Milla Jovovich

 Milica Bogdanovna Jovovich (/'joUv@vItS/ YOH-v@-vitch; born December 17, 1975), known professionally as Milla Jovovich, is an American actress and model. Her starring roles in numerous science-fiction and action films made the music channel VH1 to declare her the "reigning queen of kick-butt" in 2006.In 2004, Forbes determined that she was the most expensive model in the world.Born in Kiev (now Kyiv) and raised in Los Angeles, Jovovich began modeling when Herb Ritts photographed her for the cover of the Italian magazine Lei in 1987. Richard Avedon featured Jovovich in Revlon's "Most Unforgettable Woman in the Worldads. In 1988, Jovovich made her screen debut in the television movie The Night Train to Kathmandu and was also in her debut feature film, Two Moon Junction.Jovovich was noticed for her performance in the 1991 romance film Return to the Blue Lagoon, as she was fifteen years old at the time. Her performance in The Fifth Element, a 1997 French science-fiction action film directed and written by Luc Besson was considered a major step forward. She and Besson were married in the same year, however, they divorced shortly afterwards.