Milla Jovovich was born December 17, 1975 in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine to Bogdanovitch Jovovich (father, Serbian doctor), and Galina Loginova Jovovich (mother, Russian actress). In 1981, Milla and her family left the Soviet Union and moved to London, England and then to Sacramento, California, ultimately settling in Los Angeles.

At the age of eleven, Jovovich was spotted 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 of the Italian fashion magazine Lei, her first of many covers. In 1988, she signed her first professional modeling contract.

Milla's early modeling led to acting roles, and in 1988 she appeared in her first film role in the romance thriller Two Moon Junction. Her first leading role was in Return to the Blue Lagoon in 1991, for which she was nominated for the "Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture" in the 1991 Young Artist Awards. She appeared on some TV shows around this time and also in the films Kuffs (1992), Chaplin (1992), and Dazed and Confused (1993).

Milla's breakout role was as Leeloo, the perfect being in Luc Besson's The Fifth Element (1997). She later starred in several other action movies, including the Resident Evil trilogy (Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)) and Ultraviolet (2006).

Milla has also been in several comedies and dramas, including Spike Lee's He Got Game (1998), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), The Claim (2000), The Million Dollar Hotel (2000), Zoolander (2001), Dummy (2003), No Good Deed (2003), You Stupid Man (2003), and a faux trailer for a non-existent remake of Caligular (2005).

He married actor Shawn Andrews in October of 1992, while filming Dazed and Confused together; the marriage was annulled by her mother a month later. She married The Fifth Element director Luc Besson in 1997, but the two divorced in 1999. Jovovich also dated Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante for several months in 2000 and was linked to actor Stephen Dorff.

Filmography

• Azazel (2008)
• Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
• .45 (2006)
• Ultraviolet (2006)
• Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula (2005)
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
• "King of the Hill" (1 episode, 2002)
• You Stupid Man (2002)
• The House on Turk Street (2002)
• Resident Evil (2002)
• Dummy (2002)
• Zoolander (2001)
• The Claim (2000)
• 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 (1993)
• Chaplin (1992)
• Kuffs (1992)
• Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
• "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" (1 episode, 1990)
• "Married with Children" (1 episode, 1989)
• "Paradise" (1 episode, 1988)
• The Night Train to Kathmandu (1988) (TV)
• Two Moon Junction (1988)