Celebrity profiles: Milla Jovovich biography

BIOGRAPHY

Milla Jovovich was born in Kiev, Ukraine to Galina Loginova and Bogich Jovovich. Her mother was a Russian actress, and her father was a Yugoslavian doctor. Her family moved from Russia to the United States when she was five, settling in Sacramento, California. As a child she was ridiculed by her classmates for being from Russia during the height of the Cold War.

Jovovich started acting in commercials when she was nine years old. She began her professional modeling career when she was eleven, and she was named one of Revlon's most unforgettable women in the world a year later. She became the youngest model to be on the cover of MADEMOISELLE when the photographer, Avedon, threatened to withdraw his services if they refused to use the photo. At sixteen she starred in RETURN TO THE BLUE LAGOON, a role which gave her even more time in the spotlight. Not content to be just an actress and a model, Jovovich produced a record album, THE DIVINE COMEDY, when she was nineteen. Since 1997 she has enjoyed a steady film career and displayed her musical talent on the soundtrack to THE FIFTH ELEMENT.

CHRONOLOGY

1975 She was born in Kiev, Ukraine. (December 17)

1980 She moved with her family to Sacramento, California.

1986 She began her professional modeling career.

1988 Two Moon Junction - Film; The Night Train To Kathmandu - Tv Movie

1991 Return To The Blue Lagoon - Film

1992 Chaplin, Kuffs - Films

1993 Dazed And Confused - Film

1994 The Divine Comedy - Album

1997 The Fifth Element - Film; She Married Luc Besson. The Fifth Element Soundtrack - Album

1998 He Got Game - Film

1999 The Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc; She And Luc Besson Divorced.

2000 The Million Dollar Hotel - Film; The Peopletree Sessions - Album