(/ˈ j oʊ v ə v ɪ tʃ / YOH -və-vitch; born December 17, 1975), known professionally as Milla Jovovich, is an American actress and model.
Her starring roles in numerous scice-fiction and action films led the music channel VH1 to deem her the "reigning que of kick-butt" in 2006.
Born in Kiev and raised in Los Angeles, Jovovich began modeling wh Herb Ritts photographed her for the cover of the Italian magazine Lei in 1987.
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In 1988, Jovovich made her scre debut in the television film The Night Train to Kathmandu and appeared in her first feature film, Two Moon Junction.
Jovovich gained atttion for her role in the 1991 romance film Return to the Blue Lagoon, as she was 15 years old at the time.
She was considered to have a breakthrough with her role in the 1997 Frch scice-fiction action film The Fifth Elemt, writt and directed by Luc Besson. She and Besson married that year, but soon divorced. She starred as the heroine and martyr in Besson's The Messger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). From 2002 to 2016, Jovovich portrayed Alice in the action horror film franchise Residt Evil,
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Jovovich released a debut album, The Divine Comedy, in 1994, and a follow-up, The People Tree Sessions, in 1998. She continues to release demos for other songs on her official website and frequtly contributes to film soundtracks. In 2003, model Carm Hawk and she created the clothing line Jovovich–Hawk, which ran until 2008. Jovovich has her own production company, Creature tertainmt.
And emigrated to London. They subsequtly emigrated to Sacramto, California, settling in Los Angeles sev months later. Milla's parts divorced soon after their arrival in Los Angeles. In 1988, her father had a relationship with an Argtine woman, and they had a son, Marco Jovovich.
In Los Angeles, her mother tried to get acting jobs, but found little success because of language barriers, and evtually resorted to cleaning houses to earn money. Both parts served as cooks and housekeepers for director Brian De Palma.
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Her father was convicted and imprisoned for participating in the largest health-insurance fraud ever investigated; he was giv a 20-year stce in 1994,
According to Jovovich, "Prison was good for him. He's become a much better person. It gave him a chance to stop and think."
In school, she was teased by classmates for coming from the Soviet Union: "I was called a commie and a Russian spy. I was [never] accepted into the crowd."
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In 1985, Galina Loginova rolled Jovovich at the age of t in acting classes, and wh her acting jobs picked up, she started attding school for young actors rather than regular school.
In 1988, Jovovich appeared in her debut professional film role as Samantha Delongpre in the romantic thriller Two Moon Junction. Later that year, she appeared in the made-for-television film as Lily McLeod in The Night Train to Kathmandu. She had several roles in television series, including Paradise (1988), Married... with Childr (1989), and Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990).
At age 15, she was cast as the lead in Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991), opposite Brian Krause. Giv her age and beauty, she was oft compared to Brooke Shields, another child model-turned-actress, who had starred in The Blue Lagoon (1980).
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Jovovich was nominated for "Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture" at the 1991 Young Artist Awards, and "Worst New Star" at the 1991 Gold Raspberry Awards. In 1992, Jovovich co-starred with Christian Slater in the comedy Kuffs. Later that year, she portrayed Mildred Harris in the Charlie Chaplin biographical film Chaplin. In 1993, she acted in Richard Linklater's film Dazed and Confused. She played Michelle Burroughs, the on-scre girlfrid to Pickford (played by her th-boyfrid Shawn Andrews). Strongly featured in promotions for the film, Jovovich was upset to find her role much reduced in the released film.
Jovovich returned to acting in 1997 with a lead role in the Frch scice-fiction action film The Fifth Elemt, alongside Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman. This was writt and directed by Luc Besson. She portrayed Leeloo, an ali who helps to save the planet. Jovovich said she "worked like hell: no band practice, no clubs, no pot, nothing"
To acquire the role and impress Besson. Jovovich co-created and mastered an ali fictional language of over 400 words for her role.
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She wore a costume that came to be known as the "ACE-bandage" costume; the body suit designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier was made of medical bandages.
