When I grow up, since I can’t be Stephen King… I’d like to be Sandra Bullock!
I have to say, I have been a long time fan of America’s Sweetheart – Sandra Bullock! My husband says it’s because she looks like my mom, but I don’t think that is it. She is just an amazing actress, in my opinion.
I went to college to be an actress, and shortly after graduation headed out to Los Angeles, CA with big dreams. I always saw Sandra Bullock’s career as the ideal acting path for a woman. Why? Because she has done it all… Comedy… Drama…Romance…Action…
I mean just look at this list:
- Bird Box (2018)
- Ocean’s Eight (2018)
- Our Brand is Crisis (2015)
- Minions (2015)
- Aningaaq (2013)
- The Heat (2013)
- Gravity (2013)
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2012)
- All About Steve (2009)
- The Proposal (2009)
- The Blind Side (2009) – ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS!!!
- Premonition (2007)
- Loverboy (2006)
- The Lake House (2006)
- Infamous (2006)
- Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
- Crash (2004)
- Murder by Numbers (2002)
- Two Weeks Notice (2002)
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
- Miss Congeniality (2000)
- 28 Days (2000)
- Gun Shy (2000)
- Forces of Nature (1999)
- The Prince of Egypt (1998)
- Practical Magic (1998)
- Making Sandwiches (1998)
- Hope Floats (1998)
- Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
- Two If by Sea (1996)
- In Love and War (1996)
- A Time to Kill (1996)
- The Net (1995)
- While You Were Sleeping (1995)
- Speed (1994) – THIS IS WHERE SHE REALLY GOT NOTICED!
- The Vanishing (1993)
- The Thing Called Love (1993)
- Demolition Man (1993)
- Fire on the Amazon (1993)
- Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
- When the Party’s Over (1992)
- Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1992)
- Love Potion No. 9 (1992) – CUTE ROMANTIC COMEDY!!!
(NOTE: This is not a complete list of all of the movies/TV appearances of Sandra Bullock – for a complete list visit her IMDB site HERE!)
While I will admit that not every movie she has done has been a home run… you can’t deny that she has done it all. She started out just like a lot of other want to be actresses (myself included) doing B-movies that were unsuccessful and embarrassing at best! Although, she had something – that thing called talent, and she refused to give up. When she finally did SPEED she got the recognition she deserved. People started taking notice. Since then she has done everything from action, to comedy, to fantasy, to dark comedy, to melodrama, to romantic comedies, to thrillers, to serious drama… Plus… SHE WAS A WITCH!
Gravity, although she didn’t win the Academy Award was by far, in my opinion, the best female performance of 2013. She was amazing… heart-breakingly good in that film.
The other night, I re-watched the 2013 movie, The Heat… OMG I laughed so hard!!! She had such amazing comedic chemistry with her co-star Melissa McCarthy (WHO IS HERSELF AWESOME). They bring THE HEAT and all the laughs with them!
Sandra was named Entertainment Weekly‘s 2013 Entertainer of the Year after the success of The Heat and Gravity. A MUCH DESERVED TITLE!
She was also named Entertainment Weekly‘s Entertainer of the Year for her roles in The Blind Side and The Proposal in 2009.
Why she didn’t win anything for her performance in Bird Box is beyond me. She was fantastic in that film. The way she dives into a role, without apology, is beautiful!
Okay… one last comment – She is beautiful! At 55 years old this woman doesn’t look a day over 35.
WHAT IS HER SECRET?
Nina Soden 