Editing Sandra Bullock (section)

==Early life and education==
Bullock was born on July 26, 1964, in [[Arlington County, Virginia]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/sandra_bullock/ |title=Sandra Bullock: Snapshot |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=February 14, 2016 |archive-date=February 9, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209160943/http://www.people.com/people/sandra_bullock/}}</ref> to Helga Mathilde ([[née]] Meyer; 1942–2000), an opera singer and voice teacher from [[Germany]]; and John Wilson Bullock<ref>{{cite web| url = https://obits.al.com/obituaries/birmingham/obituary.aspx?n=john-wilson-bullock&pid=190383276| title = Obituary}}</ref> (1925–2018), an [[United States Army|Army]] employee and part-time voice coach from [[Birmingham, Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/celeb/bullock.htm |title=Sandra Bullock genealogy |website=RootsWeb |publisher=[[Ancestry.com]] |access-date=June 27, 2013 |archive-date=January 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106214030/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/celeb/bullock.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/sandra-bullock-s-father-john-w-bullock-has-passed-away-t137953 |title=Sandra Bullock's father, John W. Bullock, dies at 93 |website=[[Today.com]] |date=September 21, 2018 |access-date=January 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/cwgbeyauqlgb/ |title=Keanu Reeves loving the World Cup |date=June 20, 2006 |newspaper=[[Irish Examiner]] |access-date=July 30, 2019 |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019183019/http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/cwgbeyauqlgb |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her father, who was in charge of the [[Military_mail#U.S. Military Postal Service (MPS)|Army's Military Postal Service]] in Europe, was stationed in [[Nuremberg]] when he met her mother.<ref name="Sandra">{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sandra-bullocks-army-veteran-father-dead-at-93 |title=Sandra Bullock's Army veteran father dead at 93 |first=Morgan M. |last=Evans |date=September 20, 2018 |website=[[Fox News]] |access-date=January 12, 2019}}</ref> Her parents married in Germany. Bullock's maternal grandfather was a German rocket scientist from Nuremberg.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/10-things-about/a166297/ten-things-you-never-knew-about-sandra-bullock/|title=Ten Things You Never Knew About Sandra Bullock|last=Fletcher|first=Alex|date=July 22, 2009|website=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=January 10, 2019}}</ref> The family returned to Arlington, where her father worked with the [[United States Army Materiel Command|Army Materiel Command]] before becoming a contractor for [[The Pentagon]].<ref name="Sandra" /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://people.com/celebrity/sandra-bullock-mom-was-the-life-of-the-party/|title=Sandra Bullock: Mom Was the Life of the Party |last=Hamm |first=Liza |date=September 30, 2009 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=October 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://people.com/archive/cover-story-sandra-bullock-i-have-my-family-vol-67-no-12/ |title=Sandra Bullock: 'I Have My Family'|last=Chiu |first=Alexis |date=March 26, 2007 |magazine=People |access-date=October 22, 2019}}</ref> Bullock has a younger sister, [[Gesine Bullock-Prado]], who served as president of Bullock's production company Fortis Films.<ref name="Bio" />

For 12 years, Bullock lived in [[Nuremberg]], West Germany; and [[Vienna]] and [[Salzburg]], Austria,<ref name="Welt profile">{{cite news |url=https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article1952673/SANDRA-BULLOCK.html |title=Sandra Bullock |date=April 30, 2008 |newspaper=[[Die Welt]] |language=de |access-date=December 7, 2016}}{{Circular reference|date=July 2019}}</ref> and grew up speaking German.<ref name="Local">{{cite web |url=http://www.thelocal.de/20090629/20277 |title=Sandra Bullock applying for German passport |date=June 26, 2009 |website=[[The Local]] |access-date=January 16, 2014}}</ref> She had a [[Waldorf education]] in Nuremberg.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waldorf.net/html/aktuell/kuenstlerischer_unterricht.htm |title=Ehemalige Waldorfschülerin gewinnt Oscar |trans-title=Former Waldorf student wins Oscar |first=Detlef |last=Hardorp |website=[[Waldorf education|Die Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Freien Waldorfschulen]] [[Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region|Berlin-Brandenburg]] |language=de |access-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208131432/http://www.waldorf.net/html/aktuell/kuenstlerischer_unterricht.htm |archive-date=December 8, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="Welt profile" /> As a child, while her mother went on European opera tours, Bullock usually stayed with her aunt Christl and cousin Susanne, the latter of whom later married politician [[Peter Ramsauer]].<ref>"Flash, Die Bilder des Tages – Echt bayerisch". ''[[Rhein-Zeitung]]''. July 11, 2000. Retrieved December 7, 2016.</ref> Bullock studied ballet and vocal arts as a child and frequently accompanied her mother, taking small parts in her opera productions.<ref name="Bullockbio">{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/people/sandra-bullock-9542453 |title=Sandra Bullock Biography |website=Biography.com |access-date=January 12, 2019}}</ref> In Nuremberg, she sang in the opera's children's choir.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kino.de/mitwirk.php4?typ=filmstarportrait&nr=24935&PHPSESSID=79bcb28af46330971138e0880b77c9b7 |title=Die Nette von nebenan |website=Kino.de |language=de |access-date=July 15, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050514092453/http://www.kino.de/mitwirk.php4?typ=filmstarportrait&nr=24935&PHPSESSID=98816571faea1374fec030661906c351 |archive-date=May 14, 2005}}</ref> Bullock has a scar above her left eye which was caused by a fall into a creek when she was a child.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/celebrities-scars-famous-blemishes-stories-behind-them-204500278.html |title=Celebrities with Scars: Famous Blemishes and the Stories Behind Them |last=Zoe |first=Bauer |date=May 29, 2012 |website=Yahoo! News UK |access-date=October 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112153048/http://uk.news.yahoo.com/celebrities-scars-famous-blemishes-stories-behind-them-204500278.html |archive-date=November 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |series=[[Live! With Kelly and Michael]] |season=1 |number=209 |airdate=June 27, 2013 |title=Live! With Kelly and Michael |network=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]}}</ref> While she maintains her American citizenship, she applied for German citizenship in 2009.<ref name="Local" />

Bullock attended [[Washington-Lee High School]], where she was a cheerleader and performed in school theater productions. After graduating in 1982, she attended [[East Carolina University]] in [[Greenville, North Carolina]], where she received a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]] in Drama in 1987.<ref>[https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article211347744.html How did Sandra Bullock earn money at NC college? Drag queens]</ref> While at East Carolina, she performed in theater productions, including ''[[Peter Pan]]'' and ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/special/special-sections/2019/06/12/sandra-bullock-to-produce-tv-show-about-her-days-at-ecu/4926434007/|title=Sandra Bullock to produce TV show about her days at ECU|first=Hunter Ingram StarNews|last=Staff|website=Wilmington Star-News}}</ref> She then moved to [[Manhattan, New York]], where she supported herself as a bartender, cocktail waitress, and coat checker while auditioning for roles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sandra Bullock |url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/sandra-bullock/ |website=Empire Online |date=August 14, 2015 |access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref>