Sandra Bullock
QUICK FACTSNAME
Sandra Bullock
OCCUPATION
Film Actress
BIRTH DATE
July 26, 1964 (age 54)
DID YOU KNOW?
Sandra Bullock is the only person to be named 'Entertainer of the Year' twice by Entertainment Weekly, having gained the honor in 2009 and 2013.
EDUCATION
Washington-Lee High School, East Carolina University
PLACE OF BIRTH
Arlington, Virginia
ZODIAC SIGN
Leo
Biography of Sandra Bullock
Film actress, Actress, Film actor / Film actress (1964-)
The Academy Award-winning actress, Sandra Bullock, is known for her roles in such films as "Speed," "The Proposal," "The Blind Side," and "Gravity."
Who is Sandra Bullock?
Born on July 26, 1964 in Arlington, Virginia, Sandra Bullock made her first theatrical appearance at age five at an opera in Germany. She later became widely known for her role in the 1994 hit Speed. Since then, she has participated in many more films, and won an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe for her performance in The Blind Side (2009), based on the real-life story of footballer Michael Oher. In 2013 he starred opposite George Clooney in the critically acclaimed Gravity box office hit. She was named the artist of the year by Entertainment Weekly in 2009 and 2013.
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Sandra Bullock
Husband and children
Bullock was married to Jesse James, star of the television hit Monster Garage, on July 16, 2005. The couple divorced in June 2010, after news of his relationship with tattoo model Michelle McGee reached the newspapers. Later, James apologized for the incident, but Bullock filed for divorce and announced that he would retain sole custody of his newly adopted son, Louis. The actress later began dating the model and photographer Bryan Randall.
In December 2015, Bullock announced that he had adopted a three-and-a-half-year-old girl, Laila, from a Louisiana foster home.
"When I look at Laila, I have no doubt that she was supposed to be here," Bullock told People. "I can tell you absolutely, the exact correct children came to me at the exact moment."
Films
Early career
Bullock got his first concert at the age of 21 in an off-Broadway production of No Time Flat. She used critical acclaim for her acting to attract an agent, but her first acting jobs, which included small parts on television and B-movies, were unsuccessful and sometimes embarrassing. Bullock made a short career as Tess McGill in the NBC comedy Working Girl (based on the hit movie of the same name), followed by a co-starring role in the romantic comedy Love Potion No. 9 (1992).
'Demolition man', 'Speed'
In 1993, Bullock replaced Lori Petty in the futuristic vehicle Sylvester Stallone Demolition Man, but critics largely criticized the film as "incoherent" and "unidimensional". It was from the box office success Speed (1994) that it obtained its wide recognition. Playing alongside Keanu Reeves, Bullock's brave performance helped drive commercial success from what was otherwise an otherwise generic performance feature.
'While you were sleeping' to 'Miss Sympathy'
In the mid-1990s, Bullock appeared in a steady stream of big-budget productions of varying commercial success. While films like While You Were Sleeping (1995), The Net (1995) and A Time to Kill (1996) performed well, others like Two If By Sea (1996) and Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) , were office failures Bullock starred with Nicole Kidman in the comedy Practical Magic (1998) and with Harry Connick Jr. in Hope Floats that same year. In an attempt to expand his dramatic range, Bullock appeared as a columnist for an alcoholic newspaper sent to rehabilitation in 28 days (2000). The film, a mixture of dark comedy and melodrama, received lukewarm reviews, although her comedy of beauty Miss Congeniality (2000) had a good performance at the box office.
'The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Brotherhood'
After a brief pause, Bullock returned in early 2002 with Murder by Numbers, a crime thriller in which he plays a detective responsible for tracking down a duo of emotion killers. During the same year, he also appeared in a film version of the hit novel The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Two Weeks Notice, a romantic comedy co-starring Hugh Grant.
'Miss Sympathy 2' to 'Premonition'
Dividing his time between comedy and drama, Bullock starred in Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) and the romantic drama The Lake House with Speed, co-star of Reeves. In Infamous (2006), an adaptation of a book by George Plimpton on Truman Capote, he played the writer Harper Lee. Bullock then starred with Julian McMahon in the national thriller Premonition (2007), playing a wife and mother trying to avoid the death of her husband after experiencing a vision of his death.
'The proposal'
In 2009 Bullock returned to his romantic comedy roots with two projects. The proposal showed Bullock as a tough boss who must marry his assistant, played by Ryan Re
