Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis Biography

• Name                    : Milena Markovna Kunis/Milena Markivna Kunis
• Born               : August 14, 1983 at Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
• Occupation          : Actress, voice artist
• Almamater                : Loyola Marymount University
• Years                : active 1994–present
• Home town          : Los Angeles, California 

Mila Kunis Early Life

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Kunis was born in Chernivtsi in the Ukrainian SSR, August 14, 1983. Mila kunis mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher and drug store manager, and Mila kunis father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer and cab company executive. She has an older brother, Michael. Mila Kunis family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1991, when she was seven years old. Kunis is Jewish and has cited antisemitism in the former Soviet Union as one of several reasons for her family's move to the U.S.

Mila Kunis Career

At age nine, Kunis' father enrolled her in acting classes after school at the Beverly Hills Studios, where she met her first and still current manager Susan Curtis. Said Kunis: "My parents told her, 'Listen, we can't afford head shots; we can't afford anything. We can't take her to auditions because we work full-time.' ... [Curtis] said, 'Don't worry. I'll fix everything,' and she did. I ended up getting the first thing I went out for, which was a Barbie commercial. All my parents said was, 'You can do whatever you want to do as long as you get A's and stay in school.'" Kunis began appearing in print-ads, catalogues, and TV commercials for children's products like Lisa Frank products, Mattel's Barbie, and Payless Shoes. She also modeled for a Guess girls' clothing campaign. Mila Kunis first TV role was as the young Hope Williams on an episode of the popular soap opera Days of our Lives. Mila Kunis had a minor role on 7th Heaven and supporting roles in Santa with Muscles, Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, and the Angelina Jolie film Gia, as the young Gia Carangi.

In 2001, Mila Kunis appeared in Get Over It opposite Kirsten Dunst. Mila Kunis followed that up in 2002, by starring in the straight-to-DVD horror film American Psycho 2 alongside William Shatner, a sequel to the 2000 film American Psycho. In 2009, she appeared in the comedy Extract with Ben Affleck and Jason Bateman. The film received mostly positive reviews, and grossed $10.8 million at the box office. Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman played rival ballet dancers in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan. Kunis, who was cast in the film based on her performance in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and on the recommendation of costar Natalie Portman, underwent a training regimen that included cardiovascular exercise, a 1,200-calorie a day diet (she lost 20 pounds that she regained after filming ended), and ballet classes for four hours a day, seven days a week. During the demanding production, she suffered injuries including a torn ligament and a dislocated shoulder.

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Mila Kunis Personal life

Kunis has spoken with affection about her parents and has credited them for being a positive influence and keeping her focused on what is important in life. In January 2011, she revealed publicly for the first time her struggle with an eye condition called chronic iritis that had caused blindness in one eye. However, a couple of months earlier she had surgery that corrected the problem.