Best known as: The redhead Leeloo in The Fifth Element
Milla Jovovich is a legitimate triple threat: she began modeling at age 11, appeared in the movie Two Moon Junction at age 13, and released her first musical album (The Divine Comedy) at age 18. Her role as Leeloo, the exotic beauty in Luc Besson's 1997 fantasy The Fifth Element, kicked her film career into high gear. Jovovich was born in the Ukraine; she and her parents emigrated to the U.S. when she was five. In 1997 she married Besson; the two were divorced in 1999. Her other movies include the comedy Zoolander (2001, with Ben Stiller), Dummy (2003, with Jovovich as an aspiring punk rocker), and the video-game crossover Resident Evil (2002, with Michelle Rodriguez) and its sequels Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) and Resident Evil: Extinction (2007).
Extra credit: According to her official site, her name is pronounced mee-luh yo-vo-vitch... Jovovich gave birth to a daughter, Ever Gabo J. Anderson, on 3 November 2007 in Los Angeles; the father was English filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson. The actress wrote on her blog, "Ever is a Scottish boy's name... while her middle name Gabo -- pronounced 'Gabeau' -- is a mixture of my parents names! The first two letters are after my mom's first name, Galina and the last two letters are after my dad's first name Bogie!"... Jovovich played Joan of Arc in the 1999 movie The Messenger.
