Milla Jovovich

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Milla Jovovich Biography

Milla Jovovich is an Ukrainian-born actress, supermodel, fashion designer, singer and public figure, who was on the cover of more than a hundred magazines, and starred in such films as The Fifth Element (1997), Ultraviolet (2006), and the Resident Evil (2002) franchise. She was born Milica Natasha Jovovich on December 17, 1975, in Kiev, Ukraine, Soviet Union (now Kiev, Ukraine). Her Serbian father, Bogdan Jovovich, was a medical doctor in Kiev. There he met her mother Galina Jovovich, a Russian actress. At the age of 5, in 1981, Milla with her parents emigrated from the Soviet Union, moving first to London, UK, then to Sacramento, California, and eventually settled in Los Angeles. There her parents worked as housecleaners for the household of director Brian De Palma. Her parents separated, and eventually divorced, because her father was arrested and spent several years in prison. Young Milla Jovovich was brought up by her single mother in Los Angeles. In addition to her native Russian, she also speaks Serbian and English. However, in spite of her cosmopolitan background, Milla was ostracized by some of her classmates, as a kid who emigrated from the Soviet Union amidst the paranoia of the Cold War. Many emotional scars had affected her behavior, but she eventually emerged as a resilient, multi-talented, albeit rebellious and risk-taking girl. She was coached by her actress mother since her childhood, first at home, then studied music, ballet, and acting in Los Angeles. In 1994, she appeared on the cover of High Times in the UK, at the age of 18. She shot to international fame after she was spotted by the photographer Richard Avedon at the age of 11, and was featured in Revlons "Most Unforgettable Women in the World" advertisements, and on the cover of the Italian fashion magazine Lei which was her first cover shoot. She made her first professional model contract at the age of 12, and soon made it to the cover of The Face, Vogue, Cosmopolitan and many other magazines. The total number of her magazine covers worldwide was over one hundred by 2004, and keeps counting. In 2004, she made $10.4 million, becoming the highest paid supermodel in the world. Milla Jovovich was torn between two professions, before she eventually became one of the very few supermodels who also developed a steady and serious film career. In 1988, at age 12, she made her film debut credited as Milla in a supporting role in Two Moon Junction (1988) by writer/director Zalman King. During the 1980s and early 1990s, she played several supporting roles as a teenage actress in film and on television, then starred in Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). In 1997, she co-starred opposite Bruce Willis in the sci-fi blockbuster The Fifth Element (1997), then she starred as the title character of Joan of Arc (1999). In the early 2000s, Milla had a few years of uncertainty in her acting career due to uneven quality of her films, as well as some hectic events in her private life. However, she managed to overcome her personal crisis. With the leading role as Alice in Resident Evil (2002) and its two sequels, she established herself as a film star, and her success in acting career eventually matched her success as a supermodel. Outside of her acting and modeling professions, Milla Jovovich released several critically acclaimed musical recordings, making her debut as a singer, songwriter and musician with the 1994 release of The Divine Comedy. She also gave several live performances with her band Plastic Has Memory and was featured on Hollywood Goes Wild. Her vocal recordings appeared on soundtracks of several films. She has been writing music and lyrics to her song-demos, playing her guitar and sampling other sounds from her computer, and allowing free download and remix of her songs from her website. For many years Milla Jovovich has been maintaining a healthier lifestyle, practicing yoga and meditation, trying to avoid junk food, and cooking for herself. Since she was a little girl, Milla has been writing a private diary, a habit she learned from her mother. She has been keeping a record of many good and bad facts of her life, her travels, her relationships, and all important ideas and events in her career, planning eventually to publish an autobiography. After dissolution of her two previous marriages, Milla Jovovich became engaged to film director Paul W.S. Anderson ; their daughter, Ever Anderson, was born on November 3, 2007. Return To Top

