Milla Jovovich
Date of birth: 1975-12-17
Place of birth: Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Milica Natasha Jovovich, Milla Yovovich, Milica Bogdanovna Jovovich
Biography
Milla Jovovich (born December 17, 1975) is an American actress, supermodel, musician, and fashion designer of Ukrainian descent. She was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. In essence, she began in a number of science fiction and action films, for which the music channel VH1 called her "the reigning royal of strikes." She has appeared on the cover of more than a hundred magazines, and has also starred in films such as The Fifth Element (1997), Ultraviolet (2006), and the 'Resident Evil' franchise. Jovovich began modeling at eleven, when Richard Avedon featured her in Revlon's "Most Unforgettable Women in the World" advertisements, and she continued her career with other campaigns for L'Oréal cosmetics, Banana Republic, Christian Dior, Donna Karan, and Versace. In 1988, she had her first professional acting role in the television film The Night Train to Kathmandu, and later that year she appeared in her first feature film, Two Moon Junction. Following more small television appearances such as the "Fair Exchange" (1989) and a 1989 role as a French girl (she was 14 at the time then) on a Married with Children episode and film roles, she gained notoriety with the romance film Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). She appeared in 1993's Dazed and Confused alongside Ben Affleck and Matthew McConaughey. Jovovich then acted alongside Bruce Willis in the science fiction film The Fifth Element (1997), and later played the title role in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). In 2002, she starred in the video game adaptation Resident Evil, which spawned five sequels: Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016). In addition to her modelling and acting career, Jovovich released a music album, The Divine Comedy in 1994. She continues to release demos for other songs on her official website and contributes to film soundtracks as well; Jovovich has yet to release another album. In 2003, she and model Carmen Hawk created the clothing line Jovovich-Hawk, which ceased operations in early 2008. In its third season prior to its demise, the pieces could be found at Fred Segal in Los Angeles, Harvey Nichols, and over 50 stores around the world.
Movie Credits
The Fifth Element
1997-05-02
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the k
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1996-11-15
Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000-02-09
A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Ang
Resident Evil
2002-03-15
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombie
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
2004-09-10
As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the prev
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999-10-27
In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she
No Good Deed
2002-06-28
While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon
Playing Dead: Resident Evil from Game to Screen
2002-07-30
Resident Evil featurette.
Chaplin
1992-12-17
An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealt
The Fourth Kind
2009-11-05
Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone m
Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated
2004-12-28
Resident Evil: Apocalypse featurette.
You Stupid Man
2002-11-02
An actress dumps her boyfriend when she gets a television show. He finally gets over the breakup and
Resident Evil: Extinction
2007-09-20
Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make i
Game Babes
2004-12-24
Resident Evil: Apocalypse featurette.
Resident Road Map: Reflections on the Future of the Series
2008-01-01
Resident Evil: Extinction featurette.
Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing 'Resident Evil: Extinction'
2008-01-01
Resident Evil: Extinction featurette.
He Got Game
1998-05-01
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter pri
Program Alice: Activated
2010-12-28
Resident Evil: Afterlife featurette.
Undead Evolution: Making 'Resident Evil: Afterlife'
2010-12-28
Resident Evil: Afterlife featurette.
A Perfect Getaway
2009-06-08
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journe
Back from the Afterlife: Making 'Resident Evil: Retribution'
2012-12-18
Cast comes back and returns. Featuring footage/segments from Resident Evil Afterlife.
Dazed and Confused
1993-09-24
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student R
Zoolander
2001-09-28
Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when h
Ultraviolet
2006-03-03
In the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by
Return to the Blue Lagoon
1991-08-02
In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pac
.45
2006-11-30
Kate and her brutish boyfriend Big Al sell handguns on the streets of New York. She's smart, stylish
Resident Evil: Afterlife
2010-09-01
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her
Kuffs
1992-01-10
George Kuffs didn't finish high-school, just lost his job, and his college-age girlfriend is pregnan
Blood Into Wine
2010-02-19
Music fans know Maynard James Keenan as the frontman of such bands as Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Pu
Stone
2010-10-07
Parole officer Jack Mabry has only a few weeks left before retirement and wishes to finish out the c
The Claim
2000-12-29
A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty
Lucky Trouble
2011-01-12
Who said you have to win to be a champion? Slava Kolotiloff, a schoolteacher from a sleepy seaside t
Dummy
2002-09-12
An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but
The Night Train to Kathmandu
1988-06-05
A young girl leaves for Nepal with her parents and brother. She is unhappy to leave her home at firs
Faces in the Crowd
2011-10-25
Anna is living with "face-blindness" after surviving a serial killer's attack. As she lives with her
Dirty Girl
2010-09-12
When Danielle is banished to special education because of her misbehavior, she joins Clarke on a roa
Resident Evil: Retribution
2012-09-12
The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global pop
Bringing Up Bobby
2011-11-25
Bringing Up Bobby is the story of a European con-artist and her son Bobby, who find themselves in Ok
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
2016-12-23
Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice is the only survivor of
Cymbeline
2014-09-03
War erupts between dirty cops and outlaw bikers as a drug kingpin tries to protect his empire.
