Sandra
Bullock
Sandra
Bullock was born on July 26th, 1966, in Arlington,
Virginia. Sandra Bullock is a veteran superstar
actress. She is the eldest daughter of her father John, a voice
coach and Pentagon official, and mother Helga, an opera singer.
Sandra Bullock and her sister, Gesine, lived a
number of their childhood years in Nuremberg, Germany. She and her
sister spent endless hours listening to their mother perform. Sandra
Bullock not only developed a deep appreciation for opera,
and also learned to speak fluent German.
It was an exciting time in her young life,
and perhaps it was seeing her mother up on stage that influenced
her to become a performer herself. When Sandra Bullock
was eight, she had her first taste of a stage performance when she
played the role of a gypsy child in a play with her mother. Her
mother Helga says that by the time Sandra Bullock
was in sixth grade, she had already set her mind on acting.
Sandra's family moved back
to the United States when she was around ten years old. Sandra
Bullock was an ugly duckling, and was teased mercilessly
by her schoolmates. Instead of becoming resentful however, she vowed
she would never treat anyone the way she had been treated, and her
generous and kind qualities manifest themselves in both her personal
and professional lives.
Sandra Bullock went on to
become a cheerleader at Washington Lee High, being voted "Most
Likely to Brighten Your Day" by her senior class. After high
school graduation, she continued her education, at East Carolina
University, where she majored in Drama. During this time, she helped
support herself by entering and winning dance contests, a passion
that has stayed with her. Sandra Bullock dances
at every possible opportunity, and it has been said that if she
ever gave up acting, she could easily take up dance as a second
professional career. After graduation from East Carolina, it was
off to New York with her life savings, dog and meager possessions
to seek her career.
Sandra Bullock bartender
and waitressed between auditions and acting classes. Her persistence
finally paid off when she got the lead in the off-Broadway play
"No Time Flat". Sandra received glowing reviews for her
work in the off-Broadway play, and this led to the TV movie "The
Bionic Showdown", opposite Lindsay Wagner. The only worthwhile
things that came from this work, was the professional experience
and an Actors Guild union card. Sandra Bullock
moved to Los Angeles where she got the role of a spunky cop in the
Sylvester Stallone sci-fi action film, "Demolition Man".
This was a role that drew the attention of director Jan De Bont,
who cast her in the hit movie "Speed", practically making
her an overnight success.
The two mega hits, "The Net" and
"While You Were Sleeping" followed, sending Sandra
Bullock on a skyrocket ride to A-list status and a hefty
increase in her paycheck. The success of these films made it possible
for her to start her own cinema production company, Fortis Films.
Sandra Bullock appointed her sister Gesine, a graduate
law student as executive vice-president, and her father John, as
her business advisor.
