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Biography #2
Militza Natasha Jovovich a.k.a. Milla Jovovich was born in Kiev, Ukraine to Serb father Bogic Jovovic and Russian mother Galina Loginova Jovovic. She is an actress, musician and model (frequently referred to as a supermodel). Her last name is pronounced yo-vo-vitch.Milla's family is Montenegrin in origin, their estate being at Metohija in Zlopek near Pec. Her great-grandfather Bogic Camic Jovovic was flag-bearer of the Vasojevici tribe and officer of the guard of the King Nicholas I of Montenegro; his wife's name was also Militza. Her grandfather Bogdan Jovovic was commander of the Pristina military area and later led finances in military areas of Skoplje and Sarajevo where he uncovered massive gold embezzlement; refusing to convict his friend for that, he was punished. 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. Bogic, Milla's father, later joined him in Kiev where he and his sister graduated in medicine.
The Jovovics later moved to London and in 1981, when Milica was five years old, to Sacramento, California; just seven months later they settled in Los Angeles, California. She has done extensive modeling since she was eleven years old. She speaks Serbian, Russian, French and English fluently.
She became a film actress in the late 1980s as a teenager and gained popularity through her appearance in Return to the Blue Lagoon which led to inevitable comparisons between her and another child model-turned-actress, Brooke Shields (who had starred in the original The Blue Lagoon years earlier). Most of her early appearances were in supporting or cameo roles, but by the late 1990s she was receiving top billing and entered the world of action heroes with her performances in two films based upon the video game series, Resident Evil.
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 Jovovich has of late concentrated more on her acting than her musical career.
Milla married Shawn Andrews in 1992 during the filming of Dazed and Confused; the marriage was annulled soon after. She later married The Fifth Element director Luc Besson in 1997. They have since divorced. She is currently engaged to director Paul W. S. Anderson though recent reports are that this relationship has also broken down.
Article licensed under the GNU FDL. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Milla Jovovich" (21-Apr-2005)
Biography #3 (for Resident Evil: Apocalypse)
Milla Jovovich is currently filming the action thriller Ultraviolet and recently starred in the comedy Dummy with Adrien Brody and Jared Harris. Jovovich began her acting career at the age of nine, starring in the Disney television movie The Night Train to Kathmandu. By the time she turned sixteen, she had starred in Return of the Blue Lagoon, Sir Richard Attenborough's Chaplin opposite Robert Downey Jr., Kuffs with Christian Slater and Richard Linkletter's Dazed and Confused.Jovovich's breakthrough role was in Luc Besson's science fiction thriller The Fifth Element opposite Bruce Willis. She went on to star in He Got Game for director Spike Lee and opposite Denzel Washington, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, which re-teamed her with Luc Besson and also starred Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway and John Malkovich, and The Million Dollar Hotel with Mel Gibson. Her additional film credits include The Claim, Zoolander, starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, and Paul W.S. Anderson's Resident Evil with Michelle Rodriguez.
When she was 11 years old, renowned fashion photographer Herb Ritts photographed Jovovich for the London magazine The Face as well as Italy's Lei magazine, launching her modeling career. A spokesperson for L'Oreal for ten years, Jovovich has appeared on more than 150 national and international magazine covers. In addition, Jovovich has a musical career in which she writes and sings. She released The Divine Comedy album in 1994 and has contributed to many soundtracks, including The Prince & Me, The Rules of Attraction and The Million Dollar Hotel.
Bio courtesy Sony Pictures Entertainment for "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" (16-Sep-2004)
Biography #4
Milla Jovovich made her film debut at the age of nine in the Disney Channel production, Night Train to Kathmandu.She most recently completed production on No Good Deed opposite Samuel L. Jackson. This thriller tells the story of an auto theft detective who tries to help a friend find his missing daughter and ultimately learns that 'No good deed goes unpunished.' The film was shot in Montreal by Bob Rafelson.
She will also star in Brian Burns' romantic comedy You Stupid Man, opposite William Baldwin and Denise Richards. Produced by New Legend Media and AMG, the film was completed in Toronto and New York last spring. You Stupid Man marks Burns' directorial debut. Additionally, Jovovich stars with Adrien Brody in Dummy, an independent film that marks the directing debut of screenwriter Greg Pritikin. Dummy is produced by Richard Temtchine of Quadrant Films.
She was recently seen in Ben Stiller's hit comedy Zoolander as Katinka, a dominatrix-like character who is responsible for recruiting, training, and brainwashing the male models, and in The Claim for MGM, directed by Michael Winterbottom and co-starring Wes Bentley, Sarah Polley, Peter Mullan and Nastassja Kinski.
Additional films include Wim Wenders' Million Dollar Hotel opposite Mel Gibson and Jeremy Davies and the starring role in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. Directed by Luc Besson and written by Andrew Birkin, Columbia Pictures' The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc placed her in the role once inhabited by such formidable screen icons as Ingrid Bergman and Jean Seberg. The film also starred Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich and Faye Dunaway.
Prior to The Messenger, Jovovoich was seen on the big screen in Spike Lee's He Got Game opposite Denzel Washington. She also earned critical acclaim in Luc Besson's science fiction extravaganza, The Fifth Element. Starring opposite Bruce Willis, Milla played 'Leeloo,' an alien who holds the key to thwarting a seemingly unstoppable evil force and must team with Willis' renegade taxi driver to save the earth. The film also starred Chris Tucker, Gary Oldman, and Ian Holm.
Additional film credits include Two Moon Junction opposite Sherilyn Fenn; Richard Linklater's high school comedy, Dazed and Confused; Sir Richard Attenborough's Chaplin and William Graham's Return to the Blue Lagoon.
A student of voice and guitar since she was very young, Jovovich began writing songs for her first record at the age of fifteen. After establishing her independence from the label, she received widespread critical acclaim for her songwriting and performing on The Divine Comedy for EMI Records. She is currently at work writing and recording music for the follow up to that record.
Jovovich began an astonishingly successful modeling career at the age of eleven. Included among the fifteen fashion magazine covers she did in that first year was an unprecedented cover shoot with Richard Avedon for Mademoiselle. She continues to serve as a spokesperson for L' Oreal.
Bio courtesy Screen Gems (01-Jan-2000)
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