Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie : Biography

Angelina Jolie was born at 9:09 am PST on June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles California to Jon Voight, Academy Award winning actor, and Marcheline Bertrand, actress. She has one brother, James Haven. Angelina's beauty comes in part from her Czechoslovakian, French and Native American heritage. Angelina attended William O. Schaefer Elementary School in Tappan, New York. At 11 years old, even though her childhood dream was to become a funeral director, Angelina trained and performed at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where she was seen in several stage productions. When she was 16, she graduated from Beverly Hills High School. She went on to major in film at New York University. Angelina began modeling when she was 14 and went on later to work as a professional model in London, New York and Los Angeles. She also appeared in several music videos and acted in five student films for the USC School of Cinema, all of which were directed by her brother. In further pursuit of an acting career, Jolie went on to study at the Met Theatre group in L.A. n August 27, 2001, Angelina Jolie was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland after her visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Pakistan. In May 2002, in her role as goodwill ambassador, Angelina visited Tham Hin refugee camp to check on conditions of 9,000 refugees from bordering Myanmar. Angelina Jolie's first marriage was to actor Jonny Lee Miller, who she met when filming Hackers (1995), from March 28, 1996 to February 3, 1999. When she married Miller, she wore black leather pants and a white shirt, across the back of which she painted Jonny Lee in her own blood. On May 5, 2000, Angelina eloped with Billy Bob Thornton. In March 2002, while shooting Beyond Borders (2003) in Africa, Angelina Jolie adopted a Cambodian baby boy now named Maddox Chivan Thornton Jolie (b. August 5, 2001). Jolie and Thornton divorced on May 27, 2003. Angelina is reportedly planning to give up her acting career to settle in England with her son and be a full-time mother. She has recently been linked romantically to Brad Pitt, and has adopted an African orphan girl and named her Zahara.

Angelina Jolie: Career

Angelina's first major role came in Cyborg 2(1993). After several more films, Angelina earned her first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and an Emmy nomination for her role in the TV movie George Wallace (1997). Angelina earned her second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and another Emmy nomination for her starring role in the HBO film Gia (1998). In 1999, Angelina starred in Girl, Interrupted, earning her another Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. In 2001, Angelina performed her own stunts while filming Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, a film that brought Angelina into action-flick stardom, including her own action figures, video games, etc. Look for Angelina in Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) and Love and Honor (2006).

Angelina Jolie: Movies

Beowulf (2007), The Good Shepherd (2006), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Alexander (2004), Shark Tale (2004), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), Taking Lives (2004), Beyond Borders (2003), Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003), Life or Something Like It (2002), Original Sin (2001), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Hell's Kitchen (1999), The Bone Collector (1999), Pushing Tin (1999), Gia (1998), Playing By Heart (1998), George Wallace (1997), Playing God (1997), Mojave Moon (1996), Love Is All There Is (1996), Foxfire (1996), Without Evidence (1995), Hackers (1995), Cyborg 2 (1993)