

In the mid-1990s, Bullock appeared in a steady stream of big-budget productions of varying commercial success. 'While You Were Sleeping' to 'Miss Congeniality' Playing opposite Keanu Reeves, Bullock's plucky performance helped propel the commercial success of what was an otherwise generic action feature. In 1993 Bullock replaced Lori Petty in the futuristic Sylvester Stallone vehicle Demolition Man, but critics largely panned the film as "incoherent" and "one-dimensional." It was from the box-office hit Speed (1994) that she first earned widespread recognition. Bullock made a short run as Tess McGill on the ill-fated NBC sitcom Working Girl (based on the hit movie of the same name), followed by a co-starring role in the romantic comedy Love Potion No.

She used the critical acclaim for her performance to land an agent, but her early acting jobs, which included bit parts in television and B-movies, were unsuccessful and sometimes embarrassing. Movies Early Careerīullock landed her first gig at the age of 21 in an off-Broadway production of No Time Flat. She joined the Neighborhood Playhouse Theatre, where she took acting classes, and supported herself with waitressing and bartending work. However, she left college only three credits shy of her bachelor's degree, and moved to New York in 1986 to pursue acting in earnest. Bullock then enrolled at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, to study acting. Bullock had no problem fitting in, becoming involved in cheerleading and school theater productions until her graduation in 1982.

area, where she attended Washington-Lee High School. When Bullock was 12, her family moved back to the Washington, D.C. The performance helped her to develop a love of the stage, and she began appearing regularly in the Nuremburg children's choir. She studied music and dance while she traveled throughout Europe, and made her first stage appearance at the age of five in a small role for an opera in Nuremburg, Germany. Sandra Annette Bullock was born on July 26, 1964, in Arlington, Virginia, to a German opera singer and a voice teacher. She was named Entertainer of the Year by Entertainment Weekly in both 20. In 2013 she starred alongside George Clooney in the critically acclaimed blockbuster Gravity. She has since starred in many more films, and won a Best Actress Academy Award and Golden Globe for her performance in The Blind Side (2009), based on the true-life story of football player Michael Oher. She later became widely known for her role in the 1994 hit Speed. Sandra Bullock made her first stage appearance at age five in an opera in Germany.
