Milla Jovovich Biography and Profile

Biography

Nama : Milla Jovovich
Birth Name : Militza Natasha Jovovich
Birth Date : 12/17/1975
Birth Place : Kiev, USSR, Soviet Union
Height : 5' 8�"
Sex : F
Nationality : American
Occupation : Actress
Father : Bogdan Jovovic
Mother : Galina Loginova
Spouse : Shawn Andrews (actor, 2-Oct-92 - 25-Nov-92), Luc Besson (film director, 14-Dec-97 - 12-Jun-99)
Relation : John Frusciante (RHCP guitarist, 2000), Stephen Dorff (actor), Stuart Zender (Jamiroquai ex-bassist), Hidetoshi Nakata (soccer star), Paul W. S. Anderson (film director, engaged)
Claim Fame : As Lilli Hargrave in "Return to the Blue Lagoon" (1991)

Militza Natasha Jovovich a.k.a. Milla Jovovich (born December 17, 1975) was born in Kiev, Ukraine to Serb father Bogic Jovovic and Russian mother Galina Loginova Jovovic. She is an actress, musician and model (frequently referred to as a supermodel). Her last name is pronounced "yo-vo-vitch".

Milla's family is Montenegrin in origin, their estate being at Metohija in Zlopek near Pec. Her great-grandfather Bogic Camic Jovovic was flag-bearer of the Vasojevici tribe and officer of the guard of the King Nicholas I of Montenegro; his wife's name was also Militza. Her grandfather Bogdan Jovovic was commander of Pristina military area and later led finances in military areas of Skoplje and Sarajevo where he uncovered massive gold embezzlement; refusing to convict his friend for that, he was punished. Later, communist government imprisoned him on Goli Otok. When he feared that he could be arrested again, he escaped to Albania and later came to Soviet Union, in Kiev. Bogic, Milla's father, later joined him in Kiev where he and his sister graduated in medicine.[1]

The Jovovics later moved to London and in 1981, when Milica was five years old, to Sacramento, California; just seven months later they settled in Los Angeles, California. She has done extensive modeling since she was eleven-years-old. She speaks Serbian, Russian, French and English fluently.

She became a film actress in the late 1980s as a teenager and gained popularity through her appearance in Return to the Blue Lagoon which led to inevitable comparisons between her and another child model-turned-actress, Brooke Shields (who had starred in the original The Blue Lagoon years earlier). Most of her early appearances were in supporting or cameo roles, but by the late 1990s she was receiving top billing and entered the world of action heroes with her performances in two films based upon the video game series, Resident Evil.

In 1994, Jovovich, billed under her first name, Milla, released her critically acclaimed first musical album, The Divine Comedy. Featuring many original songs, the album led to comparisons with Tori Amos and Kate Bush, though Jovovich has of late concentrated more on her acting than her musical career.

Milla married Shawn Andrews in 1992 during the filming of Dazed and Confused; the marriage was annulled soon after. She later married The Fifth Element director Luc Besson in 1997. They have since divorced. She is currently engaged to director Paul W. S. Anderson though recent reports are that this relationship has also broken down.