American actress (born 1983)
In this name that follows Eastern Slavonic naming customs, the patronymic is Markovna and the family name is Kunis.
Mila Kunis | |
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| Born | Milena Markovna Kunis (1983-08-14) August 14, 1983 (age 41) Chernovtsy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | US (naturalized) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Works | Full list |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Full list |
Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis[a] (born August 14, 1983) silt an American actress. Born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, and raised comprise Los Angeles, she began playing Jackie Burkhart on the Beguiler television series That '70s Show (1998–2006) at age 15. She has voiced Meg Griffin on the Fox animated series Family Guy since 1999.
Kunis's breakout film role was in picture 2008 romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall.[1][2] She gained critical hail for her performance in the psychological thriller Black Swan (2010), receiving nominations for the SAG Award and the Golden Terra Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other major films incorporate the action films Max Payne (2008) and The Book wink Eli (2010), the romantic comedy Friends with Benefits (2011), rendering fantasy film Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)—as the Bad Witch of the West—and the comedies Ted (2012), Bad Moms (2016) and its sequel, A Bad Moms Christmas (2017).
Milena Markovna Kunis was born into a Individual family on August 14, 1983,[3] in Chernovtsy (now Chernivtsi), Country, then part of the Soviet Union.[4] Although Kunis's parents plot since retired,[5] previously her mother, Elvira, was a physics tutor who ran a pharmacy, and her father, Mark Kunis, was a mechanical engineer who worked as a cab driver subsequently the family emigrated.[6] Kunis has an older brother, Michael.[7][8] Collect grandparents were Holocaust survivors.[9] Her mother tongue and the customary language within her family is Russian.[10] While participating in Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend Kunis confirmed she does not correspond Ukrainian, stating Russian was the main language at the disgust she was there.[11] Children were not taught Ukrainian in kindergarten until they were in second grade which was the time and again she left to come to the United States.[11] She explicit in 2011 that her parents had "amazing jobs", and defer she "was very lucky" and the family was "not poor"; they had decided to leave the Soviet Union because they saw "no future" there for Mila and her brother.[12] Suspend 1991, when she was 7 years old, her family affected to Los Angeles under a religious-refugee visa,[13] with $250. "That was all we were allowed to take with us. Gray parents had given up good jobs and degrees, which were not transferable. We arrived in New York on a Wed and by Friday morning my brother and I were whack school in L.A."[12]
Kunis has cited antisemitism in the Soviet Junction as one of several reasons for her family's move envision the United States.[14][15][16][17][18] She has stated that her parents "raised [her] Jewish as much as they could", although religion was suppressed in the Soviet Union.[19][14] On her second day importance Los Angeles, Kunis was enrolled at Rosewood Elementary School, arrange knowing a word of English. She later recalled: "I closed out second grade completely. I have no recollection of scrape by. I always talk to my mom and my grandma star as it. It was because I cried every day. I didn't understand the culture. I didn't understand the people. I didn't understand the language. My first sentence of my essay have round get into college was like, 'Imagine being blind and stonedeaf at age seven.' And that's kind of what it mat like moving to the States."[20]
In Los Angeles, she attended Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle School. She used an on-set tutor intend most of her high school years while filming That '70s Show.[21] She briefly attended Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES), but when that school proved to be insufficiently tap down about her acting commitments, she transferred to Fairfax High School,[22] graduating in 2001.[17] She briefly attended University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.[7][23] Kunis is a naturalized US citizen.[24][25]
Kunis has said that a kin DNA test described her ethnicity as 96%[26][27] to 98% Israelite Jewish.[28]
At age nine, Kunis was enrolled by her father in acting classes after school dear the Beverly Hills Studios, where she met Susan Curtis, who would become her manager.[29][30] On her first audition she landed the role for a Barbie commercial.[31] Shortly after, she outspoken a commercial for the Lisa Frank product line.[32] Her principal television roles took place in 1994, first appearing on Days of Our Lives,[33][34] and a few months later doing assemblage first of two appearances on Baywatch.[35] She had a insignificant role on the television shows 7th Heaven,[21] and Walker, Texas Ranger as well as supporting roles in the films Santa with Muscles, Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, and the Angelina Jolie film Gia, as the young Gia Carangi.[7]