Milla Jovovich Filmography

(2014) Resident Evil 6 as Alice
(2014) The Expendables 3 as
(2014) The Winter Queen as Amalia Bezhetskaya
(2012) Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution' as Herself
(2012) Der Bernd as Herself
(2012) G4 Presents Comic Con 2012 Live as Herself
(2012) La noche de los Oscar as Herself
(2012) Resident Evil: Retribution as Alice
(2012) Resident Evil: Retribution - Face of the Fan as Herself
(2012) The 84th Annual Academy Awards as Herself - Presenter: Sci-Tech Awards
(2012) The Digital Picture as Herself (archive footage)
(2011) Bringing Up Bobby as Olive
(2011) Faces in the Crowd as Anna Marchant
(2011) Mile Zero as
(2011) The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards as Herself - Presenter: Best Television Series - Drama & Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama
(2011) The Three Musketeers as Milady de Winter
(2011) TV Festival Du Cannes 2011 as Herself
(2011) Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' as Alice
(2011) Vykrutasy as Nadya (as Milla Yovovich)
(2010) AMC News Special: Toronto Film Festival 2010 as Herself
(2010) Blood Into Wine as Herself
(2010) Dirty Girl as Sue-Ann
(2010) Hollywood's Top Ten as Herself
(2010) Janela Indiscreta as Herself
(2010) Program Alice: Activated as Herself
(2010) Resident Evil: Afterlife as Alice
(2010) Stone as Lucetta Creeson
(2010) The Red Carpet Issue as Herself
(2009) A Perfect Getaway as Cydney
(2009) A-List Awards as Herself
(2009) ES.TV HD as Herself - Guest
(2009) The Fourth Kind as Abbey Tyler/Herself
(2008) Band of the Sand: Actors Unite as Herself
(2008) Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing 'Resident Evil: Extinction' as Herself
(2008) Entertainers with Byron Allen as Herself - Guest
(2008) Palermo Shooting as Herself (uncredited)
(2008) Prozhektorperiskhilton as Herself - Guest/Performer
(2008) Resident Road Map: Reflections on the Future of the Series as Herself
(2008) Shooting Palermo as Herself
(2008) The Players: The Cast of 'Extinction' as Herself
(2007) 5 Second Movies as Leeloo (archive footage)
(2007) Chelsea Lately as Herself - Guest
(2007) Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse as Herself
(2007) Resident Evil: Extinction as Alice
(2007) The Evolution of 'Resident Evil': Bridge to Extinction as Alice (voice) (archive footage)
(2007) The Greatest Fashion Icons in Film as Herself
(2007) Up Close with Carrie Keagan as Herself
(2007) Xposé as Herself
(2006) .45 as Kat
(2006) AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies as Herself
(2006) Day for Night: Whitney Biennial 2006 as (archive footage)
(2006) Starz on the Set: Ultraviolet as Herself
(2006) Ultraviolet as Violet Song Jat Shariff
(2005) 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies as Herself - Place #57 (archive footage)
(2005) Fade Out as
(2005) Made in Hollywood as Herself
(2005) The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Herself
(2005) The Star Element as Herself
(2005) Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula as Druscilla
(2004) Corporate Malfeasance as Herself
(2004) Game Babes as Herself
(2004) Game Over: 'Resident Evil' Reanimated as Herself
(2004) Le grand journal de Canal+ as Herself
(2004) Project Runway as Herself - Guest Judge
(2004) Resident Evil: Apocalypse as Alice
(2003) 4Pop as Herself
(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Herself
(2002) Dummy as Fangora
(2002) HypaSpace as Herself
(2002) Last Call with Carson Daly as Herself
(2002) No Good Deed as Erin
(2002) Playing Dead: 'Resident Evil' from Game to Screen as Herself
(2002) Resident Evil as Alice
(2002) RI:SE as Herself
(2002) The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' as Herself
(2002) V Graham Norton as Herself
(2002) You Stupid Man as Nadine
(2001) Cannes: Through the Eyes of the Hunter as Herself
(2001) Zoolander as Katinka Ingabogovinanana
(2000) The Claim as Lucia
(2000) The Million Dollar Hotel as Eloise
(2000) VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards as Herself
(1999) Joan of Arc as Joan of Arc
(1998) 1998 MTV Movie Awards as Herself
(1998) He Got Game as Dakota Burns
(1998) The Fifth Element as Leeloo (VG) (voice)
(1998) Tout le monde en parle as Herself
(1997) King of the Hill as Serena Shaw (voice)
(1997) The Fifth Element as Leeloo
(1996) Access Hollywood as Herself
(1996) The Daily Show as Herself
(1995) Die Harald Schmidt Show as Herself
(1993) Dazed and Confused as Michelle Burroughs
(1993) Gentleman Who Fell as
(1993) Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Herself (as Milla)
(1992) Chaplin as Mildred Harris
(1992) Gomorron as Herself
(1992) Gomorron as Herself - Om Filmen 'A Perfect Getaway'
(1992) HBO First Look as Herself - Host
(1992) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Herself
(1992) Top Models: Once Upon a Time - The Cinderellas of High Fashion Tell Their Stories as Herself
(1991) Días de cine as Herself
(1991) Kuffs as Maya Carlton
(1991) Return to the Blue Lagoon as Lilli
(1991) Teen Vid II as Herself
(1990) Parker Lewis Can't Lose as Robin Fecknowitz
(1988) Paradise as Katie
(1988) The Night Train to Kathmandu as Lily McLeod (as Milla)
(1988) Two Moon Junction as Samantha (as Milla)
(1987) Married with Children as Yvette
(1981) Entertainment Tonight as Herself
(1981) Wetten, dass..? as Herself

