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Milica Bogdanovna "Milla" Jovovich〔Serbian Cyrillic: Милица Јововић; (ロシア語:Милица Йовович); (ウクライナ語:Милиця Йовович)〕 ( ; born December 17, 1975) is an American actress, model, musician, and fashion designer. She has appeared in numerous science fiction and action films, leading the music channel VH1 to deem her the "reigning queen of kick-butt" in 2006.〔C. Bottomley, (Milla Jovovich: Building a Perfect Action Star ), March 2, 2006, VH1. 〕 Born in Kiev, Jovovich immigrated with her parents to the United States when she was five. In 1987, she began modeling at the age of 12 when Herb Ritts photographed her for the cover of the Italian magazine ''Lei''.〔 〕 Richard Avedon featured her in Revlon's "Most Unforgettable Women in the World" advertisements. In 1988, Jovovich had her first acting role in the television film ''The Night Train to Kathmandu'', and that year also appeared in her first feature film, ''Two Moon Junction''. Jovovich gained attention for her role in the explicit 1991 romance film ''Return to the Blue Lagoon'', as she was then only 15. She was considered to have a breakthrough with her role in the 1997 French science-fiction film ''The Fifth Element'' written and directed by Luc Besson. She and Besson married that year, but soon divorced. She starred as the heroine and martyr in Besson's ''The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'' (1999). In 2002, Jovovich starred in the science fiction horror film ''Resident Evil'', adapted from the video game series of the same name. It was disliked by critics,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/resident_evil/ )〕 but was commercially successful. She reprised her role in four sequels, all in the apocalyptic fiction action horror genre, made between 2004 and 2012. Jovovich released an album, ''The Divine Comedy'', in 1994. She continues to release demos for other songs on her official website and contributes to film soundtracks. In 2003, she and model Carmen Hawk created the clothing line Jovovich-Hawk. Jovovich has her own production company, Creature Entertainment.〔 == Early life and family == Milla Jovovich was born in 1975 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. In 1980, when Milla was five years old, her family left the Soviet Union for political reasons and emigrated to London. They subsequently immigrated to Sacramento, California, settling in Los Angeles seven months later. Milla's parents divorced soon after their arrival in Los Angeles. In 1988, her father had a relationship with an Argentine woman, and they had a son, Marco Jovovich.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = millaj.com )〕 Due to her parents' divorce years before, Milla saw little of her half brother. In Los Angeles, her mother, Galina Jovovich, tried to get acting jobs, but found little success because of language barriers, and eventually resorted to cleaning houses to earn money. Both parents served as cooks and housekeepers for director Brian De Palma. Milla's father was convicted and imprisoned for participating in an illegal operation concerning medical insurance; he was given a 20-year sentence in 1994,〔 but was released in 1999 after serving five years. According to Milla, "Prison was good for him. He's become a much better person. It gave him a chance to stop and think."〔 Milla attended public schools in Los Angeles, becoming fluent in English in three months. In school, she was teased by classmates for coming from the Soviet Union: "I was called a commie and a Russian spy. I was never, ever, ever accepted into the crowd." At age 12, Milla left seventh grade to focus on modeling, which she had started at age nine. She has said she was rebellious during her early teens, engaging in drug use, shopping mall vandalism, and credit-card fraud.〔 In 1994, she became naturalized as a U.S. citizen at the age of 19. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Milla Jovovich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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