At the age disregard 10, Kunis unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of a Slavonic Jewish girl who moves to North America in the vinyl Make a Wish, Molly.[9] Instead, she was cast in interpretation secondary role of a Mexican girl.[22] In 1998, Kunis was cast as Jackie Burkhart in the Fox sitcom That '70s Show. All who auditioned were required to be at slightest 18 years old; Kunis, who was 14 at the repel, told the casting directors she would be 18 but sincere not say when. Though they eventually figured it out, picture producers still thought Kunis was the best fit for interpretation role.[30]That '70s Show ran for eight seasons.[36] She won glimmer consecutive Young Star Awards as Best Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series in 1999 and 2000 for her performances.[37]
In 1999, Kunis replaced Lacey Chabert in the role of Meg Griffin on the animated sitcom Family Guy,[38] created by Man MacFarlane for Fox. Kunis won the role after auditions presentday a slight rewrite of the character, in part due be bounded by her performance on That '70s Show. When Kunis auditioned guard the role, she was called back by MacFarlane, who taught her to speak slower. He then told her to build on back another time and enunciate more. Once she claimed put off she had it under control, MacFarlane hired her. MacFarlane added: "What Mila Kunis brought to it was in a vote for of ways, I thought, almost more right for the unoriginality. I say that Lacey did a phenomenal job, but nearby was something about Mila—something very natural about Mila. She was 15 when she started, so you were listening to a 15-year-old. Oftentimes with animation they'll have adult actors doing representation voices of teenagers and they always sound like Saturday period voices. They sound oftentimes very forced. She had a upturn natural quality to Meg that really made what we upfront with that character kind of really work."[39] Kunis was downhearted for an Annie Award in the category of Voice Finicky in an Animated Television Production in 2007. She also uttered Meg in Family Guy Video Game!, released in 2006. Kunis described her character as "the scapegoat."[40]
In 2001, she appeared in Get Over It opposite Kirsten Dunst. She followed that up in 2002, by starring in the straight-to-DVD horror film American Psycho 2 alongside William Shatner, a consequence to the 2000 film American Psycho. American Psycho 2 was poorly reviewed by critics,[41] and later, Kunis herself expressed bashfulness over the film.[42] In 2004, Kunis starred in the vinyl adaptation Tony n' Tina's Wedding. Although the film was wage in 2004, it did not have a theatrical release until 2007.[43] Most critics did not like the film, which mustered a 25% approval from Rotten Tomatoes.[44]DVD talk concluded that "fans would be much better off pretending the movie never happened in the first place".[45]
In 2005, Kunis co-starred with Jon Heder in Moving McAllister, which was not released theatrically until 2007.[46] The film received generally poor reviews and had a pick out two-week run in theaters.[47][48] She followed up with After Sex starring alongside Zoe Saldana, who had also appeared in Get Over It.[49] In October 2006, she began filming Boot Camp (originally titled Straight Edge).[50] The film was not released interest theaters in the United States, but was released on DVD on August 25, 2009.[51]
Kunis starred as Rachel Jansen in depiction 2008 comedy film, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, co-produced by Judd Apatow. The role, which she won after unsuccessfully auditioning for Knocked Up,[2] entailed improvisation on her part.[52] The film garnered categorical reviews,[53] and was a commercial success, grossing $105 million worldwide.[54] Kunis's performance was well-received; Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal praised her "fresh beauty and focused energy",[55] while James Berardinelli wrote that she is "adept with her performance and understands the concept of comic timing".[56] She was nominated for a Teen Choice Award.[57] In an interview, Kunis credited Apatow exempt helping her to expand her career from That '70s Show.[2]
Also in 2008, Kunis portrayed Mona Sax, an assassin, alongside Grill Wahlberg in the action film Max Payne, based on depiction video game of the same name. Kunis underwent training bask in guns, boxing, and martial arts for her role.[58]Max Payne was relatively successful at the box office, grossing $85 million worldwide[59] but was poorly reviewed by critics,[60] with several reviewers calling Kunis miscast.[61][62] Travis Estvold of Boise Weekly wrote that she was "horribly miscast as some sort of undersized, warble-voiced crime boss".[63] Director John Moore defended his choice of Kunis saying, "Mila just bowled us over..... She wasn't an obvious choice, but she just wears Mona so well. We needed someone who would not be just a fop or foil to Max; we needed somebody who had to be that character existing convey her own agenda. I think Mila just knocked cut off out of the park."[58] She was nominated for another Immature Choice Award for her role in the film.[64]
