SANDRA BULLOCK Her Family and Childhood Sandra Annette

SANDRA BULLOCK

Her Family and Childhood. . . • Sandra Annette Bullock was born in Arlington, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D. C. Her mother, Helga Bullock was a German opera singer. Her father, John W. Bullock, was an American voice teacher, who was born in Alabama, of Irish, English, French, and German descent. Sandra grew up on the road with her parents and younger sister, chef Gesine Bullock-Prado, and spent much of her childhood in Nuremberg, Germany. She often performed in the children's chorus of whatever production her mother was in. That singing talent later came in handy for her role as an aspiring country singer in The Thing Called Love (1993). Her family moved back to the Washington area when she was adolescent. She later enrolled in East Carolina University in North Carolina, where she studied acting.

Starting her Career… • Shortly afterward she moved to New York to pursue a career on the stage. This led to acting in television programs and then feature films. She gave memorable performances in Demolition Man (1993) and Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993), but did not achieve the stardom that seemed inevitable for her until her work in the smash hit Speed (1994). She now ranks as one of the most popular actresses in Hollywood. For her role in The Blind Side (2009) she won the Oscar, and her blockbusters The Proposal (2009), The Heat (2013) and Gravity (2013) made her a bankable star. With $56, 000, she was listed in the Guinness Book Of World Records as the highest-paid actress in the world.

Her Films… • In the mid-1990 s, Bullock appeared in 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) were major hits. Others such as Two If By Sea (1996) and Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) were not as good. Bullock Stared with Nicole Kidman in the comedy Practical Magic (1998) and Harry Connick Jr. in Hope Floats that same year. In an attempt to expand her dramatic range, Bullock appeared as an alcoholic newspaper columnist sent to rehab in 28 Days (2000).

Her Other Films…. • The film, ( 28 Days) a mix of dark comedy and melodrama, received tepid reviews although her beauty pageant comedy Miss Congeniality (2000) did well at the box office. After a brief hiatus, Bullock returned in early 2002 with Murder by Numbers, a crime thriller in which she plays a detective responsible for tracking down a duo of thrill-killers. During the same year, she also appeared in a film version of the best-selling novel The Divine Secrets of the Ya. Ya Sisterhood and Two Weeks Notice, a romantic comedy co-starring Hugh Grant.

Her (Ex) Husband… • In March 2010 -- fresh off of her Best Actress Oscar win for Blind Side -- the actress, now 49, saw her five-year marriage to Jesse James absolutely implode in front of the public. Motorcycle customizer James, 44, infamously cheated on his movie star wife with multiple women, many of whom spoke to the press about the affairs. "We're all where we're supposed to be, " Bullock says in the October issue of Vogue when asked about that painful ordeal. "I am exactly where I want to be now. You can't go backward. I'm not going backward. I'm grateful that I'm here, blessed to have what I have. Nobody can be prepared for anything. "

Her Son… • Back in early 2010, shortly before James' cheating -and their June divorce -- dominated headlines, Bullock had secretly adopted son Louis. "If you end up in a place where you can look back and go, 'It happened, but I'm so lucky to be sitting where I am sitting. '“ says Bullock. The Southerner chuckles to Vogue about how she managed to keep Louis under wraps for so long, even as she hit the 2010 awards circuit, winning one trophy after the next for Blind Side. The brunette says she would often give phone interviews to journalists with baby Louis gurgling in the background. "Thank God for the mute button, " she says.

Her Son… • Although the Proposal star had wanted to adopt for some time, Louis arrived with not much warning, with a quick call from an adoption agency. Instantly ecstatic, Bullock resisted the urge to break the news at the 2010 Oscars. "I wanted to get up there and say, 'Guess what? !'" but she opted not to. • Sandra Bullock has a starring role in Minions -- which is a part of one of her son's favorite franchises -- but she admitted at the London premiere that he probably won't realize it. "Louis has no idea that I'm in this film, " Bullock told ET of her five-year-old son. "He won't put two and two together -- at least not anytime soon. If he does, I'll be shocked. The kid surprises me all the time. "

Her Daughter… • Sandra Bullock has adopted her second child, a 3 -yearold baby girl from Louisiana who had been in foster care. "When I look at Laila, there's no doubt in my mind that she was supposed to be here, " Bullock says in People's latest issue. "I can tell you absolutely, the exact right children came to me at the exact right time. " Bullock's boyfriend, Bryan Randall, photographed the happy family. The star's second adoption process began three years ago. Bullock, who first fostered Laila, reveals that her daughter brought "pink and glitter in the house mixed with Legos and Batmans. " When she first joined the family, Bullock says, "I knew she was scared, and all I wanted was for her to know Louis and I weren't going anywhere. "

Her Awards… • In 2010 she won the Best Actress in a Leading Role from The Blind Side. • She was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role from her work in Gravity (2014) • In 2006 she won Best Acting Ensemble from the movie Crash. • In 2014 she was nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Comedy Movie (The Heat) • Best Performance by an Actress in an Action Movie Won

Quotes… • I'm a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it's bad or good. • I've learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you. It's what you choose to do with it, the people you choose to surround yourself with. Always choose people that are better than you. Always choose people that challenge you and are smarter than you. Always be the student. Once you find yourself to be the teacher, you've lost it. • Fame means when your computer modem is broken, the repair guy comes out to your house a little faster. • My goal now is to remember every place I've been, only do things I love and not say yes when I don't mean it.

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