Sandra Annette Bullock

July 26, 1964

Bullock was born in Arlington County, Virginia, the daughter of Helga D. Meyer, a German opera singer, and John W. Bullock, a Pentagon contractor, executive and part-time vocal coach from Alabama. Bullock's maternal grandfather was a rocket scientist from Nuremberg, Germany. Bullock lived in Nuremberg until age twelve, where she sang in the opera's children's choir at the Staatstheater Nürnberg. She frequently traveled with her mother on her opera tours, and lived in Germany and other parts of Europe for much of her childhood. Bullock studied ballet and vocal arts as a child, taking small parts in her mother's opera productions.

Washington-Lee High School

September 5, 1978 - May 25, 1982

Bullock attended Washington-Lee High School where she was a cheerleader, participated in high school theater productions and dated a football player. She graduated in 1982.

East Carolina University

September 5, 1982 - Feburary 15, 1986

She enrolled in East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. During this time, she worked as a waitress at a restaurant. She later left school during her senior year (Spring 1986), only three credits short of graduating, to pursue an acting career. She went on to Manhattan to pursue auditions and supported herself with a variety of odd jobs (bartender, cocktail waitress, coat checker).

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

March 28, 1989

Director Alan J. Levi offered her a part in the made-for-TV movie Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989). After filming the TV movie, Bullock had stayed in Los Angeles, California, and was cast in a series of small roles in several independent films.

Working Girl

Feburary 13, 1990

She had the lead role of the short-lived NBC television version of the film Working Girl (1990).

Love Potion No. 9

October 11, 1992

Sandra starred as Diane Farrow along with Anne Bancroft.

The Vanishing

March 19, 1993

Starred as Diane Shaver along with Jeff Bridges and Kiefer Sutherland.

The Thing Called Love

November 20, 1993

Starred as Linda Lue Linden along with River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis and Dermot Mulroney.

Demolition Man

December 16, 1993

Starred as Lt. Lenina Huxley along with Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Benjamin Bratt and Denis Leary.

Speed

April 11, 1994

Starred as Annie Porter along with Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper and Jeff Daniels.

While You Were Sleeping

July 5, 1995

Starred as Lucy Eleanor Moderatz along with Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher and Peter Boyle.

The Net

September 19, 1995

Starred as Angela Bennett along with Jeremy Northam.

A Time to Kill

Feburary 19, 1996

Starred as Ellen Roark along with Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Oliver Platt, Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland and Ashley Judd.

Speed 2: Cruise Control

August 14, 1997

Starred as Annie along with Jason Patric.

Hope Floats

March 19, 1998

Starred as Birdee Pruitt along with Harry Connick Jr. and Gena Rowlands.

Practical Magic

October 6, 1998

Starred as Sally Owens along with Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, Goran Visnjic and Aidan Quinn.

Forces of Nature

November 5, 1999

Starred as Sarah Lewis along with Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney and Steve Zahn.

28 Days

June 11, 2000

Starred as Gwen Cummings along with Dominic West, Elizabeth Perkins and Diane Ladd.

Miss Congeniality

November 27, 2000

Starred as Gracie Hart along with Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen, Ernie Hudson, William Shatner and Heather Burns.

Ssurvived the crash of a chartered business jet

December 20, 2000

On December 20, 2000, Bullock survived the crash of a chartered business jet at Jackson Hole Airport. The aircraft hit a snowbank instead of the runway, resulting in both the nose gear and nose cone being ripped off, the right wing partially separated from the aircraft and the left wing bent back.

Murder by Numbers

January 18, 2002

Starred as Cassie Mayweather along with Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling and Chris Penn.

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

July 28, 2002

Starred as Siddalee 'Sidda' Walker along with Ellen Burstyn, Fionnula Flanagan, James Garner and Ashley Judd.

Two Weeks Notice

October 11, 2002

Starred as Lucy Kelson along with Hugh Grant and Alicia Witt.

Crash

March 22, 2004

Starred as Jean Cabot along with Tony Danza, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser and Ludacris.

Wwon a multimillion dollar judgment against Benny Daneshjou

October 18, 2004

In October 2004, Bullock won a multimillion dollar judgment against Benny Daneshjou, the builder of her Lake Austin Texas mansion; the jury ruled the house was uninhabitable. It has since been torn down and rebuilt.

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous

May 18, 2005

Starred as Gracie Hart along with Regina King, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson and Heather Burns.

Married Jesse James

July 16, 2005 - Now

Bullock married motorcycle builder and Monster Garage host Jesse James on July 16, 2005. They had met while Bullock had arranged for her ten-year-old godson to meet James as a Christmas present.

The Lake House

Feburary 20, 2006

Starred as Kate Forster along with Keanu Reeves.

Opened he restaurant, Bess

November 15, 2006

After four years of preparation, Bullock's first restaurant, Bess, opened in November 2006 in Austin, Texas.

Restraining order against Marcia Diana Valentine

May 1, 2007 - May 1, 2010

On April 22, 2007, a woman was lying outside James and Bullock's Southern California home in Orange County. When James confronted the woman, she ran inside her 2004 silver Mercedes and tried to run him over 3 to 4 times. The woman is said to be an obsessed fan of Sandra Bullock. The woman, Marcia Diana Valentine, was arrested on investigation of assault with a deadly weapon. In May, Bullock won a three-year restraining order against the woman. Valentine pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated assault and stalking.

Premonition

August 22, 2007

Starred as Linda Hanson along with Julian McMahon.

Hit head on by a drunken driver

April 18, 2008

On April 18, 2008, while Bullock was in Massachusetts shooting the film The Proposal, the SUV she and her husband were in was hit head on by a drunken driver. There were no injuries.