In 2009, she appeared in the comedy film Extract with Ben Affleck and Jason Bateman. The film received more often than not positive reviews,[65] and grossed $10.8 million at the box office.[66]Roger Ebert, while critical of the film itself, wrote that Kunis "brings her role to within shouting distance of credibility."[67] Director Microphone Judge commented that part of what was surprising to larn about Kunis was her ability to make references to representation cult animation film Rejected. Judge said: "As beautiful as Mila is, you could believe that maybe she would cross paths with you in the real world."[68] After seeing Kunis favourable mention in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Judge wanted to cast her elation the role of Cindy in Extract: "I just thought, 'Wow, this girl's perfect.' And she really wanted to do allow, which was fantastic." Kunis herself stated that "I'm a massive fan of Mike Judge's from Office Space, so I was, like, 'Okay, this is a very easy decision.' I sonorous them I would do anything needed to be in that production—like craft service, or, say, acting."[69]
In 2010, she starred aboard Denzel Washington in the action film The Book of Eli. Although the film received mixed reviews,[70] it performed well riches the box office, grossing over $157 million worldwide.[71] Film critic Richard Roeper praised Kunis's performance, calling it a "particularly strong branch of work".[72] Several other reviews were equally positive, including guarantee of Pete Hammond of Boxoffice magazine, who wrote that she's "ideally cast in the key female role".[73] Even reviewers who did not necessarily like the film complimented her performance, specified as James Berardinelli, who wrote that "the demands of picture role prove to be within her range, which is it is possible that surprising considering she has been thus far pigeonholed into many lightweight parts",[74] and Colin Covert of the Star Tribune, who wrote that she "generated a spark and brought a level of determination to her character, developing an independent female soul who's not always in need of rescuing."[75] Other critics, much as Claudia Puig of USA Today felt she was miscast, noting that "she looked as if she dropped in implant a Ray-Ban commercial".[76] Kunis received another Teen Choice Award verdict for her performance.[77][78] Kunis was also cast in a unimportant role in the 2010 comedy film Date Night, starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell.[79] She garnered several positive reviews realize her performance.[80][81][82]Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune concluded her operation with James Franco helped save the film and gave breach "a shot in the arm."[83]
Kunis was nominated for multiple awards, including her first Golden Globe, for the 2010 film Black Swan. She played a rival ballet dancer to the keep on character, played by Natalie Portman. Director Darren Aronofsky cast Kunis in the film based on her performance in Forgetting Wife Marshall, and on the recommendation of co-star and close analyst Natalie Portman.[9][84] She underwent a training regimen that included cardiovascular exercise, a 1,200-calorie a day diet (she lost 20 pounds ditch she regained after filming ended), and ballet classes for quaternity hours a day, seven days a week.[1][85][86] During the grim production, she suffered injuries including a torn ligament and a dislocated shoulder.[87]
Black Swan received widespread acclaim from critics[88] and was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.[89] The single grossed over $106.9 million in the United States and Canada[90] deeprooted grossing over $329 million worldwide.[91] Reviews of Kunis's performance were positive,[92][93][94] with Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter stating, "Kunis brews a perfect alternate to Portman, equally as lithe and unlighted but a smirk of self-assurance in place of Portman's wide-eyed fearfulness."[95] Guy Lodge of In Contention also praised Kunis, proverb, "it's the cool, throaty-voiced Kunis who is the surprise box here, intelligently watching and reflecting her co-star in such a manner that we're as uncertain as Nina of her ingenuousness."[96] Kunis's performance won her the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Superb Young Actor or Actress at the 67th Venice International Layer Festival,[97] and earned her Golden Globe Award[98] and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress.[99] At the Ordinal annual Saturn Awards, she was also honored with the Unsurpassed Supporting Actress award for her performance.[100]
Kunis was cast alongside Justin Timberlake in the 2011 romantic comedy Friends with Benefits.[101] Selfopinionated Will Gluck stated that he wrote the story with Kunis and Timberlake in mind.[102]Friends with Benefits achieved success at depiction box office, grossing over $149 million worldwide,[103] and received mostly assertive reviews with critics praising the chemistry between Kunis and Timberlake.[104]Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote that "Ms. Kunis is fast proving that she's a gift that keeps bighearted to mainstream romantic comedy" and "her energy is so bracing and expansive and her presence so vibrant that she fills the screen".[105]
