Bullock at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International

Sandra Bullock is an American actress and producer who made her film debut with a minor role in J. Christian Ingvordsen's thriller Hangmen in 1987.[1] She made her television debut in the television film Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) and played the lead role in the short-lived sitcom Working Girl (1990)[2] before making her breakthrough starring in Jan de Bont's action film Speed (1994).[3] In 1995, Bullock founded her own production company, Fortis Films, and starred in the romantic comedy While You Were Sleeping.[4] Her performance in the film earned her first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.[5] In 1996, Bullock starred in the film adaptation of John Grisham's novel A Time to Kill. In 1998, Bullock starred in the romantic comedy Practical Magic, voiced Miriam in the DreamWorks animated film The Prince of Egypt, and executive produced her first film, Hope Floats.

In 2000, Bullock garnered a second nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for her role as undercover FBI agent Gracie Hart, in the comedy Miss Congeniality.[6] In 2002, she executive produced her first television series George Lopez and starred with Hugh Grant in the romantic comedy Two Weeks Notice. In 2004, Bullock starred in the crime drama Crash and shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture with the rest of the film's ensemble cast.[7] In 2006, Bullock reunited with her Speed co-star Keanu Reeves in the romantic drama The Lake House, and she also played Harper Lee in the Truman Capote biographical film Infamous.

In 2009, Bullock starred in the films The Proposal, All About Steve, and The Blind Side. Bullock won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Blind Side, and also received the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for All About Steve. In doing so, she became the first person to win both a Razzie and an Oscar in the same weekend.[8] In 2013, Bullock starred in the films The Heat and Gravity. For her performance in the latter, she received the Saturn Award for Best Actress and was also nominated at the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, and Golden Globe Awards.[9][10][11][12] In 2015, Bullock voiced the supervillain Scarlet Overkill in the animated film Minions. As of August 2020, Minions is her highest-grossing film, with a worldwide box office total of over $1.1 billion.[13][14] In 2018, Bullock starred in the heist comedy film Ocean's 8, a spin-off of the Ocean's franchise, which was a commercial success.[15] That same year, she starred in the post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box, which had the largest debut week viewership for a Netflix film.[16]

Film

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role(s) Notes Ref(s)
1987 Hangmen Lisa Edwards [17]
1989 A Fool and His Money Debby Cosgrove Also known as Religion, Inc.
Direct-to-video 		[18][19]
1989 Who Shot Pat? Devlin Moran Direct-to-video [18][20]
1992 Love Potion No. 9 Diane Farrow [18][21]
1993 The Vanishing Diane Shaver [22]
1993 When the Party's Over Amanda [23]
1993 The Thing Called Love Linda Lue Linden [24]
1993 Demolition Man Lenina Huxley [25]
1993 Fire on the Amazon Alyssa Rothman [26][27][28]
1993 Wrestling Ernest Hemingway Elaine [29]
1994 Speed Annie Porter [30]
1994 Who Do I Gotta Kill? Lori Also known as Me & The Mob
Direct-to-video 		[18][31]
1995 While You Were Sleeping Lucy Eleanor Moderatz [32]
1995 The Net Angela Bennett [33]
1996 Two If by Sea Roz [34]
1996 A Time to Kill Ellen Roark [35]
1996 In Love and War Agnes von Kurowsky [36][37]
1997 Speed 2: Cruise Control Annie Porter [38]
1998 Hope Floats Birdee Pruitt Also executive producer [39]
1998 Making Sandwiches Melba Club Short film
Also producer, director, and screenwriter 		[40]
1998 Practical Magic Sally Owens [41]
1998 The Prince of Egypt Miriam Voice role [42]
1999 Forces of Nature Sarah Lewis [43]
2000 Gun Shy Judy Tipp Also producer and executive album producer [44][45]
2000 28 Days Gwen Cummings [46]
2000 Miss Congeniality Gracie Hart Also producer [47]
2002 Murder by Numbers Det. Cassie Mayweather / Jessica Marie Hudson Also executive producer [48]
2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Siddalee Walker [49]
2002 Two Weeks Notice Lucy Kelson Also producer [50]
2004 Crash Jean Cabot [51]
2005 Loverboy Mrs. Harker [52]
2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Gracie Hart Also producer [53]
2006 The Lake House Dr. Kate Forster [54]
2006 Infamous Harper Lee [55]
2007 Premonition Linda Hanson [56]
2009 The Proposal Margaret Tate Also executive producer [57]
2009 All About Steve Mary Horowitz Also producer [58]
2009 The Blind Side Leigh Anne Tuohy [59]
2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Linda Schell [60]
2013 The Heat Special Agent Sarah Ashburn [61]
2013 Gravity Dr. Ryan Stone [62]
2013 The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers Golda Meir Documentary film
Voice role 		[63]
2015 Minions Scarlet Overkill Voice role [64]
2015 Our Brand Is Crisis "Calamity" Jane Bodine Also executive producer [65]
2018 Ocean's 8 Deborah 'Debbie' Ocean [66]
2018 Bird Box Malorie Hayes Also executive producer [67]
2021 The Unforgivable Ruth Slater Also producer [68]
2022 The Lost City Loretta Sage / Angela Also producer [69]
2022 Bullet Train Maria Beetle [70]

Television

Year Title Role(s) Notes Ref.
1989 Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman Kate Mason Television film [71]
1989 Starting from Scratch Barbara Webster Episode: "Confidence Game" [72]
1989 The Preppie Murder Stacy Television film [73]
1990 Working Girl Tess McGill 12 episodes [74]
1990 Lucky Chances Maria Santangelo Miniseries [75]
2002−2004 George Lopez Accident Amy 3 episodes
Also executive producer 		[76][77]

See also

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