Sandra Annette Bullock (; born July 26, 1964) is an
American actress who came to fame in the 1990s, after roles in successful films such as
Speed and
While You Were Sleeping. She has since established her career as a well-known leading
Hollywood actress, with films such as
Miss Congeniality and
Crash, which received critical acclaim. In 2007 she was ranked as the 14th richest female celebrity with an estimated fortune of $85 million.
[ Winfrey tops female celebrity rich list, 999today.com. January 19, 2007.]
Early life
Sandra Annette Bullock was born in
Arlington County, Virginia, the daughter of
Helga D. Meyer, a German
opera singer and part-time vocal coach, and John W. Bullock, a voice coach and executive from
Alabama.
[Sandra Bullock genealogy from freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com][Sandra Bullock Biography] 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. She is fluent in
German. Bullock studied
ballet and vocal arts as a child, taking small parts in her mother's opera productions.
