Do you remember that actress who nailed it in The Blind Side? Yeah, she took home an Oscar! And she’s been killing it in Speed, Gravity, The Proposal, Miss Congeniality, Crash, and Bird Box too. She’s just incredible!

Before Fame

As a kid, she sang in her mom’s choir. After finishing drama school at East Carolina University in 1986, she headed to Manhattan, mixing drinks as a bartender and waitress.

Trivia

She plays Scarlett Overkill in the Minions movie.

Lifestyle

In 2005, She married Jesse Gregory James, but they split in 2010. She’s a proud mom to Louis and Laila, her adopted kids. Then, she found love with Bryan Randall in 2015, but sadly, he passed away in August 2023 due to ALS.

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