She followed up with a guest role on 'Seinfeld' (NBC) and a turn in the supernatural ABC TV-movie 'Devil to Pay' the following year. In 1996, the striking, dark-haired performer made her film debut with a one-line role as a former girlfriend of 'Jerry Maguire' (Tom Cruise) in Cameron Crowe's hit romance.
Struggling for decent acting jobs, the actress decided to try stand-up comedy on a whim, and won over crowds with her tales of the modeling business and talent for physical comedy. A natural performer, Milicevic moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of an acting career after graduating early from high school in 1992. Bosnia-born beauty Ivana Milicevic moved to Michigan at age five and enjoyed a relatively typical suburban American upbringing, enriched by a modeling career that took her to fashion shoots in Chicago during her summer breaks.
