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| + | '''Milena "Mila" Kunis''' (born '''Milena Markivna Kunis''' August 14, 1983) is an American actress. Her television work includes the role of Jackie Burkhart on ''That '70s Show'' and the voice of [[Meg Griffin]] on the animated series ''[[Family Guy]]'', taking over for [[Lacey Chabert]] starting in the second production season. She has also played roles in film, such as ''Forgetting Sarah Marshall'', ''Max Payne'', ''Friends with Benefits'' and ''Ted''. In 2010, she won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress at the 67th Venice International Film Festival for her performance as Lily in ''Black Swan''. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe for her ''Black Swan'' role. Kunis can also be heard as the voice of several characters on the [[Adult Swim]] show ''[[Robot Chicken]]''. Kunis is also the female lead of [[Seth MacFarlane]]'s live-action directorial debut 2012 film ''Ted''. |
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| + | Kunis married her ''That '70s Show'' co-star [[Ashton Kutcher]] in July of 2015. Together they have two children, daughter Wyatt and son Dimitri. |
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| − | '''Milena Markovna Kunis''' (Ukrainian: Мілена Маркoвна Куніс) is American actress and voice actress, best known as '''Mila Kunis'''. |
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| + | Other than Meg herself, Kunis has only voiced characters made in Meg's likeness, such as [[Meg Peterson]]. |
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| − | She is famous for her roles as Jackie on ''That '70s Show'' and as [[Meg Griffin]] on ''[[Family Guy]]''. |
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| + | She is self-admittedly a horrible singer, so [[Tara Strong]] took over for her when Meg was lead singer of [[Meg and the Griffins]] in "[[Don't Make Me Over]]". However, she finally sang as Meg in "[[Road to the North Pole]]". Her singing has been referenced in ''That 70's Show'', but only as her character 'Jackie'. |
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| − | Kunis was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) to a Jewish family on August 14, 1983. She and her family movied to Los Angelos, California, when Kunis was seven. She learned English by watching The Price Is Right; host Bob Barker spoke slowly enough for her to understand. In Los Angeles, where she attended Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle School, Kunis took after-school acting classes and was cast in minor roles in children's programs and television commercials, appearing in a 1994 episode of Days of Our Lives as a young Hope Williams. |
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| + | In ''[[It's A Trap!]]'', her name is Hutt for "Put him in." |
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| − | Kunis became well known after being cast in the television series That '70s Show, in 1998. She lied about her age when auditioning: although required to be 18 years old, she had not yet turned 15. Kunis has stated many times that she is nothing like Jackie, her character on the show, insisting that she is really more of the cute girl-next-door type with a dash of tomboy thrown in for good measure. But before this she was in the 1997 film Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves as a minor character (the daughter's friend). Despite this docile description, she has shown a different attitude by her sultry appearance on the cover of the men's magazine Stuff in December of 2005. Maxim magazine named her #47 on its 2006 Hot 100 list. |
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| − | Kunis has had several other notable roles, including starring in the Aerosmith music video "Jaded", The Strokes music video "The End Has No End", as well as several movies, such as Piranha (1995), Santa with Muscles (1996), Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), Gia (1998), Get Over It (2001), American Psycho II: All American Girl (2002), and Tony n' Tina's Wedding (2004). She is starring with Jon Heder in the upcoming film Moving McAllister. |
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| − | Kunis can also be heard as the voice of Meg Griffin in the animated TV show Family Guy, and of several characters on the Adult Swim show Robot Chicken. She is also to lend her voice to a character in the upcoming video game Saint's Row. SHE LIKES JUSTIN RIIS |
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| − | WWW.MYSPACE.COM/CHAM1LL1ON HER BOY FREIND RIGHT NOW |
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| − | ==Personal Life== |
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| − | Kunis graduated from Fairfax High School in 2001. |
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| − | She was ranked #54 in ''[[Stuff (magazine)|Stuff]]'''s "102 Sexiest Women In The World" (2002); ''[[Maxim magazine|Maxim]]'' named her #47 on its 2006 Hot 100 list.<ref>[http://www.maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?slideId=1952&imgCollectId=94&src=wiki Mila Kunis of 2006 Hot 100 on Maxim.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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| − | She has been dating actor [[Macaulay Culkin]] for nearly six years. The couple were on vacation in Israel when the 2006 Israeli-Lebanon war began and they quickly and safely left the country and returned to the U.S. According to the DVD commentary of the [[Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story|''Family Guy'' movie]] (during the third part in which Kunis was a commentator), Kunis claims that one of the reasons her boyfriend likes her is because of her role on ''Family Guy''; he is a big fan of the show. She goes on to say that it was because of Culkin that she actually sat down and watched the show (having never done so before). |
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| − | She has [[wikipedia:heterochromia|heterochromia]], which means that her two eyes don't match in color: one is blue, and the other is slightly green. |
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Revision as of 12:23, 6 November 2017
Milena "Mila" Kunis (born Milena Markivna Kunis August 14, 1983) is an American actress. Her television work includes the role of Jackie Burkhart on That '70s Show and the voice of Meg Griffin on the animated series Family Guy, taking over for Lacey Chabert starting in the second production season. She has also played roles in film, such as Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Max Payne, Friends with Benefits and Ted. In 2010, she won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress at the 67th Venice International Film Festival for her performance as Lily in Black Swan. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe for her Black Swan role. Kunis can also be heard as the voice of several characters on the Adult Swim show Robot Chicken. Kunis is also the female lead of Seth MacFarlane's live-action directorial debut 2012 film Ted.
Kunis married her That '70s Show co-star Ashton Kutcher in July of 2015. Together they have two children, daughter Wyatt and son Dimitri.
Other than Meg herself, Kunis has only voiced characters made in Meg's likeness, such as Meg Peterson.
She is self-admittedly a horrible singer, so Tara Strong took over for her when Meg was lead singer of Meg and the Griffins in "Don't Make Me Over". However, she finally sang as Meg in "Road to the North Pole". Her singing has been referenced in That 70's Show, but only as her character 'Jackie'.
In It's A Trap!, her name is Hutt for "Put him in."