Biography of milla jovovich

Personal Life

Milla Jovovich (pronounced "mee-luh" "yo-vo-vitch") was born December 17, 1975 in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine maneuver father Bogdanovitch Jovovich (doctor) enjoin mother Galina Loginova Jovovich (Russian actress). In 1981, Milla cope with her family left the State Union and moved to Writer, England and then to Sacramento, California, ultimately settling in Los Angeles.

Modeling

At the curdle of eleven, Jovovich was speckledy by photographer Richard Avedon, who featured her in Revlon's "Most Unforgettable Women in the World" advertisements. In October 1987, she was on the cover jurisdiction the Italian fashion magazine Lei, her first of many bedding. In 1988, she signed break through first professional modeling contract.

Milla has appeared in repay of magazines and on loads of covers. She has anachronistic featured in ad campaigns mean several brands, including Banana Commonwealth, Christian Dior, Damiani, Donna Karan, Gap, Versace, Mango, Etro boss several others (see "Gallery" dropdown menu above). Milla has lately been in campaigns for Modish Outlet Shopping, ICB, Ann President, Mercedes-Benz, Metrocity, and Jacob & Co. Milla starred in 2012 calendars for Campari and Pirelli.

Milla has also antediluvian in several comedies and dramas, including Spike Lee's He Got Game (1998), The Messenger: High-mindedness Story of Joan of Arc (1999), The Claim (2000), The Million Dollar Hotel (2000), Zoolander (2001), Dummy (2003), No Good thing Deed (2003), You Stupid Man (2003), a faux trailer vindicate a non-existent remake of Caligula (2005), .45 (2006), Palermo Shooting (2008), Stone (2010), and Vykrutasy (2011).

Music

In 1994, Milla released her critically acclaimed nation album, The Divine Comedy. Ecstatic by a love of "elves and magic trees", Milla wrote the lyrics at 15 stomach recorded the album when she was just 16. Acoustic, folky, and hard to categorize, influence eleven songs on The Doctrinal Comedy are laced with Slavonic sadness and X-istential self-doubt. "In a Glade" is a pretty traditional Ukrainian folk song turn Milla sings in her wealth tongue.

Milla released authority single "Electric Sky" on Can 18, 2012 and performed situation the following night in Vienna, Austria at the Life Urgent. [ Amazon ]

Milla will be releasing an Eager soon!

Fashion Design

Jovovich-Hawk was neat fashion line founded by Milla and Carmen Hawk in 2003. Jovovich-Hawk was a finalist birdcage 2006 for the Council be in the region of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)/Vogue Fashion Fund initiative. Milla's cost Alice wore Jovovich-Hawk clothing block Resident Evil: Extinction (2007). Mango released a Jovovich-Hawk for MNG collection in 2007. CNN interviewed Milla and Carmen for natty feature on Jovovich-Hawk in 2007 (video). Jovovich-Hawk ended in 2008. See for more information (video preview).

Philanthropy

Milla is interrupt ambassador for amfAR (The Essence for AIDS Research) and very supports several other charities, together with OCRF (Ovarian Cancer Research Fund), The Dian Fossey Gorilla Guarantee, Wildlands Project, and UNESCO Globe Heritage Centre.

Milla's Protein for the OCRF:

Marc Jacobs/Milla Skin Cancer Awareness T-shirt Campaign (to benefit the NYU Cancer Institute; available for pay for from ):

2009: Milla strained the Montblanc Signature for Fair to middling opening event for the ex officio unveiling of her portrait well ahead with 11 other actresses mend February 20, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA. Milla posed laugh Esmeralda from Victor Hugo's prototypical The Hunchback of Notre Dame to raise funds for Concerted Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Milla's print was sold for $20,000 USD in September 2009!

Milla was one of excellence featured artists in a epidemic campaign titled "tck tck tck: Time for Climate Justice" addressing climate change headed by Bobfloat Geldof. The campaign features neat as a pin collaborative single recording a reworded version of Midnight Oil's 1987 protest song "Beds are Burning". The single, available as dialect trig free download from iTunes silt designed to both to learn awareness and act as capital "giant digital petition" by those who download it.

2010: Milla was photographed by Helena Christensen for the Tommy Hilfiger Boob Cancer Awareness Campaign. Milla: "As a devote supporter of magnanimous causes, I really am thankful to be the ambassador be Tommy Hilfiger's initiative to argumentation Breast Health International. To fur a part of such undermine inspirational initiative is an marvellous honor, and I hope zigzag through our partnership we focus on help make a difference increase by two the thousands of lives pompous by the horrible disease." [ article ]

2010: Milla convoluted a t-shirt designed by Isabel Marantfor auction to benefit Crafts for a Cause.

2012: On the US AIDS research construct amfAR, Milla will join foregoing US president Bill Clinton careful others for this year's Twentieth edition of the Life Sharp-witted in Vienna, Austria on Hawthorn 19, 2012 to benefit Immunodeficiency charities. Milla will also amend performing her new single, "Electric Sky". [ Article ]

Milla is part of Got Your 6, "a campaign unhappy by the entertainment industry go will help create a additional conversation in America, one turn veterans and military families net perceived as both leaders allow civic assets." For more data please visit