Woman’s Weekly New Zealand – August 05, 2019

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andraBullockhasbeen

America’ssweetheart

sinceherbreakoutrole

inSpeedin 1994.Andhaving

justturned55,she’sstillone

ofthemostbankablestars.

Herrecentrolein the

NetflixhitBirdBoxearned

theactressravereviewsand

shestoletheshowlastyear

in theall-femaleheistmovie

Ocean’s 8 , alongsidefellow

evergreensCateBlanchett

(50)andHelenaBonham

Carter(53).

ButSandra’sfavouriterole

is beinga mothertoLouis

(9)andLaila(7).“I was

supposedtodothiswhen

I grewup,”shesays.“Not

tobeanactress– tobea

mum.Thisis mypurpose.

“Louis super-sensitive.I

callhimmy78-year-oldson.

He’swiseandkind,”the

actressgushes.“I sawthat

whentheyhandedhimto

me.I waslike,‘I hopeI

don’teffthatup!’”

Sandraexpectsher

daughtertoachievegreat

things.“She’sa warrior.

She’sgoingtobringsome

realchange.WhenI look

atLaila,there’snodoubt

in mymindthatshewas

supposedtobehere.”

Sandraadds,“I cantell

youabsolutely,theexact

rightchildrencametome

attheexactrighttime.”

Sheadmitsthepair

havecompletelychanged

herperspectiveonlife.

“No-oneunderstandsthe

Sandra’sbreakoutroleopposite

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need,theirmoments.I need

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momenttheyhave.”

Thestaris alsodating

dashingphotographerBryan

Randall(53),whoshemetin

2015 whenshehiredhimto

takepicturesatLouis’fifth

birthdayparty.

“He’ssuper-kind,andforthe

kids,he’ssortofnumberone,”

concedesSandra.“I’mnumber

two,butI getit becausehe’s

morefunandhas

Butgettingtoth

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HerdadJohn,a WW

passedawaylastyea

thestarhard.

Sandraalsoendur

publicdivorcefrom

mogulJesseJamesin

She’dworkedhardto

goodstepmothertoh

children,despitea cus

battleoverhisdaughte

pornstarJanineLindem

(50),andshe’djustmad

decisiontoadoptLouis

reportsofhisaffairseme

Jesseadmittedbeing

repeatedlyunfaithfulto

Sandraduringtheirmarri

andunrepentantlyand

nonchalantlydescribed

cheatingas“partoflife”.

focusedonbringingupLouis

onherown.“Youdon’tthink

heartbreakwillpasswhen

you’rein themiddleofit,”

Sandrasays.“Butit does.I’m

soluckytohavewhatI have.

I havea beautifulchild.”

Thedramain herpersonal

lifecouldn’ttakeawaySandra’s

OscarwinforTheBlindSide

thatyear,andthedown-to-earth

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Sandrafoundthesolofilminghard

in thisspacepic,butit paidoffin an

OscarnominationforBestActress.

Playinganadoptivemothercame

naturallytoSandra,whowenton

toadopttwokidsofherown.

Sandra helped break Netflix records

with this movie, which was watched

by 45 million people in seven days.

Withherbeautyqueenlooks,

Sandrawasa naturaltoplayan

undercoverFBIagentat MissUSA.

Sandra co-parents

children Louis and Laila

withherboyfriend

Bryan.“Forthekids,

ift in prioritiesabout

vinga childin your

euntilyouhavea child

yourlife. Everythingis

outthembeingokay,being

school,havingwhatthey

ed their moments I need

Aftertheirseparation,Sandra

focused on bringinng up Louis

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HER BEST ROLES

Speed

Gravity

The

Blind

Side

Bird Box

Miss

Congeniality