Angelina Jolie
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Raised mostly by her mother after her parents divorced while she was still a baby, Jolie moved around a lot with her mother and brother. She also did a fair amount of traveling as a professional model, living in such places as London, New York, and Los Angeles before settling for a time in New York as a student at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and New York University, where she first started acting in theater productions.
After appearing in a number of mediocre films, Jolie finally hit it big in 1997 with her Golden Globe-winning performance as George Wallace's wife in the highly acclaimed TV movie George Wallace. The role, coupled with her Emmy-nominated performance in the title role of HBO's Gia, provided Jolie with a new level of professional respect and recognition.
Onscreen, Jolie was hard to miss in 2000. She starred in a number of films, including the crime thriller Gone in Sixty Seconds.
If she was hard to miss in 2000, Jolie was impossible to escape in 2001 with her turn as shapely video-game adventuress Lara Croft in the long anticipated film adaptation of the popular Tomb Raider video-game franchise.
On July 18th, 2002, Jolie filed for divorce from Billy Bob Thornton, claiming that their priorities no longer meshed after having adopted a child. Though the famously quirky couple were no longer, Angelina's film schedule remained hectic. In 2003 she would play a rich-girl-turned-humanitarian in Beyond Borders, while 2004 promised a host of parts for Jolie, including a role in Oliver Stone's Alexander; an epic biography of Alexander the Great starring Colin Farrell, as well as a role alongside fellow Oscar-winner Gwyneth Paltrow in The World of Tomorrow, and a turn as a tough FBI agent in Taking Lives.
Full Name: Angelina Jolie Voight
Date Of Birth: 4 June 1975
Place Of Birth: Los Angeles, California
Filmography
- Kung Fu Panda (2008)
- Wanted (2008)
- Beowulf (2007)
- A Mighty Heart (2007)
- The Good Shepherd (2006)
- 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 and the Cradle of Life: Tomb Raider (2003)
- Life or Something Like It (2002)
- Original Sin (2001)
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
- Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
- Girl, Interrupted (1999)
- The Bone Collector (1999)
- Pushing Tin (1999)
- Playing by Heart (1998)
- Hell's Kitchen (1998)
- Gia (1998) (TV)
- Playing God (1997)
- George Wallace (1997) (TV)
- True Women (1997) (TV)
- Mojave Moon (1996)
- Foxfire (1996)
- Love Is All There Is (1996)
- Without Evidence (1995)
- Hackers (1995)
- Cyborg 2 (1993)
- Lookin' to Get Out (1982)
Awards
- MTV Movie Award Best Fight "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" 2006
- People's Choice Favorite Female Action Movie Star 2005
- Citizen of the World Award 2003
- ShoWest Supporting Actress 2000
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress "Girl, Interrupted" 1999
- Golden Globe Best Supporting Actress "Girl, Interrupted" 1999
- Oscar Best Supporting Actress "Girl, Interrupted" 1999
- The Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Theatrical Motion Picture "Girl, Interrupted" 1999
- Golden Globe Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television "Gia" 1998
- Golden Satellite Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television "Gia" 1998
- National Board of Review Breakthrough Performance "Playing By Heart" 1998
- The Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries "Gia" 1998
- Golden Globe Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Made-for-Television Movie "George Wallace" 1997
