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[h3]Sandra Bullock has come a long way since small roles in the 80’s reunion of the TV series ‘Bionic Man and Bionic Woman’. Her breakthrough movie was the high velocity, high concept thriller ‘Speed’ (1994) co-starring Keanu Reeves, which catapulted the then thirty-year old actress into a string of big budget action flicks and dramas. [/h3]

Eleven years later, having won plaudits for several roles, including a supporting one in the acclaimed ‘Crash’, the actress was to team up again with [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/795:0/Keanu_Reeves.htm]Reeves[/urlnew] in the time travel romance ‘The Lake House’. However, this time Bullock’s earning power and box office bankability was now on par with her co-star.

Having a vocal coach for a father and an opera singing mother no doubt helped nurture Bullock’s creative talents as a child. Sandra spent her early years in Germany and, although not particularly noted for her singing skills, aged twelve she began performing on stage as part of a childrens choir.

She also accompanied and performed with her mother, Helga Meyer, during many of her opera tours throughout Europe. Sadly Helga died from cancer in 2000. Also during her youth, Bullock studied ballet before attending Washington-Lee High School in Arlington County, Virginia where the family had moved to from Germany.

After arriving in Los Angeles Bullock, later to be voted twice by ‘People’ magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World, began her early career with small roles in TV shows and remakes of movies. One of these was a television version of the hit 80’s movie ‘Working Girl’ that originally starred [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/157:0/Melanie_Griffith.htm]Melanie Griffith[/urlnew]. Further TV roles continued with Jackie Collins’ Dynasty style ‘sex and casino’ mini series romp, ‘Lucky Chances’ where Bullock played one exotic Maria Santangelo, who, according to one critic was “lucky enough to die after the end of part one”.

Despite appearances in pap TV, Bullock made a smart move into independent films where she could get her teeth into meatier roles. ‘Who Shot Patakango?’ (1989) was such a movie – a low budget, ‘coming of age’ drama set in the 50’s. Although it didn’t attract great reviews or set the box office alight, the film was a stepping stone for Bullock to more promising pastures and a much needed respite from the sausage factory of mini series and TV movies. That’s not to say Bullock didn’t appear in her fair share of celluloid turkeys. The unfunny and pedestrian comedy ‘Religion Inc’ (1989) moved one reviewer to warn potential patrons to ‘avoid it like the plague’.

Other equally mediocre fare included ‘When The Party’s Over’ (1992), a ‘sex and friendship in the 90’s’ movie where Sandra played one of an ensemble of youngsters living in a posh LA house.
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On her journey to becoming America's darling, girl-next-door star, Bullock’s early roles usually saw her playing tough, but cute, New Yorkers. But Sandra’s ability to melt audience’s hearts and stir the loins of heterosexual men – without annoying their girlfriends too much - meant that even light fantasy comedies such as ‘Love Potion No 9’ were popular at the box office. Bullock’s ability to shine in even the most crass of popcorn entertainment demonstrated that she had star quality that was eventually going to be noticed by the big players. Mobster movie ‘Who Do I Got To Kill?’ (1992) was an example of how Bullock, despite only given a small role, managed to make it memorable.

‘The Vanishing’ (1993) a remake of an acclaimed German film, saw Bullock starring opposite [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/24:0/Jeff_Bridges.htm]Jeff Bridges [/urlnew]and [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/866:0/Kiefer_Sutherland.htm]Kiefer Sutherland[/urlnew]. The disturbing mystery-thriller was to be the springboard for Bullock’s career into the big-time as her next movie ‘Demolition Man’, a mega-budget sci-fi action affair, finally brought her international recognition. This goofy and expensive 21st Century cop movie starring [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/273:0/Sylvester_Stallone.htm]Sylvester Stallone [/urlnew]and Wesley Snipes, was the pre-breakthrough movie Bullock needed to attract, if not better roles, certainly ones that were more generously paid. From being paid less than $300,000 in 1995 for the cyberspace thriller The Net, Sandra’s wage jumped by several million the following year.

