Milla Jovovich's biography
Milla Jovovich is an American actress with Slavic roots who emigrated from the Soviet Union to the United States with her parents when she was a child. She became recognizable when she was very young, and after starring in such popular films as "The Fifth Element", "Apocalypse", "Ultraviolet" and "Resident Evil", she acquires worldwide fame. Beyond her successful acting career, Jovovich has also showcased her talents as a model and singer. She maintains an active lifestyle and remains in demand in Hollywood, starring in recent films "The Future World", "Beginners", and "Hellboy." Net worth: $50 million.
Early years
Milla Jovovich (real name - Militsa Bogdanovna Jovovich) was born in 1975 in the Soviet Union, in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Her parents met when her Dad, Bogdan Jovovich, of Serbian origin, studied medicine in the foreign student program in the USSR. Her mother, Galina Loginova, graduated from The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, and worked at the Dovzhenko film studio. As a student, she starred in the television version of "Shadows disappear at noon," a popular Soviet-era work by Anatoly Ivanov.
Childhood. First challenges
When Milla was 5, her parents moved first to London, then to America. The family settled in Los Angeles, but their rosy dreams of success quickly crumbled. Her father couldn't get his medical license, and her mother couldn't land acting roles due to her accent and fierce competition. Things got worse when Bogdan Jovovich was imprisoned for medical insurance fraud.
Left alone and realizing that dreams could only be achieved through hard work, Milla's mother dedicated all her time and money to the development of her daughter. Milla attended music, ballet, and acting classes. Galina began organizing photo sessions for her daughter. This meant spending most of their time in the car, traveling to different cities for meetings and photo shoots. In the car, the teenage girl had to do homework, sleep, and apply her first makeup.

Her "difficult" personality and struggles with work and school led teenage Milla into tough situations. When she started earning money and became financially independent at sixteen, Milla left home and began abusing alcohol and marijuana.Speaking about her half-Russian heritage, Milla once told journalists that she gets her willpower and stubbornness from her mother, while admitting that her impulsiveness isn't her best trait.
Milla's career as a model
Milla's first photo appeared in the Italian fashion magazine "Lei". When editors discovered the young beauty was only eleven, they initially refused to print the photo. However, the photographer Richard Avedon gave them an ultimatum. The buzz around the beautiful girl's age led to her being photographed constantly. The first contract with Milla was signed when she was 12 years old, and she began to appear in commercials for Revlon, Hugo Boss, and Calvin Klein, earning $3,000 per day of shooting.
Actor career
Riding her fashion success, Jovovich made her film debut in "Night Train to Kathmandu" (1988) and first gained recognition starring in the romantic "Return to the Blue Lagoon," the sequel to the famous film starring supermodel Brooke Shields. After Richard Linklater cut almost all of Milla's scenes from "Dazed and Confused" (1993), she took a break from acting and returned when Luc Besson offered her the lead in his sci-fi blockbuster "The Fifth Element" (1997) alongside Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman.

Personal life of Milla Jovovich
At 16, Jovovich fell in love with her co-star from "Under the buzz and confusion," 21-year-old Sean Andrews, and married him just days later, much to her mother's dismay. Through her mother's intervention and Milla's own realization ("We were stupid and didn't understand what we were doing," she later admitted), their marriage was quickly annulled.


Milla Jovovich Now
Milla Jovovich remains a popular Hollywood actress. In 2018, the actress worked on three projects—the film "Shock and Awe" with Woody Harrelson, the Chinese action film "The Beginners," and James Franco's adventure film "The World of the Future." Her fans were especially excited about the release of the "Hellboy" reboot "Hellboy: Revival of the Bloody Queen" in 2019. The movie didn't receive glowing reviews, but Milla was stunning as the Blood Queen.