How a native of Ukraine became a rival to Demi Moore: Mila Kunis's American dream come true

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Today Mila Kunis is a famous Hollywood actress, whose popularity was brought by the television series "The Show of the 70s" and the films "The Book of Eli" and "Black Swan". And 30 years ago, she felt completely alien and unnecessary in another country, where her family moved from Chernivtsi. Her story is a rare example of the American dream come true, because immigrants rarely manage to achieve recognition in Hollywood. Why because of her the star of the movie "Home Alone" Macaulay Culkin almost lost his life, and Demi Moore lost her husband - further in the review.

Her real name is Milena Markovna Kunis. She was born in 1983 in Chernivtsi into a Jewish family. Her father was a mechanical engineer and her mother was a physics teacher. After the collapse of the USSR, the family decided to emigrate to the United States. The very next day after moving to Los Angeles, Mila went to school, while not knowing a word of English. She still recalls this period with a shudder: "".

Although Mila was going through a difficult move, she saw certain advantages in her new life. She no longer needed to hide her nationality - she confessed that in the USSR their family often suffered from anti-Semitism, and in the USA her parents could raise her "". After the move, the family also faced financial difficulties, but this was not a serious problem for the girl. "" - said Mila.

Despite the fact that it was very difficult for her to get used to the new conditions, Mila Kunis quickly learned the language and entered the acting school a year later - her parents believed that this would help her quickly adapt and start communicating with her peers. Her acting career began on television. At the age of 9, she began to participate in the filming of commercials for children's products, various television shows and television series, and her first popularity came to her at the age of 14, when Mila appeared in The 70s Show, a very popular television project in the United States of the late 1990s. … At the same time, according to the rules, actors over 19 years old could participate in it, but Mila hid her real age. And when the truth became known, she had already managed to star in several episodes of the series, and an exception was made for her. Mila Kunis remained in this sitcom for 8 years.

All this time, she continued to study with a tutor to get rid of the accent and bring her English to perfection. The best confirmation that she succeeded was an invitation to voice the daughter of the main characters in the animated series Family Guy. For this work in 2007, the actress was even nominated for an Emmy Award.

Mila Kunis first appeared on the big screen in 2001, but at first her film success could hardly be called outstanding. Both viewers and film critics ignored her first works. After a 3-year hiatus, the actress finally landed the lead role in In Flight, for which she was nominated for a Teen's Choice Award. After that, filmmakers drew attention to her, and she began to receive several new proposals every year.

Mila Kunis gained worldwide popularity in 2010 with the release of The Book of Eli and The Black Swan. In the first of them, Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman became her partners on the set, and in the second, Mila played a ballerina, the rival of the main character, played by Natalie Portman. In preparation for the film, she had to sit on a strict diet and practice ballet for 4 hours daily. The efforts were not in vain: Black Swan was nominated for 5 Oscars, and Mila Kunis was awarded the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Venice Film Festival's Best Young Actress award. After that, she continued to act, and at the moment there are more than 35 works in the filmography of the 36-year-old actress. In 2017, Mila Kunis became one of the 5 highest paid Hollywood stars.

The personal life of Mila Kunis has always attracted no less attention than her work. In 2002, she began an affair with the star of the film Home Alone, Macaulay Culkin. Their relationship lasted 8 years, the actor proposed to her, but it never came to the wedding. The reason was the bad habits of the actor, who abused alcohol and illegal drugs. Culkin was so upset about their parting that he even tried to commit suicide.

Ever since filming "The 70s Show" Mila Kunis was familiar with the actor Ashton Kutcher, then their first kiss took place in the frame, although the relationship between them did not go beyond friendship. The actor said: "". Mila confessed: "". However, after The 70s Show, the actors parted ways for a long time.

Only in 2012 did feelings flare up between them. For her sake, he left his famous wife, Demi Moore, who was 15 years older than him. True, she claimed that she herself had left him a few months before because of his constant betrayal. Be that as it may, in 2015 Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher officially got married and remain together to this day. The couple had two children.

Today, the actress speaks with an accent in Russian, although she continues to communicate with her parents in her native language. And for her husband Mila often prepares dishes of Russian and Ukrainian cuisine. She is proud of her roots, although she has long felt like her in the United States.

She achieved what even Native American women can only dream of, but her former chosen one did not have such a successful creative destiny: The other side of Macaulay Culkin's fame.