The hard-working “Miss FBI”

Sandra Bullock was born in Washington on July 26, 1964 and was fortunate to inherit the artistic gene when her mother is a German-born opera singer. Since she was a little girl, Sandra was accompanied by her mother on European tours and taught ballet and vocal training so that she could play supporting roles in her mother’s operas. Singing whenever she has the opportunity, her pᴀssion for art has been burning since then.

This is even more evident when in her high school years, she actively joined the cheerleading squad before enrolling to study acting at East Carolina University and receiving her degree in 1986. As soon as she graduated, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree. She moved to New York and worked as a waitress, bartender… to support herself while she waited for her first roles.

Sandra Bullock from the time of “Speed” – the first movie that made her famous.

After participating in a number of films by students at the film school and less famous TV series, she began to be noticed with a supporting role in Demolition Man (1993) and really came to light a year later with Super product Speed ​​- one of the most exciting and thrilling action movies of the 1990s.

In the film, Sandra Bullock plays Annie Porter, a female pᴀssenger on a bus that is bombed and is forced to keep the bus at high speed, or it will explode. Annie’s adventure against a mysterious terrorist with police officer Traven (Keanu Reeves) created a real bomb at the box office with $350 million ($30 million budget) and even won two Oscars. on the sound of the following year.

Speed ​​gives Sandra Bullock two great things – Keanu Reeves and fame. Although Keanu did not participate in Speed ​​2 later (a failure in terms of quality and sales), they remained close friends and even starred together again in the romance film The Lake House (2006). Sandra is considered one of the Sєxiest and most talented female stars of her generation. From the $500,000 salary in Speed , she switched to receiving millions of dollars when participating in later works such as While You Were Sleeping , Speed ​​2 …

The nickname “Miss FBI” attached to Sandra Bullock after the movie “Miss Congeniality”.

In 2000, Sandra Bullock’s name shone again with Miss Congeniality (familiar to Vietnamese audiences through the name Miss FBI ). She plays the gruff female FBI agent Gracie Hart, who is suddenly sent to a beauty contest one day because this beauty contest receives a terrorist threat. The audience enjoyed witnessing the scene where Gracie “duck turned into a swan” and caused a very charming comedy when placed next to young ladies who only cared about beauty. The film made money in theaters and gave Sandra Bullock the A-list status she always wanted.

Life and career ups and downs

In Hollywood, few people are as brave as Sandra Bullock, when she “dared” to stand on the podium to accept the Golden Raspberry Award for “Worst Actress” (for her role in All About Steve in 2009). Only two days later, this star was again on the stage but at the Kodak theater to receive the golden statue of ” Best Actress ” for her role in the emotional sports movie The Blind Side .

This makes Sandra the only actor to win both these awards in the same year. It is like talking about her precarious life between extremes, not only in her career but also in her love life.

Sandra Bullock with Golden Raspberry (left) and Oscar in the same year.

Just a month after receiving the prestigious Oscar, her family life fell into crisis when many women claimed that they had spent the night with her husband , Jesse James. This is the husband that Sandra loves with all her heart after her wedding in 2005 and is even the psychological stepmother to the 5-year-old daughter James has with his previous wife.

However, James still betrayed her to have Sєx with other women, forcing Sandra to cancel the promotion of The Blind Side in Europe because of “unpredictable personal issues”. In April, she filed for divorce and the two officially ” separated ” in June, although James expressed regret and insisted that Sandra stay.

In terms of career, it can be seen that not every film Sandra Bullock participates in is a guarantee of quality. In 2004, her Crash received the “Best Picture” Oscar, with the content about the ethnic conflicts, the conflict of color in American society. The role in the film was considered by many critics to be excellent in her career. But only a year later her commercial Miss Congeniality 2 failed.

Sandra Bullock with her ex-husband Jesse James.

In the summer of 2009, she and actor Ryan Reynolds dominated theaters with the romantic comedy The Proposal , in which the two had to pose as a married couple to bypᴀss immigration authorities and their families. This is a successful work in the career of Sandra Bullock with more than 314 million USD globally. Immediately after The Proposal , she was seen again in All About Steve, the film that won two Golden Raspberry.

However, no one can deny Sandra Bullock’s acting talent, especially if you’ve seen The Blind Side . In the film adaptation of the book of the same name, she plays Leigh Anne, a wealthy white woman with her husband who adopts a homeless black boy – Michael. They raised Mike to be a man, always supporting him despite his low grades in school.

From a helpless boy, the life of “Big Mike” took a different direction when he became a top rugby player. That miracle would not have happened without the boundless love and care of Leigh, the caring adoptive mother who taught him from the smallest things.

Sandra Bullock perfectly embodied Leigh and made The Blind Side the first film in history to surpᴀss the $200 million mark despite only one female star. The SAGs, Golden Globes and especially the Oscars are the most worthy rewards for this star.

The leading actress of the contemporary generation

Sandra Bullock’s heart seems to be happy again after the scandal of being betrayed by her husband, thanks to close friends like Keanu Reeves or adopted son Louis Bardo Bullock. After a fairly well-reviewed Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close in 2011, she returned to boom with the action-comedy The Heat . Along with comedian Melissa McCarthy, Sandra Bullock makes for a hilarious on-screen pair of cops with contrasting images. Melissa’s Mullins character is rude, “reckless” while Sandra’s Ashburn is disciplined, leading to continuous laughter for the audience.

“The Heat” – Sandra Bullock’s latest film starring Melissa McCarthy.

After The Heat was a huge success at the box office, a second part of the film is planned. Next time, she also has the sci-fi movie Gravity starring George Clooney promises to be thrilling, before voicing the animated blockbuster Minions at the end of next year.

In the 2012 edition, the Guinness Book of Records named Sandra Bullock as the highest-paid actress – $56 million. Up to now, the films she has participated in have nearly reached the $ 3.5 billion mark in global revenue. If the 1990s belonged to Julia Roberts, the 2000s belonged to Angelina Jolie, perhaps at this time, Sandra Bullock is the brightest veteran star of Hollywood.