American actress Mila Kunis (Milena Markovna Kunis) was born in 1983, on August 14, in the Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi, in the family of a physics teacher and mechanical engineer. The Kunis Jewish family emigrated to the United States in 1991, settling in Los Angeles. Mila is not the only child except her; the family has the eldest son Mikhail.
Arriving in America, Mila did not know English at all, but almost immediately began attending Rosewood Elementary School. Obviously, without knowledge of the language, the girl was given a very difficult first time studying. She herself recalls that she was in constant stress, suddenly finding herself in an environment alien to her. However, gradually she mastered the language and got used to the culture and values of the country in which she was to live. When she turned 9 years old, she became a student at the acting school and began acting in commercials. While attending high school, she was already invited to star in the TV show "The 70s Show." Interestingly, right on the set, she was engaged with a guest tutor. In 2011, she graduated from high school and for some time was a student at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Mila Kunis - the beginning of a stellar career
For the first time, Mila seriously showed herself on the screen in 1998 by her role in the TV series “The Show of the 70s”. For the period 1998-2006. She took part in the filming of all his 8 seasons. Since 2000, she has been engaged in dubbing the animated series "Family Guy" (Meg spoke her voice). For this work, in 2007 Milu was nominated for the Annie Award. Then Kunis voiced Meg during the filming of the feature film "Stewie Griffin: An Untold Story."
Mila Kunis - gaining popularity
In 2001, viewers saw Mila in the film "Love Virus", where she played the girlfriend of the main character. A year later, she starred in her first major role - it was the film "American Psycho" (2002). This was followed by the films “Running McAlister” (2007), “Camp” (2007), “Max Payne” (2008) and one of Mila’s most successful films - “In Flight” (2008).
In 2009, Kunis was invited to the film "Extract", and subsequently its director Mike Judge gave her game a very high rating.
Then Mila became the performer of the main female role in the film “The Book of Eli” (2010). She also starred in the movie “Crazy Date” (2010), which was well received by critics and viewers, and in the film “Black Swan” (2010), which became very successful for her.
Mila Kunis - The Most Notable Roles
A real success for Mila was the role in the film "In Flight" (2008). She got into it thanks to producer Judd Apatow, who noticed the actress on the samples for the film "A little pregnant." Both the film itself and the work of Kunis critics gave very positive reviews. In addition, movie rental has brought in more than $ 100 million for its $ 30 million budget.
The role of the hit man in the movie “Max Payne” (2008) brought Mila a nomination for the Teen Choice Award, however, critics rated her negatively.
In 2010, director Darren Aronofsky invited her to play the role of a ballerina in the film Black Swan. For filming in this film, Mila spent several hours a day practicing ballet and followed a strict diet. I must say that these sacrifices were not in vain: for the first time since the beginning of her acting career, Kunis was nominated for the Golden Globe and the award for the US Screen Actors Guild as the performer of the best second female role.
Mila Kunis - personal life
Mila dated Danny Masterson, with whom she starred in the 1970s Show. Then Mila stopped their relationship and began to meet with the director of this film, Morgan Freeman. However, he was left by Mila for the sake of Macaulay Culkin, the star of the movie Home Alone, whom she met in 2002. The lovers even had one dog for two, living in their apartments in turn a week later. Everyone thought that the affair would end with a wedding, but once Kunis broke off this relationship, explaining that she was simply bored with her fiancé, a terrible homebody.
Recently, Mila’s personal life has not been advertised by her, but the ubiquitous journalists attributed her relations with Justin Timberlake, who starred with her in the film “Friendship Sex” (2011), as well as Ashton Kutcher, however, Mila Kunis herself refutes these rumors.
Mila Kunis - interesting facts
As a child, Mila had vision problems that led to heterochromia, and now she has one eye green and the other light brown.
Mila Kunis - today
In early 2012, Christian Dior fashion house signed a contract with Kunis, under which she is the face of his spring collection. On July 12, 2012 the premiere of the movie "Third Extra" is scheduled, where Mila plays one of the main roles. She is also currently starring in the movie "Oz: The Great and Terrible" with a budget of $ 200 million, the premiere of which is scheduled for March 7, 2013, and is working on dubbing the cartoon "To Hell and Back."
