Week - 13- The Blind Side

Quick Facts

• NAME: Sandra Bullock
• OCCUPATION: Film Actress
• BIRTH DATE: July 26, 1964 (Age: 49)
• EDUCATION: Washington-Lee High School, East Carolina University
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Arlington, Virginia
• Full Name: Sandra Annette Bullock
• AKA: Sandra Bullock
• ZODIAC SIGN: Leo

Academy Award for Best Actress

Bullock then had a career breakthrough with the sports drama The Blind Side (2009), based on the true-life story of African-American professional football player Michael Oher. Playing Leah Anne Touhy, she starred as a suburban wife and mother who brings Oher (played by Quinton Aaron), a homeless teenager, into her family and helps him overcome his personal challenges. The touching drama has brought in more than $248 million at the box office and earned Bullock an Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won a Golden Globe for her work on the film.
After the success of The Blind Side, Bullock largely stepped out the Hollywood's spotlight for a time. She made a tremendous return in 2013 with the box office hit The Heat with Melissa McCarthy. The duo played a pair of mismatched law enforcement agents out to take down a drug lord in this buddy comedy. The film made an impressive debut, bringing in more than $40 million in its first weekend.

She followed with another huge success in 2013, taking on the lead role in the film Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuarón and co-starring George Clooney. The blockbuster film was highly praised for its visually stunning effects and stellar performances. Though it cost $80 million to create, the big budget film raked in more than $400 million at the worldwide box office. Not long after the film was released, it began to receive Oscar buzz for Bullock, Clooney and Cuarón.