Sandra Bullock
Biography
Sandra
Annette Bullock was born in Arlington, Virginia on July 26, 1964.
This part German and Alabamian was raised in Arlington. Being the
oldest of two children, Sandra, her baby sister and their mom used
to travel to Europe often because her mom was a renowned opera singer.
After
having completed high school, Sandra attended East Carolina University
majoring in drama. Since Sandra knew that fame wasn't simply handed
to a person, she decided to jump start her career and, with the
approval of her parents, she left University before acquiring her
degree, packed up and moved to New York.
Once
she arrived in the Big Apple, Sandra didn't waste any time and enrolled
in intensive acting classes whilst simultaneously holding a bartending
job. She was a bartender for three years after that while she worked
hard at achieving her dream of becoming an actress. Sandra went
to every casting call and audition she could.
Sandra
got herself an agent and began acting in television with the role
of a beautiful bionic woman in the 1989 show entitled Bionic Showdown:
The Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman.
After
her stint on television, she moved to LA and landed her first starring
role in NBC's adaptation of the movie Working Girl. Unfortunately,
the show only lasted for six episodes, in which case, Sandra had
to resort to holding various odd jobs.
Trying
hard to boost her career, she took a role in the 1992 film entitled
Love Potion No. 9 . Even if the film did not reach incredible heights
or land her other bigger movie roles, it did introduce her to Tate
Donovan, her boyfriend for the three years that followed.
As she
slowly began making her way into mainstream, Sandra managed to land
herself five film roles in '93. Her most noticeable film of that
year, however, was Demolition Man with co-stars Sylvester Stallone
and Wesley Snipes. Although her part in the film was not that of
epic-proportion, producer of the film, Joel Silver, introduced her
to his friend and colleague, director Jan De Bont. De Bont gave
Sandra the female lead in the action movie Speed alongside Keanu
Reeves. Speed launched her popularity intensely, which led her to
star in movies like While You Were Sleeping and A Time To Kill,
where she began earning a seven digit salary.
A few
years later Sandra began her own production company called Fortis
Films. Her first project was Hope Floats, and even though it only
achieved a minimal amount of success, her career came back in full
force when she starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Practical Magic.
Sandra
then lent her voice to The Prince of Egypt, and in 1999 Sandra starred
in the romantic comedy Forces of Nature, opposite Ben Affleck and
28 Days in which she plays a recovering alcoholic.
Proving
to be a master of physical comedy, she starred as Miss Congeniality
in 2000, and was next seen in the 2002 thriller Murder By Numbers.
She can also add Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, co-starring
Ashley Judd, and the romantic comedy Two Weeks Notice, to her already
long filmography.
Sandra Bullock Filmography
Grace (2006) .... Grace
Metalious
Have You Heard? (2006) .... Harper Lee
Mare, Il (2006) .... Kate Forster
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) .... Gracie Hart
Loverboy (2005) .... Mrs. Harker
Crash (2004) .... Jean Cabot
Two Weeks Notice (2002) .... Lucy Kelson
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) .... Siddalee 'Sidda'
Walker
Murder by Numbers (2002) .... Cassie Mayweather
... aka Murd3r 8y Num8ers (USA: promotional title)
Miss Congeniality (2000) .... Gracie Hart
... aka Miss Undercover (Europe: DVD title)
28 Days (2000) .... Gwen Cummings
Gun Shy (2000) .... Judy Tipp
... aka Gunshy (Australia: video title)
Forces of Nature (1999) .... Sarah Lewis
The Prince of Egypt (1998) (voice) .... Miriam
Practical Magic (1998) .... Sally Owens
Making Sandwiches (1998) .... Melba Club
Hope Floats (1998) .... Birdee Pruitt
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) .... Annie Porter
In Love and War (1996) .... Agnes 'Aggie/Ag' von Kurowsky
A Time to Kill (1996) .... Ellen Roark
Two If by Sea (1996) .... Roz
... aka Stolen Hearts
The Net (1995) .... Angela Bennett/Ruth Marx
While You Were Sleeping (1995) .... Lucy Eleanor Moderatz
Speed (1994) .... Annie Porter
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993) .... Elaine
Fire on the Amazon (1993) (V) .... Alyssa Rothman
... aka Lost Paradise
Demolition Man (1993) .... Lt. Lenina Huxley
The Thing Called Love (1993) .... Linda Lue Linden
The Vanishing (1993) .... Diane Shaver
Love Potion No. 9 (1992) .... Diane Farrow
When the Party's Over (1992) .... Amanda
Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1992) .... Lori
... aka Me and the Mob
"Lucky/Chances" (1990) (mini) TV Series .... Maria Santangelo
... aka Jackie Collins' Lucky/Chances (USA: complete title)
"Working Girl" (1990) TV Series .... Tess McGill (!990)
The Preppie Murder (1989) (TV) .... Stacy
Who Shot Patakango? (1989) .... Devlin Moran
... aka Breakin' the Rules (UK)
... aka Brooklyn Love Story
... aka Who Shot Pat?
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
(1989) (TV) .... Kate Mason
Religion, Inc. (1989) .... Debby
... aka A Fool and His Money
Hangmen (1987) .... Lisa Edwards |
