In 2004,  Sandra Bullock had a supporting role in the film Crash.
She received positive reviews for her performance, with some critics
suggesting that it was the best performance of her career.^] Bullock later appeared in The Lake House, a romantic drama also starring her Speed co-star, Keanu Reeves;
it was released on June 16, 2006. Because their film characters are
separated throughout the film (due to the plot revolving around time travel), Bullock and Reeves were only on set together for two weeks during filming.The same year, Bullock appeared in Infamous, playing author Harper Lee. Bullock also stars in Premonition with Julian McMahon, which was released in March 2007.

Bullock received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 24, 2005. In January 2007, Bullock was named the 14th richest woman in entertainment by Forbes, with a net worth of $85 million.

1. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005) (executive producer: soundtrack album)
2. Gun Shy (2000) (executive soundtrack album producer)
   … aka Gunshy (Australia: video title)
3. Practical Magic (1998) (executive soundtrack producer) (uncredited)

Bullock was born in Arlington County, Virginia, the daughter of Helga D. Meyer, a German opera singer, and John W. Bullock, a Pentagon contractor, executive and part-time vocal coach from Alabama. Bullock’s maternal grandfather was a rocket scientist from Nuremberg, Germany. Bullock lived in Nuremberg until age twelve, where she sang in the opera’s children’s choir at the Staatstheater Nürnberg.She frequently traveled with her mother on her opera tours, and lived in Germany and other parts of Europe for much of her childhood. Bullock studied ballet and vocal arts as a child, taking small parts in her mother’s opera productions.

Bullock attended Washington-Lee High School where she was a cheerleader, participated in high school theater productions and dated a football player. She graduated in 1982 and enrolled in East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. During this time, she worked as a waitress at a restaurant. She later left school during her senior year (Spring 1986), only three credits short of graduating, to pursue an acting career. She went on to Manhattan to pursue auditions and supported herself with a variety of odd jobs (bartender, cocktail waitress, coat checker).

Bullock later completed her coursework and was awarded a bachelor’s degree from East Carolina University.^[6] She is fluent in German. However, she prefers to speak English when appearing on German TV shows, although the TV hosts speak German.

Sandra Annette Bullock (born July 26, 1964) is a Screen Actors Guild Award winning and two-time Golden Globe Award nominated American actress. She came to fame in the 1990s, after roles in successful films such as Speed and While You Were Sleeping, and has since established her career as a well-known leading Hollywood actress, with the box office comedy hit Miss Congeniality and one of her most recent film roles, in 2004’s Crash, having received critical acclaim. She was ranked as the 14th richest female celebrity with an estimated fortune of $85 million in early 2007.