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Milla Jovovich
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Who is Milla Jovovich?
Milla Jovovich whose full name address to be Milica Bogdanovna Jovovich is an American actress, model, and musician. She is well known for her roles in many science-fiction and action films.
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| Birth Name | Milica Bogdanovna Jovovich |
| Born | December 17, 1975 |
| Age | 45 yrs |
| Mother | Galina Jovovich |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 feet 8 inches |
| Weight | 64 kg |
| Spouse | Paul W. S. Anderson |
| Children | Ever Anderson, Dashiel Edan, Osian Lark Elliot. |
| Net Worth | $50 million |
Milla Jovovich Bio
Milla Jovovich was born on December 17, 1975, in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR. She is the daughter of Soviet Russian actress Galina and Serbian doctor Bogdan Jovović. Milla’s paternal ancestors were from the beautiful Vasojevići clan of Montenegro. They have also lived in Kosovo. Her childhood was mostly passed in Moscow, Russian SFSR that is in her mother’s native city. Jovovich revealed that she was born in Ukraine “pretty much by accident”. She left for the Soviet Union in 1980. At that time, Milla was only 5 years old.
After that, she subsequently emigrated to Sacramento, California with her family. They lived in Los Angeles after seven months of staying in California. Very soon, Milla’s parents divorced. Her father got into a relationship with another woman with whom he convinced a son named Marco Jovovich. Milla’s mother struggled a lot to get a job in the acting industry but only tasted little success in this field. The main reason for her failure was language barriers that eventually pulled her to clean houses to earn money. Her mother used to work in the house of director Brian De Palma.
Our Queen attended public schools in Los Angeles which improved her English a lot in less than 3 months. At the beginning of her school, she got bullied by her friends for coming from the Soviet Union. Milla was named as a commie and taken as a Russian spy. She is in grade 7 drop out to pursue a career in modeling. She has started modeling at the age of 9 though. Jovovich grabbed naturalized U.S. citizens at the age of 19.
Her mother raised her to be a movie star.
Age, height, and weight
This gorgeous actress is 45 years. Her height is 5 feet and 8 inches with a weight of 64 kg.
Career
Milla enrolled in acting classes in 1985 by Galina Loginova. After she picked the acting jobs, she started to attend schools to learn acting rather than continuing her academic education. Her first debut professional role was as Samantha Delongpre in the romantic thriller Two Moon Junction in 1998. The very same year she appeared in a Tv film as Lily McLeod in The Night Train to Kathmandu. Her other television series are Paradise, Married… with Children Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, and so on.
Movies
When she was age 15, she portrayed in the lead role of the Blue Lagoon (1991) alongside Brian Krause. People compared Jovovich to Brooke Shields for her looks as she was immensely beautiful and hot. It was very controversial at the end as it included Shields and Milla had nude scenes in the movie. Milla Jovovich was nominated for the “Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture” in 1991.
After so many awards, She appeared alongside Christian Slater in the comedy Kuffs. The very same here, we can see her as Mildred Harris in the Charlie Chaplin biography Chaplin. Milla Jovovich also performed in Richard Linklater’s work Dazed and Confused.
Milla Jovovich replayed the role of Alice in the movie Resident Evil: Extinction in 2007. This was the third Resident Evil series. This movie earned an estimated amount of $24 million on its opening weekend. It became the box office topper for a week. She has also impersonated in David Twohy’s movie A Perfect Getaway. This thriller movie was about a newly married couple and their honeymoon trip to Hawaii.
She reciprocated as Alice in the fourth series of the movie Resident Evil series, Afterlife directed by her very own husband Paul W. S. Anderson. There she was drawing the role of a mother and troubled high school student. This movie premiered at Toronto Film Festival.
Milla also asterisked in Paul W. S. Anderson’s as Milady de Winter.
Milla had appeared in almost all the movie series of Resident Evil: Retribution as Alice. She did the fifth installment of Resident Evil released on September 14, 2012. Jovovich procured the role of drug lord opposite to Tommy Lee Jones in the 2018 movie Future World.
Music
Her music journey started on a music album as early as 1988. There she was signed by SBK Records. Milla propounds in an interview in August 1990. She has also written songs when she was around 15 years old.
Spouse and daughter
Her husband, Paul W. S. Anderson is a film writer and director. They married on August 22, 2009. They met during the movie shooting of Resident Evil. Milla and Paul have three daughters named Ever Anderson, Dashiel Edan, and Osian Lark Elliot.
Net worth
Milla Jovovich has a net worth of $50 million. Her wealth sources are from film, television, and modeling.
Social media of Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich has an Instagram with 3.75 followers, 875 following and 1537 posts. She has a Twitter account of followers 1.3M and 2,709 followers. Her Instagram username is @millajovovich and her Twitter account of username @millajovich.
Rumors and controversies
It was rumored that Milla is all set to be a part of Paradise Hills opposite Emma Roberts. She also re-teamed with Paul W.S. Anderson for the new sci-fi action thriller ‘Hummingbird’.
