Milla Jovovich

Milla Jovovich
Jovovich at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
Born	Milica Bogdanovna Jovovich (1975-12-17) December 17, 1975 (age 41) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Actress fashion designer model musician singer
Years active	1985–present
Spouse(s)	Shawn Andrews (m. 1992; annulled 1992) Luc Besson (m. 1997; div. 1999) Paul W. S. Anderson (m. 2009)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Bogić Jovović Galina Jovovich
Website	millaj.com

Milica Bogdanovna "Milla" Jovovich (/ˈjoʊvəvɪtʃ/ YOH-və-vich; born December 17, 1975) is an American actress, model, musician, and fashion designer. She has appeared in numerous science fiction and action films, leading the music channel VH1 to deem her the "reigning queen of kick-butt" in 2006. In 2004, she was the highest-paid model in the world according to Forbes.

Born in Kiev, Jovovich emigrated with her parents to the United States when she was five. In 1987, she began modeling at the age of 12 when Herb Ritts photographed her for the cover of the Italian magazine Lei.Richard Avedon featured her in Revlon's "Most Unforgettable Women in the World" advertisements. In 1988, Jovovich had her first acting role in the television film The Night Train to Kathmandu, and that year also appeared in her first feature film, Two Moon Junction.

Jovovich gained attention for her role in the explicit 1991 romance film Return to the Blue Lagoon, as she was then only 15. She was considered to have a breakthrough with her role in the 1997 French science-fiction film The Fifth Element written and directed by Luc Besson. She and Besson married that year, but soon divorced. She starred as the heroine and martyr in Besson's The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999).