Sandra Bullock Profile:
Sandra Annette Bullock (pronounced /ˈbʊlək/) best known as Sandra Bullock with nickname Sandy was born July 26, 1964 (star sign: Leo) at her hometown in Arlington, Virginia (VA), United State of America (USA), and Sandra Bullock also frequently traveled with her mother on her opera tours, and lived in Nuremberg, Germany and other parts of Europe for much of her childhood. Sandra Bullock is a beautiful American and international (film, movie, television) actress, top female producer, female model (top and popular model, cosmetic model, commercial model, beauty model, star model, magazine cover model, cover girl model), famous and popular artist, Hollywood star (superstar), celebrity entrepreneur, and brunette women celebrity. She has a hair color: awesome dark brown (brunette), eyes color: charming dark brown, height: 5′ 7″ (170 cm), measurements: 34-24-34, assets: flawless American beauty, beautiful face, awesome dark brown (brunette) hair, charming dark brown eyes, pretty smile, fluent in German language, and her name popular and famous since 1990s for her roles in successful films such as Speed and While You Were Sleeping, hobbies: being nice, sang in the opera’s children’s choir at the Staatstheater Nürnberg, ballet dance, vocal art, watching movie/film, listening music, movie/film acting, photography acting, pose in front of the camera, and active in the world of international entertainment and modeling.
Sandra Bullock who rose to fame in the 1990s, after roles in successful films such as Speed and While You Were Sleeping. Sandra Bullock has since established her career with films such as Miss Congeniality and Crash, which received critical acclaim. Sandra Bullock on 2007 was ranked as the 14th richest female celebrity with an estimated fortune of $85 million. Sandra Bullock on 2009 starred in the most financially successful films of her career, The Proposal and The Blind Side. Sandra Bullock was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, and the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side.
Sandra Bullock Biography:
In her early life and family, Sandra Bullock was born July 26, 1964 with birth name is Sandra Annette Bullock (pronounced /ˈbʊlək/) at her hometown in Arlington, Virginia (VA), United State of America (USA), the daughter of Helga D. Meyer (1942 until 2000), a German opera singer and voice teacher, and John W. Bullock (born on 1925), a voice coach and executive from Alabama. Sandra Bullock’s maternal grandfather was a rocket scientist from Nuremberg, Germany. Sandra Bullock lived in Fürth until age twelve, where she sang in the opera’s children’s choir at the Staatstheater Nürnberg. Sandra Bullock frequently traveled with her mother on her opera tours, and lived in Germany and other parts of Europe for much of her childhood. Sandra Bullock is fluent in German language. Sandra Bullock studied ballet and vocal arts as a child, taking small parts in her mother’s opera productions. Sandra Bullock has a sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado (born on 1970).
Sandra Bullock attended Washington-Lee High School, where Sandra Bullock was a beautiful cheerleader and participated in high school theater productions. Sandra Bullock graduated on 1982 and enrolled in East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. Sandra Bullock left East Carolina during her senior year in the spring season of 1986, only three credits short of graduating, to pursue an acting career. Sandra Bullock moved to Manhattan to pursue auditions and supported herself with a variety of jobs. Sandra Bullock later completed her coursework at East Carolina University.
In her career, while in New York (NY), United State of America (USA), Sandra Bullock took acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Sandra Bullock appeared in several student films, and later landed a role in an Off-Broadway play No Time Flat. Director Alan J. Levi was impressed by Sandra Bullock’s performance and offered her a part in the made-for-TV movie Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989). After filming the television movie, Sandra Bullock stayed in Los Angeles and was cast in a series of small roles in several independent films as well as in the lead role of the short-lived NBC television version of the film Working Girl (1990). Sandra Bullock later appeared in several films, such as Love Potion No. 9 (1992), The Thing Called Love (1993), and Fire on the Amazon (1993).
One of Sandra Bullock’s first notable movie appearances was in the science-fiction/action movie Demolition Man (1993), which starred Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. This role then led to her break-through performance in Speed the following year. Sandra Bullock became a high-level movie star on the late 1990s, carrying a string of successes, including While You Were Sleeping, replacing actress Demi Moore, who was originally scheduled to star, and Miss Congeniality. Sandra Bullock received $11 million for Speed 2: Cruise Control and $17.5 million for Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous.
Sandra Bullock was selected as one of People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People in the World on 1996 and 1999, and was also ranked #58 in Empire magazine’s Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list. Sandra Bullock was presented with the 2002 Raúl Juliá Award for Excellence for her efforts, as the executive producer of the sitcom George Lopez, in helping expand career openings for Hispanic talent in the media and entertainment industry. Sandra Bullock also made several appearances on the show as Accident Amy, an accident-prone employee at the factory Lopez’s character manages. Sandra Bullock on 2002 starred opposite Hugh Grant in the global hit Two Weeks Notice and in a lesser known film Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.
Sandra Bullock on 2004 had a supporting role in the film Crash. Sandra Bullock received positive reviews for her performance, with some critics suggesting that it was the best performance of her career. Sandra Bullock later appeared in The Lake House, a romantic drama also starring her Speed co-star, Keanu Reeves; it was released on June 16, 2006. Because their film characters are separated throughout the film (due to the plot revolving around time travel), Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves were only on set together for two weeks during filming. Sandra Bullock on the same year appeared in Infamous, playing author Harper Lee. Sandra Bullock also starred in Premonition with Julian McMahon, which was released on March 2007. Year of 2009 proved to be especially good for Sandra Bullock, giving the actress two record highs in her career, as earlier in the year she released The Proposal, a huge hit that took in more than $314 million at the box office worldwide, making it her most successful picture to date.
