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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 a  Serbian
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 the 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, the communist government imprisoned him on Goli
Otok. When he feared that he could be arrested again,
he escaped to Albania and later came to the Soviet Union,
in Kiev. Bogic, Milla's father, later joined him in Kiev
where he and his sister graduated in medicine.
Milla Jovovich in the first Resident Evil film.The Jovovics
later moved to London and in 1981, when Milla 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 (1991) which led to inevitable comparisons
between her and another child model-turned-actress, Brooke
Shields (who had starred in the original The Blue Lagoon
11 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.
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