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"Modeling killed me" proclaims a young Milla Jovovich (IMDB). Milla has been on demand since she was fist seen on her first glossy magazine cover at age 11. Modeling was not her chosen career path, It was chosen for her. She initially aspired to be and actress or a musician. But that's not how things worked out. When she was going in for new head shots, someone noticed her unique beauty and added a little bit more makeup and her modeling career was off.
Born in December of 1975 in Kiev, Ukraine Milla was born into a family as an only child, and to a mother who was also an actress with a couple of movies to her name. She spent most of her youth traveling around with her physician father to his various medical studies in London and Russia. He decided to move his family to America because he felt his practice could go no further in Russia. At age five she moved with her family to Sacramento California. “I could have died and gone to heaven in Toys ‘R’ US - and I discovered French fries.” says Milla of her child hood in the United States.
At age eleven Milla began her acting career. But things did not go as she planned. People began to notice her unique features and she soon was modeling for hundreds of shoots. She soon became the youngest cover model in the world, and was named one of “Revlon’s Most Unforgettable Women in the World” before her 12th birthday. Earning $3,500 a day, she appeared on thirteen magazine covers as a young teenager. “I don’t even bother to count my covers,” said a 13-year-old Milla Jovovich. “When it comes to models my age, I think I’m it.” (Milla news) “I did my first shoot when I was eleven, acting like a sexy 20-year-old woman. Everything went to my head.” (Milla News) By this time she had been on more than 100 magazine covers and was an "international spokes person" for the L’Oreal company.(IMDB)
Within three years Milla appeared in her first movie, Return to the Blue Lagoon at age fifteen. She already had over a million dollars to her name, but despite all that was given to her at that age she still refers to her self as a "brat" because of how young she was when she started out in the industry. "Her mom remembers her bleaching out her eyebrows just to get to her, and eloping to her co-star of the movie Dazed and Confused at age sixteen, Shawn Andrews, her ex-husband was 21" (MillaJ.com). Her mother soon after had the marriage annulled. In 1992 Milla had small parts in several movies. In the movie Kuffs played Christian Slater’s girlfriend, and she had played the character Mildred Harris in the bioepic "Chaplin", based on the life of comedian Charlie Chaplin.
At age eighteen Milla put out her first album, The Divine Comedy. She had previous written all the songs when she was only sixteen. She was fulfilling her dreams of being and actress and a musician, and added on to that she also was a world renowned model. She soon started up a small band called Plastic Has Memory. The band did not last for very long; she soon went her own way. She now tours every so often, in various clubs in New York and Los Angeles, and has played for the king of England at the Annual event called "Fashion Rocks" (milla-jovovich.biz).
In 1997, Milla stared in her now claim-to-fame movie, The Fifth Element. She was given the role of playing "Leeloo", a generated being created to help save the universe in its time of need. She co-stars in the movie with actor Bruce Willis, playing a bad boy in his own mind soon to fall in love with her, and Chris Tucker playing a quirky space DJ. The film only increased her popularity and fame. She soon married the director of The Fifth Element, Luc Besson. The marriage only lasted for 7 months before they divorced. Two years later she was in the movie The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc for ex-husband Luc Besson.
Again in 2002 she was given another huge role, she stared in the movie Resident Evil, based off the popular game series by capcom. She was cast as Alice; an employee of the company "Umbrella Corporation", her character used her position to bring down the company for its wrong doings. On the set, she again fell in love with the director, this time to Paul W.S Anderson, the director of such films such as Mortal Kombat, and Aliens vs. Predators. They are currently engaged, no announcement of the wedding has been made yet. They both recently just finished up filming on the sequel to "Resident Evil”; "Resident Evil: Apocalypse"
Milla , the former model , actress and musician, forced to grow up early know hows to handle the hard world of hollywood. “It’s all about making mistakes,” (millaj.com) she says. Shes been threw it all , and still doesnt let it change her, "It’s not like I’m Jodie Foster or Meryl Streep. I’m just Milla. To be able to make a mistake is the most wonderful thing in the world. To have no fear - to do whatever. You fall in the mud, and you take a shower and do it all over again.”(millaj.com) From the Ukraine to Hollywood Milla has done it all and more, she keeps pushing and striving with such potential as actress' such as Katharine Hepburn
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