Actress Sandra Bullock has become the first celebrity to step up and help the relief effort in the tsunami stricken regions of Asia. Bullock donated $1 million to the American Red Cross to be earmarked to help aid the millions left homeless in this disaster.

This is not the first time Bullock has donated a large sum of money to a charitable cause. After the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, she donated the same amount.

Red Cross President and CEO, Marsha Evans thanks Bullock and said in a statement, 'Sandra continues to enable our lifesaving work and is a model for personal generosity.'

Bullock approached the agency last week to make the offer.