Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie (originally Angelina
Jolie Voight) is an American actress and director, most well-known for her
sexual edginess, sex appeal, and humanitarian work. She was awarded an Academy
Award for her supporting role as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted
(1999).Jolie, daughter of actor Jon Voight, spent much of her childhood in New
York before relocating to Los Angeles at age 11. After being at the Lee
Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute two years ago, she attended Beverly Hills
High School. New York University later taught her drama. In addition to
appearing in theater productions, she also was a model and featured in music
videos.Jolie's first film-related role was in Hackers (1995) in the filming
process, she had her first marriage with British actor Jonny Lee Miller
(married 1996 divorced in 1999). The film did not find an audience, just as did
a series of subsequent movies. Jolie, who played the role of the Alabama
governor's wife who is segregationist was the subject of much interest in 1997.
The following year, she was awarded the Golden Globe Award. Jolie played a
supermodel suffering from addiction to drugs in the HBO movie Gia in 1999. The
performance won her numerous honours including an award of the Golden Globe
Award and Screen Actors Guild Award. Following her Oscar-winning performance in
Girl, Interrupted, Jolie was in Pushing Tin, a comedy with John Cusack, Billy
Bob Thornton and in 2003 she was divorced. She was the girlfriend of an armed
carjacker (Nicolas Cage) in Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) and later changed her
accent to the British accent and mastered the art of street fighting and
kickboxing for the roles of the title in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003). She played the role of
Alexander's mother in Oliver Stone's Alexander (2004) and starred alongside
Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow in Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow (a sci-fi
thriller set in 1930s New York City). Both films were unsuccessful at the box
office, however Jolie had a great time with Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005).
She was a housewife, pretending to be an assassin. While making the film, she
became acquainted with Brad Pitt who became her co-star.
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