Sandra Annette Bullock was born in Arlington, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. Her mother, Helga Bullock(née Helga Mathilde Meyer), was a German opera singer. Her father, John W. Bullock, was an. American voice teacher, who was born in Alabama, of German descent. Sandra grew up on the road with her parents and younger sister, chef. Gesine Bullock-Prado, and spent much of her childhood in Nuremberg, Germany.