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Milla Jovovich Trivia and Facts

Name pronounced Mee-la Yo-vo-vitch.
Mother is Russian actress Galina Jovovich.
Father is a Serbian pediatrician, from Belgrade Serbia, who moved to Russia and married her mother there.
Frequently attends big show business events such as celebrity parties, premieres, openings, fashion shows and awards shows. Is a fixture in magazine paparazzi sections because of this.
Has been on the cover of more than one hundred magazines worldwide.
Once fronted a band called Plastic Has Memory.
It was announced that she is currently engaged to Resident Evil (2002) and Mortal Kombat (1995) director Paul W.S. Anderson (March, 2003).
Voted the Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.
While filming the movie Dazed and Confused (1993) , she eloped with actor Shawn Andrews to Las Vegas, Nevada. It was 1992 and a few months before she turned seventeen. Since she was only sixteen at the time, her mother had the marriage annulled.
Performed almost all of her own stunts in Resident Evil (2002).
Went to high school with Christina Applegate ; then later made a guest appearance on "Married with Children" (1987).
Her music video "The Gentleman Who Fell" is based on Maya Deren s short film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943).
Ranked #98 in FHMs 100 Sexiest Women in the World (2005).
She was #65 on VH1s 100 Most Hottest Celebrity bodies
Named #82 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list.
At the age of just eleven, she was used in Revlons "Most Unforgettable Women in the World" advertisements, which were shot by Richard Avedon.
Has one sibling, a half-brother named Marco (born 1988).
She is fluent in English, French, Serbian and Ukrainian.
As a teenage girl, she lived with her single mother, because her father spent seven years in prison, and her parents divorced.
She enjoys martial arts and she practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Daughter, Ever Anderson, born 3 November 2007. Father is her fiancé, Paul W.S. Anderson.
Divides her time between New York City and Los Angeles, California.
(2009) She owns a 5559-square-foot house in Los Angeles Hollywood Hills that she purchased in 1998 for $775,000. A 4026-square-foot house in Beverly Hills that she paid $2,223,000 for in 2004. And a 3010-square-foot house in the Doral Isles St. Croix development in Doral, Florida (just outside Miami) that she purchased in 2005 for $910,000.
(2009) Sold her four-bedroom, 3582-square-foot house in Beverly Hills, California for $2.750 million. She originally purchased the house in late 2001 for $1.8 million.
Returned to work four months after giving birth to her daughter Ever in order to begin filming A Perfect Getaway (2009).
Milla is left-handed but she plays guitar and shoots right-handed.
Her ethnicity is half Serbian (paternal) and half Russian (maternal).
Named one of the "Twenty Most Beautiful People of the Decade" by Interview magazine (2009).
Named #43 Sexiest Woman by the Spanish version of DT magazine (2011).
Her favorite horror movie is The Shining (1980).
She is claustrophobic. She said the scariest thing she had done was the scene in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) where her character had to be in a small tank.
For The Fifth Element (1997) , the production decided to dye Jovovichs hair from its natural brown color to her characters signature orange color. However, due to the fact that her hair had to be re-dyed regularly to maintain the bright color, Millas hair quickly became too damaged and broken to withstand the dye. Most of Millas hair fell out and eventually a wig was created to match the color and style of Leeloos hair, and was used for the remainder of the production.

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Milla Jovovich Quotes

I think thats one of the only reasons God created celebrities. To help those who cant help themselves.
[on The Fifth Element (1997) ] I worked like hell. No band practice, no clubs, no pot, nothing.
"If this movie was made in America they would have had a guy and we would have been his harem or entourage. Big studios dont trust that women will bring in that kind of audience, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) was really an exception to the rule. Most of the time, if you make a big action film there has to be a big action guy in it. Its very European to trust a woman to play that kind of a role" [on Resident Evil (2002) ].
Im a dabbler.
About Madonna : "Oh, my God! I used to ride my bicycle around for hours in the garage of our apartment building singing Material Girl" (In Style magazine, Sept/2006).
[on Resident Evil (2002) ] Weve got really infantile mentalities on this movie. Were like: Its gross - cool! Its disgusting - print it! You have to think like a fifteen -year-old. Wet dress. Zombies. Guns. Cool!".

