Actress Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock
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Sandra Annette Bullock (born July 26, 1964) is an American actress and producer. She rose to fame in the 1990s with roles in films such as Demolition Man (1993), Speed (1994), The Net (1995), While You Were Sleeping (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), and Hope Floats (1998). In the new millennium, Bullock starred in Miss Congeniality (2000), Two Weeks Notice (2002), The Lake House (2006), and the critically acclaimed Crash (2004). In 2007, she was ranked as the 14th richest woman in the entertainment industry with an estimated fortune of $85 million. In 2009, Bullock starred in two of the more financially successful films of her career, The Proposal and The Blind Side. Bullock was awarded the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, and the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side. Bullock was born in Arlington, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Her father, John W. Bullock (born 1925), was a United States Army employee and part-time voice coach; her mother, Helga Mathilde Meyer (1942–2000), was an opera singer and voice teacher.Bullock's father was from Birmingham, Alabama, and had English, Irish, German, and French ancestry, while Bullock's mother was German. Bullock's maternal grandfather was a rocket scientist from Nuremberg, Germany. Bullock's father, then in charge of the Army's Military Postal Service in Europe, was stationed in Nuremberg when he met his wife. They married in Germany and moved to Arlington, where John worked with the Army Materiel Command, before becoming a contractor for The Pentagon.She has a younger sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado, who was formerly the vice-president of Bullock's production company Fortis Films. Bullock was raised in Nuremberg, Germany for twelve years and grew up speaking German.She attended the humanistic Waldorf School. As a child, Bullock frequently accompanied her mother on European opera tours. Bullock studied ballet and vocal arts as a child, taking small parts in her mother's opera productions. She sang in the operas children's choir at the Staatstheater Nürnberg. The scar above her left eye was caused when she fell into a creek as a child. Bullock attended Washington-Lee High School, where she was a cheerleader and performed in high school theater productions. After graduating in 1982, she attended East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, where she received a degree in drama in 1986.She then moved to Manhattan and supported herself as a bartender, cocktail waitress, and coat checker while auditioning for roles. Until the age of eighteen, Bullock held German and American dual citizenship. In 2009 Bullock reapplied for German citizenship.
Place of birth
Arlington County, Virginia, USA Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Date of birth
26th July 1964
Movies that starred Sandra Bullock (31 in total)
Bullet Train poster

Bullet Train [2022]

Maria
The Lost City poster

The Lost City [2022]

Loretta Sage / Angela
Ocean's Eight poster

Ocean's Eight [2018]

Deborah "Debbie" Ocean
Bird Box poster

Bird Box [2018]

Malorie Hayes
Bird Box 2 poster

Bird Box 2 [2018]

Malorie Hayes
Minions poster

Minions [2015]

Scarlet Overkill (voice)
The Heat poster

The Heat [2013]

Sarah Ashburn
Gravity poster

Gravity [2013]

Dr. Ryan Stone
The Proposal poster

The Proposal [2009]

Margaret Tate
The Blind Side poster

The Blind Side [2009]

Leigh Anne Tuohy
All About Steve poster

All About Steve [2009]

Mary Horowitz
The Lake House poster

The Lake House [2006]

Kate Forster
Infamous poster

Infamous [2006]

Nelle Harper Lee
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous poster

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous [2005]

Gracie Hart
Crash poster

Crash [2005]

Jean Cabot
Two Weeks Notice poster

Two Weeks Notice [2002]

Lucy Kelson
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood poster

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood [2002]

Sidda Walker
Miss Congeniality poster

Miss Congeniality [2000]

Gracie Hart
28 Days poster

28 Days [2000]

Gwen Cummings
Gun Shy poster

Gun Shy [2000]

Judy Tipp
Forces of Nature poster

Forces of Nature [1999]

Sarah Lewis
The Prince of Egypt poster

The Prince of Egypt [1998]

Miriam (voice)
Practical Magic poster

Practical Magic [1998]

Sally Owens
Hope Floats poster

Hope Floats [1998]

Birdee Pruitt
Speed 2: Cruise Control poster

Speed 2: Cruise Control [1997]

Annie
A Time to Kill poster

A Time to Kill [1996]

Ellen Roark
Two If by Sea poster

Two If by Sea [1996]

Roz
While You Were Sleeping poster

While You Were Sleeping [1995]

Lucy Eleanor Moderatz
The Net poster

The Net [1995]

Angela Bennett / Ruth Marx
Speed poster

Speed [1994]

Annie Porter
Demolition Man poster

Demolition Man [1993]

Lt. Lenina Huxley
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