Milla Jovovich is a Ukrainian-American 🏷️#actress, model, and musician. Born in Kyiv in 1975, she moved to Los Angeles as a child and began modeling at age nine. She rose to international fame as Leeloo in Luc Besson's The Fifth Element (1997) and went on to anchor the Resident Evil franchise (2002–2016) as Alice across six films, making her one of the highest-grossing female action stars in 🏷️#film history.
- Early career — appeared in Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) and Dazed and Confused (1993) before The Fifth Element broke her out as an action lead
- Resident Evil franchise — six films, over $1.2 billion worldwide box office. Directed by her husband Paul W.S. Anderson
- Beyond acting — launched the fashion line Jovovich-Hawk with Carmen Hawk, released a musical album (The Divine Comedy, 1994), and has modeled for Versace, Donna Karan, and Calvin Klein
- Tech connection — creator of 📝MemPalace, an open-source AI memory system on 📝GitHub
The Fifth Element is one of those films that transcends "I've seen it" and enters "I've absorbed it." Watched it far more than five times. Leeloo is an iconic role — vulnerable and lethal simultaneously — and Jovovich's physicality in that performance set a template that action cinema has been chasing since.