1994 was Sandra’s year as she and action star[urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/795:0/Keanu_Reeves.htm] Keanu Reeves [/urlnew]cleaned up at the box office with the high velocity movie, ‘Speed’. This exhilarating thriller embraced the high concept ‘bomb on a bus’ scenario all too literally. After the film’s huge success, Bullock found herself in a string of successes with ‘While You Were Sleeping’ and ‘A Time To Kill’ (1996) from novelist John Grisham’s best seller.

Part of Bullock’s success is no doubt down to her on-screen versatility, where she can play high-end drama, but also turn to knockabout comedy with equal confidence. From gritty strong dramas such as ’28 Days’ (2000) to screwball capers like ‘Miss Congeniality’ (2000) where Sandra plays an undercover FBI agent in a beauty pageant, she is able to demonstrate an impressive aptitude for all genres.

Bullock’s talent to constantly surprise her audiences has contributed to her ongoing success and encouraged casting her in socially challenging and Academy Award winning dramas such as ‘Crash’ (2004) which is said to be one of her finest performances yet.

Ironically, Bullock originally tried to produce the award winning ‘Million Dollar Baby’ movie through her own production company Fortis Films. At the time of pitching the idea the actress turned producer found studios uninterested in female boxing. Several years later the movie was later to be directed by Clint Eastwood and brought about Oscar awards both for him and the movie’s young star [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/1661:0/Hilary_Swank.htm]Hilary Swank[/urlnew].

Richard Bevan
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- Sandra witnessed the attacks on the World Trade Center from her hotel the Soho Grand, only a few blocks away. She spent the day at a local hospital helping to send messages on her Palm Pilot for patients concerned about their relatives.

- Bullock’s maternal grandfather was a rocket scientist from Nuremberg.

- Sandra is fluent in German having lived in the country for most of her childhood.

- During her days as a student at Washington-Lee High School, Sandra was voted by her graduating class as student ‘Most Likely to Brighten up Your Day’

- Bullock replaced Demi Moore who was originally to star in ‘Miss Congeniality’

- At 40, Sandra Bullock was voted sexiest female celebrity in a 'Naughty Forties' poll conducted for UK television station FX.

- Sandra ranked No 58 in Empire magazine's Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list.

- Bullock has dated actors and co-stars Ryan Gosling and Matthew McConaughey.

- Sandra tied the knot on July 16th, 2005 with TV reality show presenter Jesse Gregory James who is also a distant relative of Jesse James, the famous western outlaw.
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The Proposal (2009) (pre-production)

All About Steve (2008) (post-production)

Premonition (2007/I)

Infamous : 2006

The Lake House : 2006

Miss Congeniality 2 : Armed & Fabulous : 2005

Loverboy : 2005

Crash : 2004

Two Weeks Notice : 2002

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood : 2002

Murder by Numbers : 2002

Miss Congeniality : 2000

28 Days : 2000

Gun Shy : 2000

Forces of Nature : 1999

The Prince of Egypt : 1998

Making Sandwiches : 1998

Hope Floats : 1998

Speed 2 : Cruise Control : 1997

In Love and War : 1996

A Time to Kill : 1996

Two If by Sea : 1996

The Net : 1995

While You Were Sleeping : 1995

Speed : 1994

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway : 1993

Fire on the Amazon : 1993

Demolition Man : 1993

The Thing Called Love : 1993

The Vanishing : 1993

Love Potion No 9 : 1992

When the Party’s Over : 1992

Who Do I Gotta Kill? : 1992

Who Shot Patakango? : 1989

Religion Inc : 1989

Hangman : 1989

TV Productions

George Lopez : 2002-2004

Lucky Chances : 1990

Working Girl : 1990

The Preppie Murder : 1989

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic

Woman : 1989
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