Biography of Mila Kunis
The actress of cinema and television Mila Kunis became famous thanks to the comedy TV series “The Show of the 70’s”. She also performed one of the main roles in such successful films as “In Flight” and “Black Swan”.
Early years
Mila Kunis was born on August 14, 1983 in Ukraine, the city of Chernivtsi. When she was 7 years old, Kunis immigrated to the US with her parents, Mark and Elvira, and scared brother Michael. Eventually the whole family settled in Los Angeles.
For the Kunis family, these were hard times, since they found themselves in a foreign country with only 250 dollars in their pockets. Kunis’ parents had to forget about their professional careers and step over themselves for a better future for their children. Mark, a former mechanical engineer, soon began working as a taxi driver, and Elvira, who taught physics in Ukraine, began working in a pharmacy.
“I did not understand the culture,”
Career
Trying to help the younger daughter to make friends with other children, Mark and Elvira Kunis recorded Milena for an acting education program for children in Beverly Hills. There she met the talented manager Susan Curtis, who took over Milena custody, and soon the young actress appeared in several popular commercials.
Other possibilities were not long in coming, and she began to play episodic roles in TV programs from the “John Larrocett Show” on NBC to Seventh Heaven on The WB.
Kunis was the first big breakthrough in 1998, at the age of 14, when she received the role of Jackie Burhart in a new comedy from Fox’s “Show of the Seventies.” She played the role of a whiny, self-centered, rich girl who allowed her to open up and the opportunity
Being a busy career on television, Kunis also promoted to the cinema. She starred in the film along with Kirsten Dunst’s “The Virus of Love.” A year later, the actress and Macaulay Culkin were selected for filming in the movie “American Psycho 2”. As a result of teamwork the couple began to meet; they were together until 2011.
After the end of the “Show of the 70’s” in 2006, Kunis began to increasingly go to work in the cinema. A real breakthrough in 2008 for her was the role of Rachel in the movie “In Flight”, which worked in the hotel as a registrar. Also in this film were Jason Siegel and Russell Bell. She received rave reviews from viewers and critics about her game.
Even more enthusiastic reviews from critics, she received in 2010, thanks to her role in the movie “Black Swan”, where she played one of the main roles along with Natalie Portman. In preparing for the shooting, Kunis spent seven weeks in ballet and lost 9 kilograms, but her efforts were not in vain, she was nominated for the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild of America for Best Supporting Actress. In the same year, she played along with Denzel Washington in the post-apocalyptic action movie “The Book of Eli.”
In 2011, Kunis returned to the comedy “Sex for Friendship”, forcing viewers to laugh well. In the film, she starred with Justin Timberlake. In 2010, she and Mark Wahlberg starred in the comedy “The Third Extra”, produced by Seth McFarlane. With it, she already worked for many years in the animated series “Family Guy”.
Despite all the success, Kunis, who did not even know a word in English on her arrival in the US with her parents, said she had not forgotten her roots. She lives in Los Angeles, not far from her parents, and when they meet, they often speak Russian.
“When we were in this country, we literally had nothing, so any level of well-being is important to us,” says Kunis. “My parents never wanted me to become an actress, because this is an unstable and unpredictable profession.” When you are an immigrant, and should work only for the sake of survival, it’s normal when you are worried only by stable work and income. But now, I think they are more or less convinced that I’m fine and they do not have to worry about my career prospects anymore. “
Personal life
Kunis met with his age, the actor of the movie “One Home” Macaulay Kalkin eight years, but the couple broke up in 2011.
In 2012, Kunis began dating with actor Ashton Kutcher. With it, she played a long time in the “Show of the 70’s” one of the main roles and, purely coincidentally, on the screen, they were a couple. In March 2014, the media announced that Kunis and Kutcher were engaged and Kunis confirmed that she was expecting a baby in the Ellen Degeneres Show in May. On September 30, 2014, the couple had a daughter, Wyatt Isabel Kutcher.
Quotations
Now teenagers in the 90s share the same problems that were in the 70’s. The difference is only in the clothes they wear!
My parents never wanted me to become an actress, because this is an unstable and unpredictable profession. When you are an immigrant, and you have to work only for the sake of survival, it’s normal when you are concerned only with stable work and income.
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