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Milla Jovovich

Milla Jovovich

Militza Natasha Jovovich a.k.a. Milla Jovovich (born December 17, 1975) was born in Kiev, Ukraine to Serb father Bogić Jovović and Russian mother Galina Loginova Jovović. 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 Peć. Her great-grandfather Bogić Camić Jovović was flag-bearer of the Vasojevići tribe and officer of the guard of the King Nicholas I of Montenegro; his wife's name was also Militza. Her grandfather Bogdan Jovović 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. Bogić, Milla's father, later joined him in Kiev where he and his sister graduated in medicine.[1] (http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.co.yu/arhiva/2000/07/18/srpski/F00071702.shtm)

Milla Jovovich in the first Resident Evil film.

The Jovovićs later moved to London, England 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.

Partial filmography

  • Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
  • You Stupid Man (2002)
  • No Good Deed (formerly known as The House on Turk St.) (2002)
  • Resident Evil (2002)
  • Dummy (2002)
  • Zoolander (2001)
  • The Claim (2000) (formerly known as Kingdom Come)
  • The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
  • The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
  • He Got Game (1998)
  • The Fifth Element (1997)
  • Dazed and Confused (1993)
  • Kuffs (1992)
  • Chaplin (1992)
  • Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
  • The Night Train to Kathmandu (1988) (TV)
  • Two Moon Junction (1988)

Discography

  • The Divine Comedy - released April 1994 (single: "Gentleman Who Fell")
  • the peopletree sessions - released August 1998
  • The Million Dollar Hotel
  • Hollywood Goes Wild benefit compilation - "On the Hill" by her band, Plastic Has Memory

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Anderson though recent reports are that this relationship has also broken down. Past Honorees of this organization have included Jamie Lee Curtis and Sir Anthony Hopkins. S. Lansbury has graciously agreed to be the Guest of Honor at the 14th annual Gala and Fundraiser on April 16, 2005 for Women in Recovery, Inc., a Venice, California-based non-profit organization offering a live-in, 12-Step program of rehabilitation for women in need. She is currently engaged to director Paul W. Today, Lansbury, a longtime resident of Brentwood, California takes time to support various philanthropic groups. They have since divorced. Lansbury's two twin brothers, Edgar Lansbury, was the producer of Godspell, the smash-hit broadway musical, in the 1970s.

She later married The Fifth Element director Luc Besson in 1997. A footnote is that one of Ms. Milla married Shawn Andrews in 1992 during the filming of Dazed and Confused; the marriage was annulled soon after. Interestingly, Lansbury was related by her half-sister Isolde's marriage to the late British actor, Peter Ustinov, and is today related by marriage of her stepson David Lansbury to the American actress Ally Sheedy. 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. Lansbury's daughter, Deirdre Angela Shaw Battarrais, along with her Italian husband Enzo, today is co-manager of a popular cafe, Ristorante Positano, in West Los Angeles. In 1994, Jovovich, billed under her first name, Milla, released her critically acclaimed first musical album, The Divine Comedy. Her son, Anthony, was producer/director of Murder She Wrote, and is today a television executive.

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. Lansbury is the mother of two, stepmother of one, and a proud grandmother several times over. 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). Until Shaw's death in 2003, Lansbury enjoyed one of the longest and most prolific of show-business marriages. She speaks Serbian, Russian, French and English fluently. Lansbury's career. She has done extensive modeling since she was eleven-years-old. Shaw was instrumental in guiding and managing Ms.

The Jovovićs later moved to London, England and in 1981, when Milica was five years old, to Sacramento, California; just seven months later they settled in Los Angeles, California. Lansbury was briefly married from 1945-46 to American actor Richard Cromwell when she was 19 and Cromwell was 35. In 1948, Lansbury remarried, to Irish-born actor and businessman Peter Shaw. Bogić, Milla's father, later joined him in Kiev where he and his sister graduated in medicine.[1] (http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.co.yu/arhiva/2000/07/18/srpski/F00071702.shtm). She recieved a a Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997, and Kennedy Center Honors in 2000. When he feared that he could be arrested again, he escaped to Albania and later came to Soviet Union, in Kiev. She was named a Disney Legend in 1995. Later, communist government imprisoned him on Goli Otok. In the early 1990s the British Government awarded Angela Lansbury the CBE.

Her grandfather Bogdan Jovović 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. It was to be one of the longest running prime time detective drama series in US TV history and made her one of the highest paid actresses in the world and a record as the most nominated lead actress without a win in the prime time Emmy awards (with 12 nominations). Her great-grandfather Bogić Camić Jovović was flag-bearer of the Vasojevići tribe and officer of the guard of the King Nicholas I of Montenegro; his wife's name was also Militza. As Jessica Fletcher in the long-running television series, Murder, She Wrote (1984 - 1996), she found her biggest success and a worldwide following. Milla's family is Montenegrin in origin, their estate being at Metohija in Zlopek near Peć. She has received a Tony nomination for every lead role she has essayed on Broadway. Her last name is pronounced "yo-vo-vitch". Lovett in Sondheim's ballad opera Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street earned her yet another Tony Award in 1979.

She is an actress, musician and model (frequently referred to as a supermodel). Her English music-hall turn as meat-pie entrepreneuse Mrs. Milla Jovovich (born December 17, 1975) was born in Kiev, Ukraine to Serb father Bogić Jovović and Russian mother Galina Loginova Jovović. Subsequent Tony awards were earned for Dear World (1969) and the first Broadway revival of Gypsy (1974). Militza Natasha Jovovich a.k.a. Her appearance in 1966's Mame earned Lansbury her first Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. Hollywood Goes Wild benefit compilation - "On the Hill" by her band, Plastic Has Memory. Lansbury has received good reviews from her very first musical outing, the short-lived 1964 Stephen Sondheim musical Anyone Can Whistle.

The Million Dollar Hotel. She also did character work as the Dowager Empress in the less well-received animated film Anastasia in 1997. the peopletree sessions - released August 1998. Potts in the Disney hit Beauty and the Beast (1991). The Divine Comedy - released April 1994 (single: "Gentleman Who Fell"). She then turned to character voice work in animated films like The Last Unicorn (1984), winning a great deal of praise for her affectionate turn as the singing teapot Mrs. Two Moon Junction (1988). She also played Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd (1981).

The Night Train to Kathmandu (1988) (TV). She also received a Golden Globe as a similarly distant mother in the comedy, The World of Henry Orient. Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). Her performance in The Manchurian Candidate (1963) as the evil, manipulative mother who turned her son into an assassin won much praise and a third Oscar nomination. Chaplin (1992). She made her Academy Award nominated film debut in 1944, in the Charles Boyer/Ingrid Bergman film Gaslight, followed by another Oscar nomination for the Oscar Wilde film The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) and has since enjoyed a long and varied career, mainly as a film actress, appearing in everything from Samson and Delilah (1949) to Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). Kuffs (1992). Angela Lansbury (born October 16, 1925) is a British-born American actress and the granddaughter of politician George Lansbury.

Dazed and Confused (1993). The Fifth Element (1997). He Got Game (1998). The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999).

The Million Dollar Hotel (2000). The Claim (2000) (formerly known as Kingdom Come). Zoolander (2001). Dummy (2002).

Resident Evil (2002). No Good Deed (formerly known as The House on Turk St.) (2002). You Stupid Man (2002). Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004).