Bullock had a prominent supporting role in the science-fiction/action film Demolition Man (1993), followed by a leading role in Speed the following year.Speed took in 0 million at the box office worldwide.Bullock studied ballet and vocal arts as a child and frequently accompanied her mother, taking small parts in her opera productions.She sang in the opera's children's choir at the Staatstheater Nürnberg.
The Blind Side was unusual in that it had a 17.6% increase at the box office its second weekend, and it took the top spot of the box office in its third weekend.She was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress.Winning the Oscar also gave Bullock another unique distinction—since she won two "Razzies" the day before, for her performance in All About Steve (2009), she is the only performer ever to have been named both "Best" and "Worst" for the same year.She went on to appear in several films, such as Love Potion No.9 (1992), The Thing Called Love (1993) and Fire on the Amazon (1993).