Milla Jovovich (born December 17, 1975 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Serbian/Russian-born American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt". Milla Jovovich began modeling at eleven. In 1988, she had her first professional acting role in the television film The Night Train to Kathmandu, and later that year she appeared in her first feature film, Two Moon Junction. Milla Jovovich gained notoriety with the romance film Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). Jovovich then acted alongside Bruce Willis in the science fiction film The Fifth Element (1997), and later played the title role in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). In 2002, she starred in the video game adaptation Resident Evil, which spawned three sequels: Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) and Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010). In addition to her modeling and acting career, Milla Jovovich released a critically acclaimed musical album, The Divine Comedy in 1994.