Biography
Mila Kunis was born Milena Markovna Kunis on August 14, 1983, in Kiev, Ukraine, the birthplace of another familiar actress, Milla Jovovich. Her father, Mark, was a mechanical engineer, and her mother, Elvira, a physics teacher.
mila kunis moves to america
At the time of Mila Kunis' birth, Ukraine still formed part of the Soviet Union, and political turmoil surrounded Mila throughout her childhood years. In 1990, Ukraine gained its sovereignty, and the Kunis parents moved to Los Angeles, seeking a more stable environment in which to raise their children.
Relocation to the West brought with it abrupt changes, and the Kunis family was forced to shed their former professions (to this day Mark continues to work as the president of a cab company and Elvira as a drugstore manager). Mila Kunis and her brother were immediately enrolled in a local public school, where they began to learn English through immersion. Mila Kunis honed her conversational skills further through watching television; the game show The Price is Right proved particularly helpful to Mila Kunis, as host Bob Barker spoke slowly enough for her to consistently pick up on what he was saying.
Relocation to the West brought with it abrupt changes, and the Kunis family was forced to shed their former professions (to this day Mark continues to work as the president of a cab company and Elvira as a drugstore manager). Mila Kunis and her brother were immediately enrolled in a local public school, where they began to learn English through immersion. Mila Kunis honed her conversational skills further through watching television; the game show The Price is Right proved particularly helpful to Mila Kunis, as host Bob Barker spoke slowly enough for her to consistently pick up on what he was saying.
mila kunis on that '70s show
It didn't take Mila Kunis long to become proficient at her new tongue, and at the age of 9, her father registered her in after-school acting classes at the Beverly Hills Studio. Mila Kunis took to acting quickly, and acting took to her. At one of the Studio's public showcases, she was approached by entertainment manager Susan Curtis, who offered to take her on. Soon thereafter, Mila made her debut national television appearances: first, on a Payless ShoeSource commercial, and then on an episode of the daytime soap Days of Our Lives.
Over the next several years leading up to 1998, Mila Kunis made appearances in a diverse collection of productions. Guest spots on the television programs Baywatch, Walker, Texas Ranger and 7th Heaven were accompanied by a bit role in the 1998 Richard Dreyfuss comedy Krippendorf's Tribe. She also appeared in the 1995 made-for-TV movie Piranha, 1997's Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves and the 1996 Hulk Hogan vehicle, Santa with Muscles. The young Mila Kunis was also the focus of a GUESS clothing ad campaign.
Mila Kunis' break as an actress came in 1998, when she was cast as the young Gia in the HBO film of the same name played the adult version of the character). The broadcast was well received, and Mila Kunis made the jump from bit actor to a familiar face in the entertainment industry. That same year, she auditioned for a part on a new Fox series Teenage Wasteland. Although she was only 14 at the time (she told the producers she was 18), Mila Kunis won the part of the character Jackie on the show that would be renamed That '70s Show.
Over the next several years leading up to 1998, Mila Kunis made appearances in a diverse collection of productions. Guest spots on the television programs Baywatch, Walker, Texas Ranger and 7th Heaven were accompanied by a bit role in the 1998 Richard Dreyfuss comedy Krippendorf's Tribe. She also appeared in the 1995 made-for-TV movie Piranha, 1997's Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves and the 1996 Hulk Hogan vehicle, Santa with Muscles. The young Mila Kunis was also the focus of a GUESS clothing ad campaign.
Mila Kunis' break as an actress came in 1998, when she was cast as the young Gia in the HBO film of the same name played the adult version of the character). The broadcast was well received, and Mila Kunis made the jump from bit actor to a familiar face in the entertainment industry. That same year, she auditioned for a part on a new Fox series Teenage Wasteland. Although she was only 14 at the time (she told the producers she was 18), Mila Kunis won the part of the character Jackie on the show that would be renamed That '70s Show.
mila kunis in family guy and american psycho ii
That '70s Show went on to great success. In spite of the recognition her work brought her, Mila Kunis continued to attend part-time classes at her local school, Fairfax Senior High School, sitting alongside students from the nearby Inglewood and South Central L.A. neighborhoods. She graduated from Fairfax in 2001, the same year that she appeared alongside Kirsten Dunst and Sisqo in the teenie hit movie Get Over It and in the video for Aerosmith's single "Jaded."
However, in the meantime, Mila Kunis got another full-time gig doing voice work for the hit comedy Family Guy. She was the voice for Meg Griffin, older sister of the Griffin family. She's worked on over 100 episodes to date.
Mila Kunis starred opposite William Shatner in American Psycho II: All American Girl, playing the lead role of Rachelle Newman, a purported Patrick Bateman survivor. Then, in 2004, she guest-starred in two episodes of Grounded for Life. She was also included in the movie Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005).
Mila Kunis continued her role as Jackie in That '70s Show until the show ended in 2006.
She also did voice work for the Xbox 360 game Saints Row.
However, in the meantime, Mila Kunis got another full-time gig doing voice work for the hit comedy Family Guy. She was the voice for Meg Griffin, older sister of the Griffin family. She's worked on over 100 episodes to date.
Mila Kunis starred opposite William Shatner in American Psycho II: All American Girl, playing the lead role of Rachelle Newman, a purported Patrick Bateman survivor. Then, in 2004, she guest-starred in two episodes of Grounded for Life. She was also included in the movie Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005).
Mila Kunis continued her role as Jackie in That '70s Show until the show ended in 2006.
She also did voice work for the Xbox 360 game Saints Row.