Milla Jovovich — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

💥Milica Bogdanovna Jovovich. Born in 1975 in Kyiv, Ukraine. She was the only child in the family. Her father worked as a doctor, and her mother was an actress. As a child, the family moved first to the UK, and then to the US. She studied at Excelsior School in Los Angeles. She works as an actress, model, singer, and producer. Since 2009, she has been married to director Paul W. S. Anderson, and the couple has 3 daughters: Ever, Dashiel, and Osian.

🏆Main awards🏆: Saturn (2000) [The Fifth Element], Scream Award (2007) [Resident Evil: Extinction]

🎬Main projects🎬: "The Fifth Element" (1997), "Resident Evil" (2002), "Joan of Arc" (1999), "Ultraviolet" (2006), "Return to the Blue Lagoon" (1991)

⭐Interesting fact⭐: Milla is fluent in English, Russian, and Serbian.

Filmography

3

2002 Resident Evil Alice

2004 Resident Evil: Apocalypse Alice

2025 Protector Nikki

Awards & recognition

1 nominations · 1 Award ceremony

Saturn Awards 1 nominations

Best Actress Resident Evil 2003

Interesting facts

8

1
In her Twitter, Jovovich said that by birth she is an Orthodox Christian, but can go "to any church where there will be love and spirituality".
2
Although the most common pronunciation of the actress's first and last name in the world is "Mil-ah Jo-vo-vich," the correct one is "Mee-lah Yoh-ve-vich."
3
Milla's first marriage to actor Shawn Andrews was annulled by the actress's mother, since Milla was only 16 years old at the time. The marriage, concluded in Las Vegas, lasted from October to November 1992.
4
In 1994, Milla released a music CD, "The Divine Comedy."
5
Fluent in Russian, Serbian, and French.
6
Milla's father is a Serbian pediatrician who moved from Belgrade to the USSR and there married her mother.
7
Milla is left-handed.
8
Milla's mother is Soviet actress Galina Loginova, who appeared alongside Konstantin Raikin and Tatyana Vedeneyeva.