Sandra Bullock on November 2009 starred in The Blind Side, which opened at #2 behind New Moon with $34.2 million, making it her highest opening weekend ever. The Blind Side is unique in that it had a 17.6% increase at the box office its second weekend, and it took the top spot of the box office in its third weekend. The movie cost $29 million to make according the Box Office Mojo. It has grossed over $250 million to date, making it her highest grossing film and the first movie in history to pass the $200 million mark with only one top-billed female star. Sandra Bullock won the award for Best Actress at the Golden Globes, Academy Awards, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance in “The Blind Side”. Sandra Bullock winning the “Oscar” and won two “Razzies” the day before, for her performance in All About Steve, Sandra Bullock is the only performer ever to have been named both “Best” and “Worst” for the same year. Sandra Bullock was asked to return her 2009 “Worst Actress of the Year” Razzie award, however this wasn’t because of a change of heart for Sandra Bullock’s performance that earned her award in the first place. In reality, when Sandra Bullock personally accepted her Razzie and left she accidentally took the original one-of-a-kind prototype Razzie, as opposed to the cheap trinket normally handed out to celebrities.
In recognition, on 2009, Sandra Bullock’s films have grossed over $3.1 billion worldwide. According to The Numbers, her total domestic gross stands at $1.7 billion, placing her among the Top 100 Stars at the Box Office. Critics, while praising her screen persona, have been less receptive to her films. On the 2009 release of The Proposal, Mark Kermode said she’s made only three “good” films in her career—Speed, While You Were Sleeping, and Crash. On 18 December 2009, Sandra Bullock has appeared on three Entertainment Weekly covers.
In her entrepreneurship, Sandra Bullock runs her own production company, Fortis Films. Her sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado, was president of the company, but has since quit the business and moved to Montpelier, Vermont, where Sandra Bullock opened a pastry shop and published a book. Sandra Bullock’s father, John Bullock, is the company’s CEO. Sandra Bullock was an executive producer of The George Lopez Show, which garnered a lucrative syndication deal that banked her some $10 million (co-produced with Robert Borden). Sandra Bullock tried to produce a film based on F.X. Toole’s short story, Million-Dollar Baby, but could not interest the studios in a female boxing drama. The story was eventually adapted and directed by Clint Eastwood as the Oscar-winning film, Million Dollar Baby (2004). Sandra Bullock’s production company, Fortis Films, also produced All About Steve, which was released on September 2009. Since November 2006, Sandra Bullock has owned an Austin, Texas restaurant, Bess Bistro. Sandra Bullock later opened another business in downtown Austin called Walton’s Fancy and Staple, a bakery and floral shop that also offers services such as event planning.
Sandra Bullock’s filmography: Hangmen role as Lisa Edwards (1987), Religion, Inc. role as Debby (1989), Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman role as Kate Mason (1989), Who Shot Patakango? role as Devlin Moran (1989), The Preppie Murder role as Stacy (1989), Lucky/Chances role as Maria Santangelo (1990), Who Do I Gotta Kill? role as Lori (1992), When the Party’s Over role as Amanda (1992), Love Potion No. 9 role as Diane Farrow (1992), The Vanishing role as Diane Shaver (1993), The Thing Called Love role as Linda Lue Linden (1993), Demolition Man role as Lt. Lenina Huxley (1993), Fire on the Amazon role as Alyssa Rothman (1993), Wrestling Ernest Hemingway role as Elaine (1993), Speed role as Annie Porter (1994), While You Were Sleeping role as Lucy Moderatz (1995), The Net role as Angela Bennett/Ruth Marx (1995), Two If by Sea role as Roz (1996), A Time to Kill role as Ellen Roark (1996), In Love and War role as Agnes Von Kurowsky (1996), Speed 2: Cruise Control role as Annie Porter (1997), Making Sandwiches role as actor/writer/director/producer (1997), Hope Floats role as Roberta “Birdee” Pruitt (1998), Practical Magic role as Sally Owens (1998), The Prince of Egypt (animated film) role as Miriam (1998), Forces of Nature role as Sarah Lewis (1999), Gun Shy role as Judy Tipp (2000), 28 Days role as Gwen Cummings (2000), Miss Congeniality role as Gracie Hart (2000), Murder by Numbers role as Cassie (2002), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood role as Siddalee Walker (2002), Two Weeks Notice role as Lucy Kelson (2002), Crash role as Jean Cabot (2004), Loverboy role as Mrs. Harker (2005), Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous role as Gracie Hart (2005), The Lake House role as Kate Forster (2006), Infamous role as Nelle Harper Lee (2006), Premonition role as Linda Hanson (2007), The Proposal role as Margaret Tate (2009), All About Steve role as Mary Horowitz (2009), and The Blind Side role as Leigh Anne Tuohy (2009).
(Sandra Bullock Profile and Biography source: MadeMan.com, Zimbio.Com, FanPix.Net, and Wikipedia.Org)
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