Withorwithout
2018-10-17
After a couple is terrorized by a pack of mysterious killers, the truth of their origin becomes the
Breathe
2024-04-04
Air-supply is scarce in the near future, forcing a mother and daughter to fight for survival when tw
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
2005-06-15
This is a short film based on the 1979 film of the same name. The film is stylized with the actors w
Worldbreaker
2025-10-30
Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dim
Survivor
2015-05-21
A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is
Zoolander 2
2016-02-06
Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the bus
Two Moon Junction
1988-04-29
A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marri
Future World
2018-05-25
A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.
Midnight
A young, blind woman is hunted by a group of international criminals searching for a package they be
Der Bernd
2012-07-04
Teen Vid II
1991-01-01
Video magazine with interviews, behind-the-scenes and music videos, including several young stars su
Hellboy
2019-04-10
Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But thei
Shock and Awe
2017-12-09
A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the
Hummingbird
A black-ops assassin is forced to confront her true identity while going after her latest mark.
Paradise Hills
2019-08-29
A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's
Monster Hunter
2020-12-03
A portal transports Cpt. Artemis and an elite unit of soldiers to a strange world where powerful mon
Clint Howard Reboots Pippi Longstocking with Milla Jovovich and Fred Willard
2015-07-20
Marvel movies are all the rage, and Clint Howard thinks it's time for a certain redhead to become a
The Rookies
2019-07-12
Extreme sport lover Zhou Feng got involved in an international illegal trade by accident. So he had
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
2019-07-23
Documentary on the making of the 2019 movie.
See Know Evil
2018-11-09
An uncensored look into the life of '90s fashion photographer and youth culture icon, Davide Sorrent
Showbiz Kids
2020-07-14
A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal an
The Three Musketeers
2011-08-31
The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Muskete
Behind Bars: The Making of Stone
2011-01-18
A closer look into the filmmaking of "Stone".
In the Lost Lands
2025-02-27
A queen sends the powerful and feared sorceress Gray Alys to the ghostly wilderness of the Lost Land
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002-01-09
Featuring inverviews from: Afrika Bambaataa, Ashford & Simpson, Jackson Browne, Kim Burell, Taylor D
Palermo Shooting
2008-11-20
After the wild lifestyle of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Pa
Twilight of the Dead
The dead rose, the world fell, and life has all but disappeared. Marooned on a remote tropical islan
Protector
2026-03-12
Former war hero Nikki's peaceful life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the c
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter Retaliation Mode
2017-05-16
Alice returns to where the nightmare began: The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation
The House of the Dead
Follows agents attempting to stop a mutant outbreak caused by a sinister organization. They must res
UV Protection: The Making of 'Ultraviolet'
2006-06-27
A short documentary about the making of Ultraviolet. It delves into castings, directing, visual effe
The Making of Resident Evil
2002-07-30
A behind the scenes look into the making of resident evil where the cast and crew breaks down the pr
Retaliation Mode: Making 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter'
2017-05-16
Join Milla Jovovich, Paul W.S. Anderson, the cast and crew of 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter' as
The Evolution of Resident Evil: Bridge to Extinction
2007-12-31
The making of "Resident Evil: Extinction."
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse
2007-12-31
The making of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse."
Corporate Malfeasance
2004-12-24
Short documentary on the role of the Umbrella Corporation in 'Resident Evil: Apocalypse'.
Symphony of Evil
2004-12-24
Short featuring a montage of storyboards, pre-visualization sequences, and screen tests from the fil