Angelina Jolie – American Actress
Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975) is an American film actor and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. She has been cited as one of the world’s most beautiful women and her off-screen life is widely reported. Jolie has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award.
Though she made her screen debut as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film Lookin’ to Get Out, Jolie’s acting career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2 (1993). Her first leading role in a major film was in Hackers (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical films George Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999). Jolie achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of video game heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), and since then has established herself as one of the best-known and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. She has had her biggest commercial successes with the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) and the animated film Kung Fu Panda (2008).
Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, Jolie currently lives with actor Brad Pitt, in a relationship that has attracted worldwide media attention. Jolie and Pitt have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, as well as three biological children, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne. Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with refugees through UNHCR.
Other Information
- Birth name: Angelina Jolie Voight
- Born: June 4, 1975
- Birth place: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation: Film actress
- Years active: 1982; 1993–present
- Spouses: Jonny Lee Miller (1996–1999); Billy Bob Thornton (2000–2003)
- Domestic partner: Brad Pitt (2005–present)
- Awards won: Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress: 2000 Girl, Interrupted; Golden Globe Awards: Best Supporting Actress – Series/Miniseries/TV Movie: 1998 George Wallace, Best Actress – Miniseries/TV Movie: 1999 Gia, Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture: 2000 Girl, Interrupted; Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Actress – Miniseries/TV Movie: 1999 Gia, Outstanding Supporting Actress – Motion Picture: 2000 Girl, Interrupted
Links
- Angelina Jolie at the Internet Movie Database
- Angelina Jolie at Yahoo! Movies
- Angelina Jolie at Allmovie
- Angelina Jolie at People.com
- UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, official homepage at UNHCR.org
- Angelina Jolie’s Refugee Journals, Jolie’s journals (2002–2004) at UNHCR.org
Mirko Filipovic
Sound of Colors
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