Sandra Annette Bullock born July 26 1964 is an American actress and producer She rose to fame in the 1990s with roles in films such as Demolition Man 1993 Speed 1994 The Net 1995 While You Were Sleeping 1995 A Time to Kill 1996 and Hope Floats 1998 In the new millennium Bullock starred in Miss Congeniality 2000 Two Weeks Notice 2002 The Lake House 2006 and the critically acclaimed Crash 2004 Bullock was awarded the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Drama and the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side The scar above her left eye was caused when she fell into a creek as a child