*Milla Jovovich

* Milla Jovovich, the

American model, actress,
fashion designer and
musician. Starting her
modeling at a very young
age, she was not even in
her teens when she was
featured for the first time
on a magazine cover. A
gifted actress, she owes her
achievements to her
prodigious talents and her
beauty.
* Childhood & Early Life
• Milla Jovovich was born in Kiev,
Ukraine to a Serbian doctor,
Bogdanovitch Jovovich and a Russian
actress, Galina Loginova Jovovich.
Jovovich’s family moved to
Sacramento in California when she
was five years old. She completed her
education from Excelsior High School
in Los Angeles.
• She started modeling at a very young
age and her initial assignment was
with Revlon,shot by the iconic
photographer, Richard Avedon.
• At the age of 11, she posed for her
first magazine cover, for an Italian
magazine, ‘Lei’.
 *Career
*She marked her entry into films
when at the age of fifteen she
played the lead role in ‘Return to
the Blue Lagoon’, released in
1991.
*She also played small but
memorable roles in films
including Charlie Chaplin's child-
bride in ‘Chaplin’ (1992) and a
guitar-playing hippie in ‘Dazed
and Confused’ (1993).
*As a singer and songwriter, she
came up with her debut album,
‘The Divine Comedy’, released in
1994, when she was just
eighteen.
*Career * She took a small break from acting
to focus on her music career and
returned to the big screen in 1997
with a lead role in Luc Besson
directed science fiction film 'The
Fifth Element', alongside Bruce
Willis and Gary Oldman. She played
the orange haired Leeloo, a
genetically engineered woman with
supernatural powers and revealing
costumes.
* She worked with Besson once again
in the 1998 historical drama, ‘The
Messenger: The Story of Joan of
Arc’. The film had extensive battle
scenes and Jovovich had to cut her
hair short for the role.
*Career
* In the meantime, she also
continued her modeling career
representing cosmetic brands
like L’Oreal and major
designers including Calvin Klein,
Donna Karan and Ann Taylor.
* During the period between 2003
and 2008, she worked alongside
Carmen Hawk in designing the
women’s fashion line, Jovovich-
Hawk which was well received
by the fashion world.
* Apart from her acting, she is
also a member of numerous
philanthropic groups which
includes, ‘The Foundation for
AIDS Research’ and the ‘Ovarian
Cancer Research Fund’.
*Major Works
* Awards & Achievement
In 1992, she was nominated for Young
Artist Award for her performance in
the film, ‘Return to the Blue Lagoon’.
• In 1997, she received the
nomination for the Saturn Best
Supporting Actress award,
Blockbuster Entertainment
Favorite Newcomer Award and
MTV Movie Best Fight Scene Award
for her performance as Leeloo in
‘The Fifth Element’.
• In 2002, she was again nominated
for the Saturn Best Actress Award
for her role in ‘Resident Evil’.
• She won the Best Actress in a sci-
fi/action film for her role in
‘Resident Evil: Extinction’ in 2008.
*Personal Life & Legacy
 *Trivia
*Being a claustrophobic, the famous
actress said that the scariest thing she
ever did was for the scene in "Resident
Evil: Apocalypse" where she had to
remain alone in a small tank.
*Fluent in English, this prominent
celebrity also speaks French, Serbian
and Ukrainian quite well.
*This actress practices martial arts and
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.