The Fifth Elemt was selected as the oping film for the 1997 Cannes Film Festival and its worldwide box office gross was over $263 million, more than three times its budget of $80 million.
The Fifth Elemt was oft praised for its visual style; critic James Berardinelli wrote, "Jovovich makes an impression, although her effectivess has little to do with acting and less to do with dialogue".
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Jovovich was nominated for "Favorite Female Newcomer" at the Blockbuster tertainmt Awards and "Best Fight" at the MTV Movie Awards. The film inspired a video game and a planned Leeloo action figure, but the figure was never released due to licsing problems.
In 1998, Jovovich appeared in Spike Lee's drama He Got Game, as abused prostitute Dakota Burns; she acted with Dzel Washington and Ray All. In 1999, she appeared in the music video for the song "If You Can't Say No" by Lny Kravitz. That year she returned to the action gre playing the title role in The Messger: The Story of Joan of Arc, under direction of Luc Besson. She cut her hair short and wore armour in several extsive battle sces. Jovovich received gerally good reviews for her performance. The historical drama did moderately well at the box office, gaining $66 million worldwide.
In 2000, Jovovich appeared as the troubled Eloise in The Million Dollar Hotel, a film based on a concept story by Bono of the band U2 and Nicholas Klein. Directed by Wim Wders, Jovovich starred alongside Jeremy Davies and Mel Gibson; she provided vocals on the film's soundtrack. That year she also played bar owner Lucia, in the British western film The Claim (2000). This was followed by a supporting role as the evil Katinka in the comedy Zoolander (2001).
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In 2002, Jovovich starred in the horror-action film Residt Evil, released in the United States on March 15, 2002, and based on the Capcom video game series of the same name. She portrayed Alice, the film's heroine, who fights a legion of zombies created by the Umbrella Corporation. Jovovich had accepted the role because she and her brother Marco had be fans of the video game franchise.
Jovovich had performed all the stunts required in the film, except for a sce that would involve her jumping to a cemt platform, which her managemt deemed too dangerous,
The film was commercially successful, grossing US$17 million on its oping weekd; it evtually made US$40 million domestically and $102 million worldwide.
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Later, she portrayed the manipulative gang wife Erin in No Good Deed (2002), Nadine in the romantic comedy You Stupid Man (2002), punk rocker Fangora ("Fanny") in Dummy (2003), and provided a guest voice on the television series King of the Hill. The role of Fangora in Dummy allowed Jovovich to act in film with Oscar-winning Adri Brody, who was a frid prior to filming. Jovovich found it easy to idtify with this role because she felt Fangora possessed similar qualities to the actress' own life.
In 2004, Jovovich reprised the role of Alice in the sequel to Residt Evil, Residt Evil: Apocalypse. The role required her to do fight training for three hours a day,
Apocalypse received ev more negative reactions from the critics than the first film, but it was an ev greater commercial success, ranking number one at the box office. Following the release of the film, Jovovich was unhappy with the critical results and director Alexander Witt's effort.
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She noted during an interview that year that her large action films take care of the commercial part of her career, while she acts in "indepdt little films that never come out" to appease her artistic side, and "It's a good balance".
The following year, she was featured in Gore Vidal's faux trailer remake of Caligula, as Drusilla. In 2006, Jovovich's film, the scice fiction/action thriller Ultraviolet, was released on March 3. She played the title role of Violet Song jat Shariff, a role that also involved heavily choreographed fight sequces. It was not screed for critics, but wh reviewed, it was critically panned
In 2007, Jovovich reprised her role as Alice in Residt Evil: Extinction, the third of the Residt Evil series. The film grossed an estimated $24 million on its oping weekd, topping the box-office gross for that week.
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In 2009, Jovovich starred in David Twohy's A Perfect Getaway with Kiele Sanchez, Timothy Olyphant, and Steve Zahn. The film is a thriller about a newlywed couple (Milla and Zahn) on their honeymoon in Hawaii. Reviews for the film were mostly positive; while The Hollywood Reporter felt that Jovovich gave a "fairly subtle performance",
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