Sandra Bullock worked in the film industry.
Sandra Bullock . Bullock made her acting debut with a minor role in the 1987 thriller Hangmen , and made her television debut in the film Bionic Showdown : The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman ( 1989 ) , and played the lead role in the short-lived NBC sitcom Working Girl . Her breakthrough role was in the film Demolition Man ( 1993 ) . She subsequently starred in several successful films including Speed ( 1994 ) , While You Were Sleeping ( 1995 ) , The Net ( 1995 ) , A Time to Kill ( 1996 ) , Hope Floats ( 1998 ) , and Practical Magic ( 1998 ) . She was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama for playing Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side ( 2009 ) , and was nominated in the same categories for her performance in Gravity ( 2013 ) . In addition to her acting career , Bullock is the founder of the production company Fortis Films .