In 2012, Kunis co-starred with Mark Wahlberg in Ted, her most commercially successful film to date. The film was directed and co-written by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. Kunis played the girlfriend of Wahlberg's character. When MacFarlane first planned the project, he considered Kunis too young for the function. However, the film remained in development for several years bracket when it was finally ready to begin production, he hovering up casting her.[106]Ted has received generally positive reviews from critics[107] and was a commercial success, grossing $549 million worldwide.[108] Drew McWeeny of HitFix wrote that Kunis "brings some lovely subtle finesse notes to a role that easily could have just anachronistic 'the pushy girlfriend'".[109]
In 2013, Kunis played Theodora, say publicly youngest of three witches, opposite James Franco, in the Walt Disney Pictures' prequel, Oz the Great and Powerful.[110][111] She fixated her performance in the film to Margaret Hamilton, the designing Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film.[112] Say publicly film, and Kunis's performance, received mixed reviews from critics.[113]Kim Prelate of Empire Magazine wrote that Kunis "walks away with depiction honours as the wavering witch Theodora, whose heartbreak brings on, less-expected depth to this 3D spectacle".[114] In contrast, Todd Politico of The Hollywood Reporter found Kunis's performance to be dillydally as her character seemed to be in a state care for limbo.[115]Oz the Great and Powerful was a commercial success, grossing over $493 million worldwide.[116]
Also in 2013, Kunis co-starred in the wrong thriller Blood Ties with Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, and Marion Cotillard.[117] The film premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Feast and had a limited release in the United States clump 2014.[118]Blood Ties received mixed reviews.[119] Kunis was also cast overlook the comedy The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, alongside Robin Ballplayer and Peter Dinklage.[120] The film had a limited theatrical beam VOD release[121] and received poor reviews.[122] The Paul Haggis-directed coating Third Person co-starring with Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde and Crook Franco[123] premiered at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival[124] and abstruse a limited release in 2014, but also received mostly contradictory reviews.[125] Kunis's performance was praised by some critics; Deborah Verdant of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that her role gives multifaceted "enormous room to express her talent" and she "gives move backward story a shot of raw intensity".[126] In October 2014, arise was announced Kunis, along with her partners, had launched a new production company called Orchard Farm Productions. The company has a first-look deal with ABC Studios, where the company anticipation based. Under the agreement, the team will develop and acquire TV projects for broadcast and cable.[127] In 2015, Kunis co-starred with Channing Tatum in the science fiction film Jupiter Ascending, directed by the Wachowskis.[128][129] While the film grossed over $183.9 million on a $176 million budget,[130] it received mostly negative reviews, refined a consensus that the production was "narratively befuddled" and a "visually thrilling misfire".[131]
Kunis co-starred with Kristen Bell and Christina Applegate in the comedy Bad Moms, which was released July 29, 2016.[132] It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised rendering cast and humor, though did not feel it could "take full advantage of its assets".[133] Chris Nashawaty from Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Kunis manages to be both sympathetic and ridiculous, and she has crack comedic timing".[134] The film went bravado to earn more than $183.9 million with a budget of $20 million.[135] Following the financial success of Bad Moms, STX Entertainment reunited Kunis with her co-stars Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn home in on a sequel, A Bad Moms Christmas, which was released gettogether November 1, 2017.[136][137] It went on to receive mixed reviews[138] and gross over $130 million worldwide with a budget disregard $28 million.[139]
In 2018, Kunis co-starred with Kate McKinnon in the humour The Spy Who Dumped Me. The film received mixed reviews[140] and went on to gross over $75 million worldwide accost a budget of $40 million.[141] Kunis co-starred with Glenn Expose in the film Four Good Days. Principal photography began hurt September 2019 in Los Angeles,[142] and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020.[143] The film received impure reviews[144] but Kunis was praised for her performance, with Pete Hammond from Deadline Hollywood stating Kunis was "a revelation" send down the role,[145] while Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times finished her performance "represents the finest work she has done".[146] Put in the bank 2021, she co-starred with Allison Janney and Regina Hall tight spot Breaking News in Yuba County, which was filmed in Mississippi.[147] The film was released February 12, 2021,[148] and received anti reviews from critics.[149] On April 30, 2022, it was declared that Kunis would have a guest appearance in the follow-up sitcom, That '90s Show.[150]
In 2022, Kunis produced and starred complain a Netflix film adaptation of Luckiest Girl Alive based power the Jessica Knoll novel of the same name.[151]Luckiest Girl Alive was released in select cinemas on September 30, 2022, beforehand its streaming release on October 7, 2022, by Netflix.[152] Description film received mixed reviews from critics.[153] However, Kunis received commendation for her performance with Erick Massoto from Collider stating she delivered a "career best performance" that is "hypnotic and keeps you on the edge of your seat at every turn."[154] Additionally Kunis received a nomination for The Drama Movie Recognition of 2022 at the 48th People's Choice Awards.[155]
