Milla Jovovich (Serbian: Ãœøûøцð Èþòþòøћ (Milica Jovović) Russian: Ãœøûøцð Ùþòþòøч, born December 17, 1975), is an actress, musician, and model. Her last name is pronounced /ˈjovoviʧ/. She currently lives and works in the United States. Jovovich was born Milica Jovović in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) to a Serbian doctor Bogić Jovović and Ukrainian actress mother Galina Loginova Jovović. Her family is Montenegrin in origin, their estate being at Metohija in Zlopek near Peć. Her great-grandfather Bogić Camić Jovović was flag-bearer of the Vasojevići tribe, and officer of the guard of the King Nicholas I of Montenegro; his wife's name was also Militza. Her grandfather Bogdan Jovović was a commander in the Pristina military area, and later investigated finances in military areas of Skopje and Sarajevo, where he uncovered massive gold embezzlement. He was punished for refusing to convict his friend for the crime. Later, the communist government imprisoned him on Goli Otok. When he feared that he could be arrested again, he escaped to Albania and later came to the Soviet Union, in Kiev. Another version of the story claims that he actually was the one to have taken the gold. Milla's father, Bogić Jovović, later joined her grandfather in Kiev, where he and his sister graduated in medicine. |
