Sandra Bullock was born near Washington, D.C., to a German mother, Helga Meyer (1942–2000), an opera singer, and an Alabama vocal teacher, John Bullock (1925–2018).[6][7][8][9]. She also has a younger sister, Jesin, who became a lawyer.[10] Until the age of twelve, Sandra lived mainly in the city of Nuremberg in Germany, where she attended the Steiner (Waldorf) school “An der Steinplatte”[11], studied ballet, and also, having good vocal abilities, performed small parts in the productions in which she participated her mother[6]. At times the family lived in Salzburg and Vienna[12]. In Germany, Bullock attended an English-language school and was one of the most successful students.