Biography

• Born: 26 July 1964
• Birthplace: Arlington, Virginia
• Best Known As: Co-star of the movie Speed

Bullock was born to the late German opera singer Helga Meyer, who died of cancer on April 4 , 2000 , and the Alabama-born voice teacher John Bullock . Growing up, Bullock lived for 12 years in Fürth, Germany, where she began singing as a child, performing small parts in her mother's operas. Later she attended Washington-Lee High School where she was a cheerleader , voted "Most Likely to Brighten up Your Day" by her class.

Bullock married motorcycle builder and Monster Garage host Jesse James on July 16 , 2005 . She previously dated Troy Aikman , Matthew McConaughey , blues guitarist Guy Forsythe, and actor Ryan Gosling. She was engaged to actor Tate Donovan .

In October 2004 , she won a multi-million-dollar judgment in a lawsuit against Benny Daneshjou , the builder of her Lake Austin , Texas mansion, a home in which she had never lived, claiming it is uninhabitable. The builder denied any wrongdoing and is appealing. Bullock publicly donated $1 million twice to the American Red Cross , first to its Liberty Disaster Relief Fund and four years later, in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamis .

As for her marital plans it will probably not be for some time as "I've always been very skeptical about marriage, because I only want to do it once; I want to do it the right way." The man of her life must dance Salsa very well.

Sandra Bullock was a huge hit as Keanu Reeves 's plucky love interest in the 1994 bus-gone-crazy film Speed . The film's success made her one of Hollywood's most talked about actresses. The honeymoon was brief, but Bullock moved into making light comedies and romances as a solid lead. Her films include While You Were Sleeping (1995), Forces of Nature (1999, with Ben Affleck ), Miss Congeniality (2000) and Two Weeks Notice (2002, with Hugh Grant ). Bullock married Jesse James , the star of the reality TV show Monster Garage , on 16 July 2005.

The marriage to James is Bullock's first; she was 41, he 35. James owns the high-end motorcycle shop West Coast Choppers and claims to be a distant relative of the outlaw Jesse James ... After the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, Bullock donated $1 million to the American Red Cross... After the tsunami devastation of December 2004, she donated another $1 million to the Red Cross.