Sandra Bullock : Beauty and Fame
Sandra Annette Bullock (/ˈbʊlək/; born July 26, 1964)[1] is an American actress and producer. Bullock rose to fame in the 1990s with roles in films such as Demolition Man (1993), Speed (1994), The Net (1995), While You Were Sleeping (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), and Hope Floats (1998). In the new millennium, she appeared in Miss Congeniality (2000), The Lake House (2006), and the critically acclaimed Crash (2004). In 2007, she was ranked as the 14th richest woman in the entertainment industry with an estimated fortune of US$85 million. She is considered to be the biggest female star of modern Hollywood, replacing Julia Roberts (1990s) and Angelina Jolie (2000s).
Sandra Bullock got an early taste of heartbreak and rejection when she was given the boot by her boyfriend in the sixth grade for having a small chest, but in the years since her high school classmates chose her as “Most Likely to Brighten Up Your Day,” she has become Hollywood’s classic girl next door — even if she is 45. In her case, age doesn’t matter, because a lot of men would still love to give her the attention that her sixth grade boyfriend wouldn’t. A three-time member of the Most Beautiful People club in People, Sandra Bullock maintains a youthful physique to go along with her easy charisma through the joys of acupuncture.Having made the choice long ago to keep her private life private, Sandra Bullock doesn’t like to discuss her romantic relationships where prying eyes can see them. Once engaged to fellow actor Tate Donovan and previously linked to Ryan Gosling and Matthew McConaughey, she eventually settled down when she married Jesse James — the host of Monster Garage and ex-husband of porn star Janine — in 2005. These days, Sandra Bullock spends her rare downtime being a wife and stepmom, munching on raw cookie dough (a guilty pleasure), and dodging the occasional obsessed fan. The last one was a particularly unstable woman who showed up at her doorstep and tried multiple times to run over her husband.
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Sandra Bullock is a performer who discovered her niche — romantic comedies — and learned how to make the most of it. Following the buzz generated by her breakthrough hit, Speed, Sandra Bullock’s baked her career bread and butter through successful chick flicks that ranged from Miss Congeniality with Benjamin Bratt to Two Weeks Notice (2002) with Hugh Grant. While her efforts to occasionally break free of cute comedy typecasting haven’t always gone her way — see Murder by Numbers (2002), Gun Shy (2000) and 28 Days (2000) for more information there — she has used her roles in Crash (2004) and, most recently, The Blind Side, to show off a strong, dramatic and Oscar-worthy side that has put her back in the top ranks of Hollywood’s most successful modern actresses.Through her lucrative acting jobs and her business decisions in other areas of show business, Sandra Bullock stands tall among the wealthiest actresses in Hollywood. Her fortune, which stands in excess of $85 million, has been significantly boosted by her success as a producer on money-making projects like Hope Floats (1998), Two Weeks Notice and The Proposal on film and George Lopez on television.Not one to keep all her money to herself, Sandra Bullock has kept her charity side nourished by making separate $1 million donations to the American Red Cross to aid the relief efforts for 9/11, the tsunami of 2004 and the earthquake in Haiti. 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, and actors Matthew McConaughey and Ryan Gosling.Bullock married motorcycle builder and Monster Garage host Jesse James on July 16, 2005. They first met when Bullock arranged for her ten-year-old godson to meet James as a Christmas present. In November 2009, Bullock and James entered into a custody battle with James’ second ex-wife, former pornographic actress Janine Lindemulder, with whom James had a child. Bullock and James subsequently won full legal custody of James’ five-year-old daughter.In March 2010, a scandal arose when several women claimed to have had affairs with James during his marriage to Bullock. Bullock cancelled European promotional appearances for The Blind Side citing “unforeseen personal reasons”. On March 18, 2010, James responded to the rumors of infidelity by issuing a public apology to Bullock. He stated, “The vast majority of the allegations reported are untrue and unfounded” and “Beyond that, I will not dignify these private matters with any further public comment.” James declared that “There is only one person to blame for this whole situation, and that is me”, and asked that his wife and children one day “find it in their hearts to forgive me” for their current “pain and embarrassment”. James’ publicist subsequently announced on March 30, 2010, that James had checked into a rehab facility “to deal with personal issues” and “save his marriage” to Bullock. However on April 28, 2010, it was reported that Bullock had filed for divorce on April 23 in Austin.Their divorce was finalized on June 28, 2010, with “conflict of personalities” cited as the reason.
On December 20, 2000, Bullock and another passenger survived the crash of a chartered business jet during an attempted night landing at Jackson Hole Airport. The pilots were unable to activate the runway lights due to having out-of-date approach plates, but continued the landing. The aircraft landed in the airport’s graded safety area between the runway and parallel taxiway and hit a snowbank. The accident caused a separation of the nose cone and landing gear, partial separation of the right wing, and a bend in the left wing.On April 18, 2008, while Bullock was in Massachusetts shooting the film The Proposal, she and her then-husband were in an SUV that was hit head-on at moderate speed by a drunken driver. Vehicle damage was not major and there were no injuries.
