Mila Kunis is a Ukrainian film and television actress who moved to the United States with her parents and older brother when she was seven. Kunis, who voices the character of Meg Griffin on the animated FOX series The Family Guy, got her big break at age 14 playing the role of Jackie Burkhart on the long-running FOX sitcom, That 70s Show. She played the role for the series' entire eight-year run.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005109/bio
Born Milena Markovna Kunis on August 14, 1983, in Chernovtsy, Ukraine, Mila Kunis made her acting debut in 1994 on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. She also made guest star appearances on The John Larroquette Show and Baywatch, and appeared in several television commercials for Payless Shoes and Barbie. When she was cast in That 70s Show, her resume also included roles in the television movie Gia and the 1998 Richard Dreyfuss film Krippendorf's Tribe.http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800281432/bio
On December 14, 2010, Mila Kunis received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her role as Lily in Black Swan.http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/
Career
Mila Kunis began pursuing a career in acting not long after arriving in the United States with her parents and older brother Mike at the age of seven. Her father enrolled her in her first after school acting class at Beverly Hills Studios when she was nine, and soon after, she was discovered by a manager and began appearing in television shows like Walker, Texas Ranger, Unhappily Ever After, and Baywatch. Kunis also had a recurring role on 7th Heaven.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005109/bio
After eight years playing the role of Jackie Burkhart on That 70s Show, Kunis began appearing in movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Book of Eli, and Max Payne, while continuing to voice the roll of Meg Griffin on the Fox series Family Guy.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005109/
Kunis also stars in the 2011 film Friends with Benefits, starring opposite Justin Timberlake, Emma Stone, and Woody Harrelson.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1632708/
Career Timeline
1994-95: Baywatch (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005109/
1996: Santa with Muscles
1996-97: 7th Heaven (TV series)
1998: Gia (TV movie)
1998-06: That 70s Show (TV series)
1998: Krippendorf's Tribe
2000-11: Family Guy (TV series)
2008: Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008: Max Payne
2010: The Book of Eli
2010: Date Night
2010: Black Swan
2011: Friends with Benefits
2010: Ted
Quotes
- The physicality really was the hardest, everything else kind of came alongside that. Just transforming your body at the age of 26. I wouldn’t say I was alone in this, I think everybody across the board….if they played a dancer somehow, somewhere they got hurt. I’d say that was the most challenging for myself.—on the hardest part of her role in Black Swanhttp://www.flicksandbits.com/2010/10/26/mila-kunis-vincent-cassel-interview-for-darren-aronofskys-black-swan/4314/
- It came to me as an audition. It wasn’t anything different. I read it and it had the Hughes Brothers, Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman attached. What was I going to do, say, “No, I don’t think this is a good project”? No, it just came to me and I was like, “Great!” And then, I went and auditioned for it and read with Denzel. And, I went in and auditioned for it again and read with Denzel, and that was it.—on the Book of Eli scripthttp://moviedriver.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/interview-mila-kunis-of-the-book-of-eli/
Mila Kunis Interview on Craig Ferguson
This Mila Kunis interview aired on The Craig Ferguson Show in 2010 in support of her movie The Book of Eli, starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman. In the interview, she talks about the movie, as well as her filming experience on Black Swan, which she was filming at the time opposite Natalie Portman and Vincent Cassel.
Mila Kunis Timeline
Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
1983: Born
1995: Make a Wish, Molly
1996: Santa with Muscles
1998: Gia
1998-2006: That '70s Show
1999-present: Family Guy
2001: Get Over It
2005-present: Robot Chicken
2007: After Sex
2007: Boot Camp
2008: Max Payne
2009: Extract
2010: The Book of Eli
