fell"
Trivia
* She has bluish-green eyes and brown
hair. * Her last name is pronounced Yov-o-vitch ( in IPA). * She
is an "international spokesmodel" for L'Oreal cosmetics. * She once
fronted a band called Plastic Has Memory.
Sources
*
Official site * Official forum * Milla Jovovich's profile in the
Fashion Models database * * Milla Jovovich Photos * Yahoo!Movies
bio * Official European Milla site * Exclusive Trailer for
Ultraviolet. Watch Milla fight the future! * Unofficial Polish Milla
fansite * Milla Info
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