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Milla Jovovich Photoshoots

"Maxim" (USA), September 2012, Vol. 16, Iss. 8, pg. 96, by: Ben Goldstein, "Maxim Classics:September 2004 - Milla Jovovich"
"Celebrity Skin" (USA), 2012, Iss. 11, pg. 72, by: n/a, "Models Turned Movie Stars: Milla Jovovich"
"Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 2011, Iss. 66, pg. 80-83, "Block Bust-ers: Resident Evil - Milla Jovovich"
"Spits" (Netherlands), 14 January 2010, "The 4th Kind"
"TVFilm" (Netherlands), 19 December 2009, Vol. 26, "The Perfect Getaway"
"Telegraph Magazine" (UK), 12 December 2009, pg. 52 - 53 + 55 + 57 + 59, by: Daniela Agnelli (fashion) Alix Malka (photographs), "Glam Rocks"
"Metro" (Netherlands), 3 April 2008, "DVD Van De Week Resident Evil 3 (as Alice/dvd-cover)"
"Spits" (Netherlands), 3 April 2008, "Resident Evil: Extinction (dvd-cover)"
"Veronica" (Netherlands), 22 March 2008, Iss. 12, "dvdreviews (as Alice, in Resident Evil 3)"
"Celebrity Skin" (USA), October 2004, Vol. 28, Iss. 133, pg. 33, by: staff, "Young, Hot & Nude: Milla Jovovich"
"Celebrity Skin" (USA), September 2004, Vol. 28, Iss. 132, pg. 41, by: staff, "Top 100 Sexiest Stars: #63 Milla Jovovich"
"Celebrity Skin" (USA), December 2003, Vol. 27, Iss. 123, pg. 72, by: staff, "Don't Mess With Exes: Milla Jovovich"
"Point De Vue" (France), 22 October 2003, Vol. 58, Iss. 2883, pg. 73, by: Charles Danna, "Charles et Camilla : Ça balance pas mal à Londres!"
"Elle" (Hungary), October 2003, Vol. 3, Iss. 10, pg. 25+27-29, by: Dominique Issermann
"Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), October 2002, Iss. 20, pg. 64-67, by: staff, "Resident Evil"
"Celebrity Skin" (USA), November 2001, Vol. 23, Iss. 100, pg. 10, "100 Sexiest Celebrities Of All Time Nude! #90 : Tasty Triple Threat"
"Filmcsillag" (Hungary), September 2001, Vol. 1, Iss. 1, pg. 22, by: Chris Floyd, "Idõzített akciósztár"
"Celebrity Skin" (USA), November 2000, Vol. 22, Iss. 90, pg. 45, by: staff, "Letters From Abroad: Model Behavior"
"Cinema" (Hungary), July 2000, Iss. 104, pg. 59
"Joy" (Hungary), January 2000, Vol. 3, Iss. 1, pg. 7, by: Lili Téli
"Photo" (France), November 1999, by: Herb Ritts
"Harper's Bazaar" (USA), July 1999
"Allure" (USA), June 1999, "Coming Clean"
"Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1999, Vol. 12, Iss. 8, pg. 92-93, by: staff, "Sci-Spy: Milla Jovovich"
"Joy" (Hungary), July 1998, Vol. 1, Iss. 2, pg. 12, by: Erna Szép, "Big Badda Boom!"
"Playboy" (USA), January 1998, Vol. 45, Iss. 1, pg. 143, by: staff, "The Year in Sex"
"Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1998, Vol. 11, Iss. 6, pg. 50-53, by: staff, "The Space Girls: Baby Space"
"Playboy" (Germany), December 1997, pg. 111, by: Bruce Weber, "Pirelli Models"
"Playboy" (USA), December 1997, Vol. 44, Iss. 12, pg. 166, by: Gretchen Edgren, "Sex Stars 1997"
"Marie Claire" (USA), September 1997, "Star Treatment"
"Harper's Bazaar" (USA), April 1997
"Vogue" (Italy), April 1997
"Vogue" (France), March 1997
"Marie Claire" (Italy), March 1997
"Harper's Bazaar" (USA), February 1997
"W" (USA), January 1997
"Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1997, Vol. 10, Iss. 7, pg. 92-95, by: staff, "Scent Of A Woman: Escape"
"Allure" (USA), December 1996
"W" (USA), October 1996
"W" (USA), September 1996
"Photo" (France), June 1996, Iss. 331, pg. 59, by: David LaChapelle, "CINEMA: David LaChapelle - Milla Jovovich"
"Harper's Bazaar" (USA), December 1995, "Beach Music"
"The Face" (UK), November 1995
"Playboy" (USA), February 1995, Vol. 42, Iss. 2, pg. 159, by: Kate Garner, "Grapevine: String Zing"
"Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1995, Vol. 8, Iss. 7, pg. 34-37, by: staff, "Musical Youth: "The Divine Comedy'"
"GQ" (USA), June 1994
"Seventeen" (USA), June 1988
"The Face" (UK), March 1988

