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Milla Jovovich was born December 17, 1975 in Kyiv, Ukraine to father Bogdanovitch Jovovich (Serbian doctor) and mother Galina Loginova Jovovich (Russian actress)
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Milla and her family left the Soviet Union and moved to London, England and then to Sacramento, California, ultimately settling in Los Angeles.
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at the age of nine she began her remarkable modeling career.
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When I was twelve, the legendary photographer Richard Avedon chose her as one of "The Most Unforgettable Women in the World" by Revlon, and has since held the cover of over 150 magazines worldwide.
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she appeared on the big screen for the first time in the film Two Moon Junction and in the television film The Night Train to Kathmandu.
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Her first leading role was in Return to the Blue Lagoon in 1991, for which she was nominated for the "Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture" in the 1991 Young Artist Awards.
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there was light in the life of Milla Jovovich when director Luc Besson chose from over 2,000 candidates to play Leeloo in The Fifth Element movie in which he worked no less than Bruce Willis. Such was the magnetism between Milla and director Luc Besson ended as a pair - although he was 16 years her senior
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married in 1998.
In 1999, Milla Jovovich plays Joan of Arc in the movie of the same name directed by her husband. Despite the success of the film, the marriage was in crisis. Finally, Milla and Luc divorce. -
Milla achieved box office success in the U.S. and worldwide with the action thriller "Resident Evil". Based on the popular video game, "Resident Evil" was written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. Then he repeated the role of Alice, the heroine hunt zombies in "Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse"
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Milla Jovovich gave birth to a girl named Ever Gabo Jovovich Anderson, from his last relationship with the English filmmaker Paul W. S. Anderson.