Sandra Bullock

Birth Name: Sandra Annette Bullock

Date of Birth: July 26th, 1964

Place of Birth: Arlington County, Virginia, US

Father: John W. Bullock, a voice coach and executive from Alabama.

Mother: Helga D. Meyer, a German opera singer and part-time vocal coach.

Schooling: Bullock attended Washington-Lee High School where she was a cheerleader, participated in high school theater productions and dated a football player. She graduated in 1982 and enrolled in East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. She left East Carolina during her senior year (Spring 1986), only three credits short of graduating, to pursue an acting career. She moved to Manhattan to pursue auditions and supported herself with a variety of odd jobs (bartender, cocktail waitress, coat checker). Bullock later completed her coursework and was awarded a bachelor's degree from East Carolina University.

Business:

Bullock runs her own production company, Fortis Films. Her sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado, was president of the company but has since quit the business and moved to Montpelier, Vermont, where she opened a pastry shop. Her father, John Bullock, is the company's CEO.

Since November 2006, Bullock has owned an Austin restaurant, Bess Bistro. She later opened another business in downtown Austin, called Walton's Fancy and Staple; it is a bakery and florist which also offers services such as event planning.

Personal Life: Bullock was once engaged to actor Tate Donovan, whom she met while filming Love Potion No. 9; their relationship lasted four years. She previously dated football player Troy Aikman, Austin musician Bob Schneider (for two years) and actors Matthew McConaughey and Ryan Gosling. Bullock married motorcycle builder and Monster Garage host Jesse James on July 16, 2005. They met when Bullock arranged for her ten-year-old godson to meet James as a Christmas present.

Films:

1987 Hangmen

1989 Religion, Inc.

     Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

     Who Shot Patakango?

     The Preppie Murder 

1990 Lucky/Chances

1992 Who Do I Gotta Kill? 

     When the Party's Over

     Love Potion No. 9

1993 The Vanishing

     The Thing Called Love

     Demolition Man 

     Fire on the Amazon 

     Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

1994 Speed 

1995 While You Were Sleeping 

     The Net 

1996 Two If by Sea   

     A Time to Kill 

     In Love and War 

1997 Speed 2: Cruise Control 

1998 Hope Floats 

     Practical Magic 

     The Prince of Egypt (voice)

1999 Forces of Nature 

2000 Gun Shy 

     28 Days 

     Miss Congeniality 

2002 Murder by Numbers 

     Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 

     Two Weeks Notice 

2005 Loverboy 

     Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous 

     Crash 

2006 The Lake House 

     Infamous 

2007 Premonition 

2009 The Proposal 

     All About Steve 

     The Blind Side 

Awards:

1995

MTV Movie Award - Best Female Performance for Speed

MTV Movie Award - Best On-Screen Duo (with Keanu Reeves) for Speed

MTV Movie Award - Most Desirable Female for Speed

Golden Apple - Female Star of the Year

Saturn Award - Best Actress for Speed

1996

People's Choice Award - Favorite Motion Picture Actress

ShoWest Award - Female Star of the Year

1997

People's Choice Award - Favorite Motion Picture Actress

Blockbuster Entertainment Award - Favorite Actress - Suspense for A Time To Kill

1998

Career Exellence Award - Awarded by the Montréal World Film Festival

1999

Teen Choice Award - Film Choice Hissy Fit for Forces of Nature

People's Choice Award - Favorite Motion Picture Actress

Lone Star Film; Television Award - Best Actress for Hope Floats

Joseph Plateau Award of Honour

2000

Sojourn Services Award - Inspiration of the Year for supporting charities

Bambi - Film - International

2001

Teen Choice Award - Film Choice Wipeout for Miss Congeniality

ShoWest Award - Female Star of the Year

Blockbuster Entertainment Award - Favorite Actress - Comedy for Miss Congeniality

American Comedy Award - Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture for Miss Congeniality

2004

Virginia Film Award - Awarded by the Virginia Film Festival

Hasty Pudding Theatricals Award - Woman of the Year

2005

Fashion Group International - Honorary Humanitarian Award

Hollywood Film Award - Best Ensamble: for Crash

Teen Choice Award - Best Comedy Actress for Miss Congeniality 2

Women in Film Honorary Award

2006

Screen Actors Guild Award - Best Ensemble: for Crash

People's Choice Award - Favorite Female Movie Star

Critics Choice Awards - Best Ensemble: for Crash