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Sonja Henie

Sonja Henie (April 8, 1912-October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater.

Sonja Henie

Born in Oslo, Henie took the gold medal in the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Winter Olympics. She had earlier placed eighth in a field of eight at the 1924 Winter Olympics, at the age of eleven. During the 1924 program, she skated over to the side of the rink several times to ask her coach what to do next.

By the next Olympiad, she no longer needed to ask. She won her first of ten consecutive World Figure Skating Championships in 1927 at the age of fifteen, and her first Olympic gold medal the following year. She also won six consecutive European championships.

She is credited with being the first to adopt the short skirt costume in figure skating, and the first to make use of dance choreography.

She then went on to an extensive film career, retiring in 1958.

Sonja Henie became an international superstar and an icon in her native Norway. Together with her husband, Niels Onstad, she founded the Henie-Onstad Art Centre at Høvikodden, near Oslo. She died in 1969 of leukemia. Considered by most as the greatest female figure skater in history, she and her husband are buried on the hilltop overlooking the Henie-Onstad Museum.



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She then went on to an extensive film career, retiring in 1958. She later married The Fifth Element director Luc Besson in 1997. She is credited with being the first to adopt the short skirt costume in figure skating, and the first to make use of dance choreography. Milla married Shawn Andrews in 1992 during the filming of Dazed and Confused; the marriage was annulled soon after. She also won six consecutive European championships. 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. She won her first of ten consecutive World Figure Skating Championships in 1927 at the age of fifteen, and her first Olympic gold medal the following year. In 1994, Jovovich, billed under her first name, Milla, released her critically acclaimed first musical album, The Divine Comedy.

By the next Olympiad, she no longer needed to ask. 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. She had earlier placed eighth in a field of eight at the 1924 Winter Olympics, at the age of eleven. During the 1924 program, she skated over to the side of the rink several times to ask her coach what to do next. 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). Born in Oslo, Henie took the gold medal in the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Winter Olympics. She speaks Serbian, Russian, French and English fluently. Sonja Henie (April 8, 1912-October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater. She has done extensive modeling since she was eleven-years-old.

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. 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). When he feared that he could be arrested again, he escaped to Albania and later came to Soviet Union, in Kiev. Later, communist government imprisoned him on Goli Otok.

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. 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. Milla's family is Montenegrin in origin, their estate being at Metohija in Zlopek near Peć. Her last name is pronounced "yo-vo-vitch".

She is an actress, musician and model (frequently referred to as a supermodel). Milla Jovovich (born December 17, 1975) was born in Kiev, Ukraine to Serb father Bogić Jovović and Russian mother Galina Loginova Jovović. Militza Natasha Jovovich a.k.a. Hollywood Goes Wild benefit compilation - "On the Hill" by her band, Plastic Has Memory.

The Million Dollar Hotel. the peopletree sessions - released August 1998. The Divine Comedy - released April 1994 (single: "Gentleman Who Fell"). Two Moon Junction (1988).

The Night Train to Kathmandu (1988) (TV). Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). Chaplin (1992). Kuffs (1992).

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).