Milla Jovovich

 Milica Bogdanovna Jovovich (/joUv@vItS/YOH-v@–vitch) is also called Milla Jovovich is an American actress. Her role as a model in a variety of science fiction and action films have led VH1 to call her as one of the "reigning queens of kick-butt". In 2006, Forbes ranked her the top model and actress in the United States. Jovovich was born in Kiev (now Kyiv), and started modeling in 1987 after Herb Ritts took a photo of her to use for the cover of the magazine. Richard Avedon featured Jovovich in Revlon's "Most Amazing woman in the Worldads. Jovovich's first screen appearance was in 1988 with The Night Train to Kathmandu. She was also in Two Moon Junction, her first feature film. Jovovich was only 15 when she appeared in the romantic film of 1991 Return to the Blue Lagoon. The role she played in The Fifth Element, a 1997 French science-fiction action film directed and written by Luc Besson was considered a significant breakthrough. Besson and her were married that year but split shortly after.