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Sandra Bullock
Fun-loving
and charismatic (and voted in high school as the person Most Likely
to Brighten Your Day), Sandra Bullock was born in Washington,
D.C., on July 26, 1964.
With
an opera singer mom, Bullock was exposed to show business at an
early age and after briefly attending East Carolina University
moved to New York to pursue an acting career. Theater was her
first stop, with appearances on Off Broadway leading to television
bit parts and small roles in film.
A minor breakthrough
role in the early '90's saw her starring opposite Sylvestor Stallone
in Demolition Man, leading up to her blockbuster role in the summer
mega-hit Speed opposite Keanu
Reeves that finally put Bullock's career on an upward projectory.
More success
followed in the mid-90's with starring roles in the comedy While
You Were Sleeping and in the drama, A Time to Kill,
opposite Matthew McConaughey. The actress rounded out the decade
with a rollercoaster ride of slumps and successes including forgettable
roles in such movies as Two If By Sea in 1996 and in the
disastrous Speed 2: Cruise Control a year later, but she later
rebounded in the romantic comedy, Practical Magic alongside Nicole
Kidman and in Miss
Congeniality opposite Benjamin Bratt and Michael Caine.
Bullock's
performances include starring roles in the comedy Two Weeks
Notice with Hugh Grant, and in Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.
Bullock later reprised her role as undercover beauty queen/FBI
agent Gracie Har in Miss Congeniality 2.
Offscreen,
the actress made headlines when in July 2005 she married reality
TV star Jesse James at a ranch near Santa Barbara, California.
In 2006, Bullock
played real life author Harper Lee ("To Kill a Mockinbird)
and friend to writer Truman Capote in the film Infamous
and also starred in the mystery thriller Premonition.
Her next role
will be in the comedy "All About Steve" in which she
co-stars with actor Thomas Haden Church.
Destination
Hollywood Tribute to Sandra Bullock - A filmography, famous
movie lines, facts and trivia, photos and a messageboard.
Sandra
Bullock Central - Online community with news and updates,
photo uploads and picture galleries, plus movie clips and trailers
with paid membership.
The
Sandra Bullock Picture Site - Just what it says, along
with a brief biography, filmography and related links.
Jessica
Alba | Jennifer
Aniston | Drew
Barrymore | Halle
Berry
Sandra Bullock | Cameron
Diaz | Hilary
Duff | Scarlett
Johansson
Angelina Jolie | Nicole
Kidman | Lindsay
Lohan | Alyssa
Milano
Julianne Moore | Natalie
Portman | Aishwarya
Rai | Julia
Roberts
Hilary
Swank | Catherine
Zeta-Jones
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