Tuesday, April 13, 2010
It goes without saying that Milla Jovovich possesses an incredible amount of sex appeal, as befits her status as a former supermodel. In addition to her gig as a professional clothes horse, Milla established herself as a sexual being early on thanks to roles in risque projects like 1998’s Two Moon Junction and 1991’s Return to the Blue Lagoon. Even when she embarked on her music career in 1994, Milla Jovovich relied on her sexuality to grab the attention of the masses -- as evidenced by the sultry video for the single “Gentleman Who Fell.”
Milla Jovovich belongs to an elite group of former models who also managed to carve out a successful career within the entertainment industry alongside such notable names as Charlize Theron, Angelina Jolie and Cameron Diaz. She got her start generally playing beautiful, unattainable characters, yet there did reach a point at which Milla Jovovich was allowed to step into the shoes of more relatable figures. Her work as Leeloo in The Fifth Element (1997) certainly opened a lot of doors for her, like her unforgettable role in the ever-popular Resident Evil trilogy.
Milica Natasa Jovovic was born on December 17, 1975, in Kiev, Ukraine. Though she spent the first five years of her life in the Soviet Union, Milla Jovovich and her family relocated to the United States and eventually settled down in Los Angeles. Her parents split up a short time later, and Milla’s mother -- a performer in her native Kiev -- briefly attempted to make a living as an actress before eventually taking on house-cleaning jobs. Though Milla Jovovich picked up English within three months of moving to America, she found that many of her peers picked on her because of her accent and her communist background.
Milla Jovovich’s striking looks were in place virtually since birth, and by the time she was 9 years old, she had become a fixture within the modeling world’s auditioning circuit. After being signed by the Prima Modeling Agency, Milla Jovovich began popping up in a variety of print ads and other campaigns -- though it wasn’t until famed photographer Richard Avedon discovered Milla that big things started to happen for her. She was immediately placed alongside two other models in a campaign for Revlon makeup, and Milla Jovovich quickly found herself being asked to pose for such prestigious names as Donna Karan and Versace
Through her increasingly high-profile modeling career, Milla Jovovich showed an interest in acting and even attended California’s Professional Actors school to hone her craft. In 1988, Milla made her professional debut with a small role in the erotic drama Two Moon Junction, which she quickly followed up with one-episode appearances in sitcoms like Married with Children and Parker Lewis Can’t Lose. Milla Jovovich’s big break came in 1991 when she was cast in a leading role in Return to the Blue Lagoon, which, although not exactly a box-office bonanza, certainly propelled the struggling actress to the forefront of most avid moviegoers’ minds.
Although Milla Jovovich acted sporadically over the next few years -- notably popping up in movies like the 1992 Charlie Chaplin biopic Chaplin and Richard Linklater’s 1993 cult comedy Dazed and Confused -- she devoted most of her energies to the recording of her debut album. Released in April 1994, The Divine Comedy garnered a number of unexpectedly positive reviews, yet the disc eventually proved to be something of a commercial failure. Milla Jovovich subsequently threw herself into her acting full-time, and in 1997, she was launched into worldwide superstardom following her role as Leeloo in the science-fiction blockbuster The Fifth Element.
In 2001, Milla Jovovich exercised her comedic acting chops with a role in Zoolander. And the following year, she starred as Alice in the film that established her career, Resident Evil. She reprised her role as Alice in 2004's Resident Evil: Apocalypse and 2007's Resident Evil: Extinction.
Milla Jovovich’s stint as Alice in the hugely popular Resident Evil series only confirmed her A-list status, and helped her achieve the No. 90 ranking on AskMen.com's list of Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2008.
Although Milla Jovovich took some time off in 2008 after giving birth to her daughter, she signed on to star in the 2009 film Azazel.
“From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman. I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre.”
- Milla Jovovich
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