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Milla Jovovich Other Works

Calendar (featured as February) for Pirelli Tires (1998).
Appeared in music video for 'Lenny Kravitz' : "If You Can't Say No".
Print ads for Revlon cosmetics (1989).
Print ad for Coach Handbags(1997) .
Print ad for Versace Jeans(1999).
Print ad for Calvin Klein's Escape fragrance(1998).
Print ads for L'Oreal Paris beauty products (1998-2001).
Print ad for Banana Republic stores (1997).
Print ad for The Gap stores (1995).
Print ads for Redkin Shampoo(1995).
Print ad for L'Oreal's Feria (2001).
Print ads for L'Oreal Lash Architect(2002-03).
Print ad for L'Oreal Shock Proof mascara (2001).
TV commercial for L'Oréal Feria conditioner (2002).
Print ads for L'Oreal Paris Studio Line Liquid Gel Strong Hold styling
gel(2000).
TV commercial for L'Oréal Invisible Platinum lipstick(2003).
TV commercial for L'Oréal Feria Colour Booster hair color(2003).
TV commercial for L'Oreal Paris Endless 8-Hour Lipbalm (2003).
Print ads for L'Oreal Paris' Studio Line FX Melting Gel hair products (2000).
Print ads for SFR Vodafone Live.
TV commercial for SFR Vodafone Live.
TV commercial for Emporio Armani Night.
Print ads for L'Oreal Paris Endless 8-Hour Lipcolour (2003-04).
Print ads for L'Oreal Paris' True Match super-blendable makeup (2004, 2007).
Contributed vocals to "I Know It's You" by The Crystal Method, from the
album "Legon of Boom" (2004).
Print ads for L'Oreal Paris' zero-transfer & extreme wear Endless
Kissable Lipcolour (2004-05.
Along with 'U2' and 'Brian Eno' , she performed on the Million Dollar Hotel
Soundtrack. She sang vocals on several tracks, including a cover for
'Lou Reed' 's "Satellite of Love".
CD: "The Divine Comedy" (1994) released under the billing Milla.
Print ads for L'Oreal Paris' StudioLine Mega Gel and Mega Spritz hair
styling products (2005).
Print ads for L'Oreal Paris' Air Wear breathable, long-wearing
foundation (2001).
Print ads for L'Oreal Paris' Rouge Pulp Liquid Lipcolour (1998).
Modeled for Calvin Klein.
(2004) Audio commentary for the film, Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) , with 'Sienna Guillory' and 'Oded Fehr' .
French TV commercial for L'Oréal Cil Architecte Nuit Noire (2005).
Print ads for L'Oreal Paris' Voluminous Volume Building Mascara (2005).
Print ad for Emporio Armani Occhiali
Print ad for Invincible Kiss Proof lipgloss (2005).
Print ads for L'Oreal Paris' Infallible Never Fail Make Up (2005-07).
Print ads for L'Oreal Paris' Studioline haircare styling sprays (2006).
Provided audio commentary for Ultraviolet (2006) .
Co-owner of fashion line "Jovovich/Hawke"
Print ads for Mango (2006).
2006: Print ads for Etro.
Contributed a song to the Underworld (2003) soundtrack: "Rocket Collecting"
(under the name Milla).
Print ads for L'Oreal Paris' HIP (Higher Intensity Pigments) eye shadow (2007).
(2007) Ad campaign for 'Donna Karan' 's Fashion house (2007).
TV commercial for L'Oreal Infinibale Lipstick (2008)
(2011) Print ads for 'Donna Karan' 's "Cashmere Mist" fragrance.
(2012) TV commercials for L'Oreal Paris' Colour Riche lip gloss.
(2012) TV Commercial for L' Oreal eyeliner.
(????) TV commercial: Renown (Japan)
(????) TV commercial: Honda New Odessey (Japan)
(????) TV commercial: Canon Ixy Digital camera (Japan)
(2001) Print ads for L'Oreal Paris' Colour Riche creamy lipcolour.

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Milla Jovovich Trademarks

Husky voice
Feline eyebrows
Brown hair, green-blue eyes and pale skin
Often cast by her husband Paul W.S. Anderson
Often dresses in red in her films and in real life
Hyperactive personality

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