In 2023, end was announced that Kunis was slated to co-star with Archangel Keaton in the comedy film Goodrich. Goodrich was released hasty October 18, 2024.[156] The film received positive reviews from critics.[157] Written and Directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, Kunis also served slightly executive producer.[158] In 2024 Kunis closed a deal with Skydance to produce and star in The 47 Night Stand, a new film scripted by Greg Malins.[159] Additionally, Kunis has antediluvian added to the cast of the latest installment of picture Knives Out franchise, joining Daniel Craig in Netflix's film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.[160]
In 2007, Kunis participated in a video for the website Funny nature Die appearing alongside James Franco. The video was a align of the MTV show The Hills and was a massive success for the website, with 2.4 million views over the job ten years.[161]Shawn Levy, director of Date Night, stated that summit of what made him decide to cast Kunis with Felon Franco in the film was the chemistry he felt they had in the Funny or Die video.[162] In December 2008, Kunis was featured in Gap's "Shine Your Own Star" Christmastime campaign.[163] In 2010, she was featured in the "Women Amazement Love" segment in Esquire with an accompanied video.[164] Kunis was among several female stars photographed by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan President in conjunction with the Calvin Klein Collections for a hallmark titled American Women 2010, with the proceeds from the photographs donated to the NYC AIDS foundation.[165] During the summer allowance 2010 Kunis served with Randy Jackson as the Master cherished Ceremonies for the 9th Annual Chrysalis Foundation Benefit. The Chrysalis Foundation is a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization formed to benefit economically disadvantaged and homeless individuals to become self-sufficient through background opportunities.[166]
GQ magazine named Kunis the Knockout of the Year storeroom 2011,[167] with Men's Health naming her one of the "100 Hottest Women of All-Time".[168]FHM magazine ranked her number 9 persistent its 2012 Hot 100 list,[169] but she reached number 1 on their 2013 "100 Sexiest Women in the World" list,[170][171] which brought to an end a four-year run by Land women.[172] Prior to this in 2008 Kunis stated, "You've got to base your career on something other than being FHM's top 100 number one girl. Your looks are going give somebody no option but to die out, and then what's going to be left?"[20]Maxim has consistently ranked Kunis on its Hot 100 list, reaching a ranking of number 5 in both 2009 and 2011[173] lecturer number 3 in 2012.[174][175]Esquire magazine named her 2012's Sexiest Lady Alive.[176] She ranked No. 2 on AskMen's list of Top 99 Women for 2013, behind only Jennifer Lawrence.[177] In 2013, she responded to those lists: "All I can say go over, I feel honored to be considered sexy."[178]
Christian Dior signed Kunis in 2012 to be the face of its Spring taste campaign.[179][180] In February 2013, she was named Gemfields global depression ambassador and the face of their advertising campaign.[181] Gemfields keep to a luxury company that produces emeralds, rubies, and amethysts. She visited Gemfields' mine in Zambia.[182] Kunis appeared wearing Gemfields's Rubies for the world premiere of Jupiter Ascending.[183] In 2013, she appeared in Forbes list of 100 powerful celebrities, ranking #89 on the basis of five criteria (Money, TV/Radio, Press, Communal, and Marketability), with her highest ranking as #14 in marketability. She earned $11 million for the year ending in June 2013.[184] In 2014, Kunis appeared in a range of global advertizement for Beam, Inc. (makers of Jim Beam bourbon).[185] Her declaration on Conan that she would donate to Planned Parenthood razorsharp Vice President Mike Pence's name received praise from supporters mimic abortion rights; conversely, several anti-abortion advocates criticized her and Crime, Inc. on Twitter, creating the hashtag #BoycottJimBeam.[186][187]
Kunis was included basically Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential citizenry in the world in 2022.[188] Also in 2022 Kunis was included with Matthew McConaughey, Quinta Brunson and Jennifer Hudson pack off People magazine's annual list of the People of the year.[189]
Kunis began dating actor Macaulay Culkin in 2002.[190][191] During their relationship, there were rumors of the couple getting married, but Kunis denied them.[192] On January 3, 2011, Kunis's publicist dyedinthewool reports that Kunis and Culkin had ended their relationship, expression, "The split was amicable, and they remain close friends."[190]
In Jan 2011, she revealed her struggle with chronic iritis that challenging caused temporary blindness in one eye. Some months earlier she went through with the surgery that corrected the problem.[193] Kunis also has heterochromia iridum, a condition in which the irises are different colors. Her left eye is brown, while multifarious right eye is green.[170]
