Sandra Bullock Profile

Sandra Bullock Profile

Name: Sandra Bullock
Birth Name: Sandra Annette Bullock
Height: 5' 7½''
Sex: Female
Nationality: American
Birth Date: July 26, 1964
Birth Place: Arlington, Virginia, USA
Profession: Actress, Producer, Director, Writer, Composer
Education: Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia (graduated in 1982); East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina (B.A., Drama, 1986); Neighborhood Playhouse in New York, New York (studied with Sanford Meisner)
Husband: Jesse James (mechanic/TV host; dating since early 2004; married on July 16, 2005 in Santa Barbara)
Relationship: Guy Forsythe (blues guitarist; dated in 1999), Matthew McConaughey (actor; b. November 4, 1969; met while costarring in A Time to Kill - 1996), Tate Donovan (actor; b. September 25, 1963; 1992-1996)
Father: John Bullock (voice coach)
Mother: Helga Bullock (German opera singer; died on April 4, 2000)
Sister: Gesine Bullock-Prado (producer; born in 1968; married Raymond Prado - assistant director on April 3, 1999)
Step son: Chandler, Jesse Jr. and Sunny (father: Jesse James)



Filmography

All About Steve (2009)
The Blind Side (2009)
The Proposal (2009)
Premonition (2007)
Infamous (2006)
Loverboy (2006)
The Lake House (2006)
Crash (2005)
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
Murder By Numbers (2002)
Detective Cassie Mayweather
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
28 Days (2000)
Gun Shy (2000)
Miss Congeniality (2000)
Forces of Nature (1999)
Hope Floats (1998)
Practical Magic (1998)
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
Fire on the Amazon (1996)
In Love and War (1996)
Two If By Sea (1996)
A Time to Kill (1996)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
The Net (1995)
Me and the Mob (1994)
Speed (1994)
Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1994)
Demolition Man (1993)
When the Party's Over (1993)
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
The Thing Called Love (1993)
The Vanishing (1993)
Love Potion #9 (1992)
Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
Fire on the Amazon (1991)
Who Shot Patakango? (1990)
The Vanishing (1990)
Religion, Inc. (1989)
A Fool and His Money (1988)
Hangmen (1987)


Career Highlights
# 1972 Began performing at age eight, while traveling with her mother on her opera tours
# 1986 Moved to New York City to pursue acting
# 1987 Had a one-line role in her film debut, Hangmen
# 1988 Praised by critic John Simon for her Off-Broadway performance in No Time Flat
# 1989 First leading role in a film, Who Shot Patakango?
# 1989 TV acting debut, Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (NBC)
# 1990 Series regular debut, playing Tess McGill on the short-lived NBC sitcom, Working Girl
# 1992 Offered a superb turn as cynical feminist artist in When the Party s Over
# 1993 Gained a wider following as Sylvester Stallone s partner in Demolition Man
# 1993 Portrayed an aspiring country and western singer in This Thing Called Love ; film debut as singer
# 1994 Breakthrough screen role as Annie, the woman recruited to drive the bus, in Speed
# 1995 First starring role in the surprise hit romantic comedy, While You Were Sleeping
# 1995 Proved her star status with The Net
# 1996 Played a supporting role, opposite Matthew McConaughey, in A Time to Kill
# 1997 Reprised breakthrough role in the disappointing sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control
# 1997 Signed three-year production deal at Warner Bros.
# 1997 Wrote, co-produced (with Matthew McConaughey), directed and starred in the 40-minute short Making Sandwiches
# 1998 Co-executive produced (with Mary McLaglen) and starred in Hope Floats
# 1998 Co-starred with Nicole Kidman as sisters practicing witchcraft in Practical Magic ; also executive produced with McLaglen
# 1999 Teamed with Ben Affleck in Forces of Nature
# 2000 Played an FBI agent who goes undercover at a beauty pageant in Miss Congeniality
# 2000 Starred as a party-loving writer who undergoes rehab in the comedy 28 Days
# 2001 Had a cameo role as herself in Lisa Picard Is Famous
# 2002 Cast as an FBI profiler in Murder by Numbers ; also produced the film
# 2002 Played one of the female leads in the feature adaptation of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
# 2005 Had a supporting role in Paul Haggis directorial debut, Crash
# 2005 Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (March)
# 2005 Reprised the role of an FBI agent in Miss Congeniality: Armed and Fabulous
# 2006 Co-starred with Keanu Reeves in The Lake House, a remake of the enchanting Korean film IL Mare
# 2006 Portrayed author Harper Lee in the Truman Capote biopic Infamous
# 2007 Starred in the psychological thriller Premonition
# 2009 Co-starred with Bradley Cooper in the comedy, All About Steve ; also served as a producer
# 2009 Co-starred with Ryan Reynolds in the comedy The Proposal ; also served as a producer
# 2009 Portrayed Leigh Anne Tuohy in the film adaptation of The Blind Side ; based on the 2006 book by Michael Lewis