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Militza Natasha Jovovich a.k.a. Milla Jovovich
(born December 17, 1975 in Kiev, Ukraine), is a
actor|actress, musician, and model. She was born
to a Serbian father Bogić Jovović and
Russian people|Russian mother Galina Loginova
Jovović. Her last name is pronounced
"yo-vo-vitsh."

Milla's family is Montenegrins|Montenegrin in
origin, their estate being at Metohija  in Zlopek near
Pec|Peć. Her great-grandfather Bogic Camic
Jovovic|Bogić Camić Jovović was
flag-bearer of the Vasojevici|Vasojevići Serb
tribes|tribe and officer of the guard of the King
Nicholas I of Montenegro; his wife's name was also
Militza. Her grandfather Bogdan Jovovic|Bogdan
Jovović 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. Bogić, Milla's father, later
joined him in Kiev where he and his sister
graduated in
medicine.http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.co.yu/arhiva/
2000/07/18/srpski/F00071702.shtm




The Jovovićs later moved to London and in
1981, when Milla was five years old, to
Sacramento, California|Sacramento; just seven
months later they settled in Los Angeles,
California|Los Angeles. She has done extensive
modeling since she was eleven years old. She
speaks Serbian language|Serbian, Russian
language|Russian, French language|French and
English language|English fluently.

She became an 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 Blue Lagoon (1980
film)|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 movies based upon the
survival horror game|survival horror series,
Resident Evil.

In 1994, Jovovich, billed under her first name,
Milla, released her critically acclaimed first
musical album, The Divine Comedy (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, and
has appeared on The Crystal Method album Legion of
Boom.

Milla married Shawn Andrews in 1992 during the
filming of Dazed and Confused (film)|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.

==Filmography==
*Resident Evil: Afterlife (2006)
*Ultraviolet (film)|Ultraviolet (2006)
*Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
*You Stupid Man (2002)
*No Good Deed (formerly known as The House on Turk
St.) (2002)
*Resident Evil (film)|Resident Evil (2002)
*Dummy (movie)|Dummy (2002)
*Zoolander (2001)
*The Claim (2000) (formerly known as Kingdom Come)
*The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
*The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
*He Got Game (1998)
*The Fifth Element (1997)
*Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused
(1993)
*Kuffs (1992)
*Chaplin (1992)
*Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
*The Night Train to Kathmandu (1988) (TV)
*Two Moon Junction (1988)

==Discography==
*The Divine Comedy_(album)|The Divine Comedy -
released April 1994 (single: "Gentleman Who Fell")
*The Peopletree Sessions - unauthorized 1998
release that still turns up with Amazon and other
retailers
*The Million Dollar Hotel
*Hollywood Goes Wild benefit compilation - "On the
Hill" by her band, Plastic Has Memory

==External links==
* http://www.millaj.com/ Official site
* imdb name|id=0000170|name=Milla Jovovich
* http://www.millanews.com/ Official European
Milla fansite
* http://www.millaj.com.ru/ Official Russian Milla
fansite