Mila Kunis (has birth name Milena Markovna Kunis) was born on August 14, 1983 Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine). She is an American Actrees best known for her roles in “That 70′s Show”. Her mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher and drug store manager, and her father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer and cab company executive. Her 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. She has an older brother, Michael.
Mila Kunis Biography
Bith Name: Milena Markovna Kunis
Birthdate: August 14, 1983
Where: Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Occuption: Actress
Height: 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
Career
She started acting when she was just 9 years old, when her father heard about an acting class on the radio and decided to enroll Mila in it. There, she met her future agent. Her first gig was in 1995, in which she played a character named Melinda in Make a Wish, Molly (1995). From there, her career skyrocketed into big-budget films.
In 1998, Kunis was cast as Jackie Burkhart in the Fox sitcom That ‘70s Show. All who auditioned were required to be at least 18 years old; Kunis, who was 14 at the time, told the casting directors she’d be 18 but did not say when. Though they eventually figured it out, the producers still thought Kunis was the best fit for the role. That ’70s Show ran for eight seasons.
Relying on just a squeaky voice and comedic timing, Kunis steps in for Lacey Chabert to voice Meg Griffin in the satirical cartoon Family Guy. Creator Seth Macfarlane slightly rewrites the character for Kunis, whom he says lends a natural, authentic vibe to Meg.
She 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. American Psycho 2 was panned by critics, and later, Kunis herself expressed embarrassment over the film. In 2004, Kunis starred in Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding. Although the film was shot in 2004, it did not have a theatrical release until 2007. Most critics did not like the film, which mustered a 25% approval from Rotten Tomatoes.
In 2008 she had her role on “Forgetting Sarah Marshal” which gathered positive reviews. During the same year she portrayed Mona Sax along Mark Wahlberg in Max Payne. In 2009 she appeared in the comedy Extract with Ben Affleck and Jason Bateman.
She starred alongside Denzel Washington in the action film The Book of Eli. Although the film received mixed reviews, it performed well at the box office, grossing over $157 million worldwide. Film critic Richard Roeper praised Kunis’ performance, calling it a “particularly strong piece of work”.
In 2010, Kunis presents the perfect foil for uptight ballerina Natalie Portman in Darren Aronofsky’s macabre thriller Black Swan, earning Kunis her first supporting actress Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. “Aesthetically, I had to look like a ballerina and hold myself like a ballerina. By the end, I was 95 lbs.,” the actress says of her transformation, which required her to train seven days a week for seven months.
Kunis has confirmed that her next project will be Ted, co-starring Mark Wahlberg, and directed and co-written by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane.She will follow up Ted with the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures’ prequel, Oz, the Great and Powerful, where she will play Theodora, the youngest of three witches, opposite James Franco.
