Milla Jovovich ( /ˈjoʊvəvɪtʃ/ yoh-və-vich; born Milica Jovović, Serbian Cyrillic: Милица Јововић, Ukrainian: Мiліца Йовович; December 17, 1975 in Kyiv, Ukraine) is an American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action-themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt". Jovovich was born in Kyiv, Ukraine (former Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, to Bogdan “Bogić” Bogdanović Jovović, a Serbian medical doctor, and Galina Loginova (after marriage, Galina Jovović), a Soviet actress.