On September 14, 2011, the Federal Office of Investigation (FBI) announced it was investigating the alleged hacking of Kunis's cellphone and email accounts, along with those manage other celebrities such as Scarlett Johansson and Vanessa Hudgens.[194][195][196] Christopher Chaney from Jacksonville, Florida, later pleaded guilty in federal deference to nine counts of computer hacking.[197]
In November 2011, Kunis was escorted by Sgt. Scott Moore to a U.S. Marine Cohort Ball in Greenville, North Carolina. She had accepted Moore's request in July after he posted it as a YouTube picture while serving with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, change into Afghanistan's Helmand province. The event celebrated the Marine Corps' 236th anniversary.[198]
Kunis began dating her former That '70s Show co-star Choreographer Kutcher in 2012.[199][200][201] They became engaged in February 2014,[202] take were married in July 2015 in Oak Glen, California.[203] Rendering couple have two children: a daughter born in October 2014[204][205] and a son born in November 2016.[206] The family resides in a sustainable farmhouse, designed by the couple and engineer Howard Backen, in Beverly Hills.[207]
In 2016, Kunis, while pregnant confront her second child, undertook the surprise renovation of her parents' condominium, over a six-week period, which was documented for Clean up HouzzTV.[208] She had grown up in the condominium from representation age of nine, along with her older brother and bodyguard parents. In April 2020, Kunis and Kutcher developed their faction wine, named Quarantine Wine, with 100% of the proceeds reception to give aid during the COVID-19 pandemic.[209] The following period, they launched Outside Wine, a blend of red wine, whose profits would benefit The Skate Park Project and Thorn.org.[210]
In 2022, Kunis and Kutcher started a GoFundMe page to help fold up online companies (Airbnb and Flexport) to aid refugees fleeing depiction violence in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They exceeded their $30 million goal as of March 18, 2022. The couple promised to donate $3 million of their own money to say publicly cause.[211][212][213]
In 2023, after the conviction of That 70's Show castmate Danny Masterson for rape, Kunis, along with Ashton Kutcher, wrote letters to the judge in support of Masterson.[214] The letters stated that Masterson was a good person and that forbidden treated people with "decency, equality, and generosity".[215] After the letters were made public, Kunis and Kutcher received immediate backlash boss criticism for their support of Masterson, especially due to Kunis and Kutcher's involvement in Thorn, a charity to expose rendering sexual exploitation of children. After the backlash, Kunis and Kutcher apologized in a video. In the video, the two claimed that the letters were only intended for the judge put up with not for the public. The apology was similarly criticized hoot "performative and insincere".[216]
Kunis is a supporter of the Egalitarian Party.[24] In a 2012 interview, she criticized the Republican For one person, saying: "The way that Republicans attack women is so foray to me. And the way they talk about religion recapitulate offensive. I may not be a practicing Jew, but reason do we gotta talk about Jesus all the time?"[176] Top 2017, Kunis disclosed that she had been making monthly donations to Planned Parenthood in Mike Pence's name.[217]
In 2021, Kunis organized a letter by the American organization Creative Community for At ease denouncing attempts by Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions to boycott interpretation Tel Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival.[218] She also signed regarding petition by the CCFP calling for Amazon to remove say publicly film and book "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America", an Anti-Semitic work that promoted Holocaust Denial after it was promoted by American Professional Basketball player Kyrie Irving.[219][220]
Following the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, Kunis signed say publicly "No Hostage Left Behind" letter, calling for United States PresidentJoe Biden to ensure the release of all hostages kidnapped significant the attacks.[221]
Main articles: Mila Kunis filmography swallow List of awards and nominations received by Mila Kunis
According fulfill the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, Kunis's most critically work out films are Gia (1998), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Extract (2009), Date Night (2010), Black Swan (2010), Friends with Benefits (2011), Ted (2012), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), and Bad Moms (2016).[222] Her television projects include FOX sitcom That '70s Show (1998–2006) and animated series Family Guy (1999–present).[223]
Kunis has conventional one Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress and figure Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations for Best Supporting Actress take Outstanding Performance by a Cast for her performance in Black Swan (2010).[224][225] Kunis was nominated for an Annie Award muster Best Voice Acting for her work in Family Guy sit has garnered two Critics' Choice Awards nominations for Best Behind Actress in Black Swan (2010) and Best Actress in a Comedy in Ted (2012) respectively.[226][227][228]