While watching The Fifth Element last night I was reminded of how much I love Milla Jovovich’s music. Actually, I think I love Milla, period. Besides her obvious beauty she is a genuinely talented woman, although acting-wise she still hasn’t gotten much opportunity to prove herself other than in trashy action flicks. Perhaps she is still most well-known as a model, then an actress and lastly a musician. It’s her music that I most love about her though and wish she would focus more on.

 First time I heard The Divine Comedy - Milla’s first and so far only full album, recorded when she was still a teenager - I was very pleasantly surprised. It’s filled with beautiful folk music, very much inspired by her native Ukraine. It spawned an alternative radio hit with the song “The Gentlemen Who Fell” and gathered a lot of praise, even years after its release. Despite that music took a backseat as Milla became a famous fashion model and actress. She managed to combine her movie career with the music though by appearing on several soundtracks, something she still does today (the latest is a song on the “Underworld: The Rise Of The Lycans” soundtrack).

During the late 1990s Milla also fronted the band Plastic Has Memory, which had a far more experimental sound than her solo work. The band played a dozen or so shows before going separate ways, leaving Milla to go back to her solo career which continued to be mostly appearances on soundtracks and compilations, as well as performances at various events.

Milla recently became a mother which took her out of the limelight for a while, but she now has some movies in the making. No word though if she will ever give music another proper go, but let’s hope. Compared to most actresses/singers out there, Milla is rare in the way that she actually masters both professions well.

~ “Bang Your Head”, “Satellite Of Love”, “Breathing In Your Sleep” ~