Angelina Jolie
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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.
Career
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 had her biggest commercial success with the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005).
Personal Life
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.
Early Life
Born in Los Angeles, California, Jolie is the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. Jolie is the niece of Chip Taylor, sister of James Haven and the god-daughter of Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilian Schell. On her father's side, she is of Slovak and German descent.
Jolie has been long estranged from her father, though a reconciliation was attempted, and he appeared with her in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. In July 2002, Jolie filed a request to legally change her name to "Angelina Jolie", dropping Voight as her surname; the name change was made official on September 12, 2002. In August of the same year, Voight claimed that his daughter had "serious emotional problems" on Access Hollywood. Jolie later indicated that she no longer wished to pursue a relationship with her father, and said, "My father and I don’t speak. I don’t hold any anger toward him. I don’t believe that somebody’s family becomes their blood. Because my son’s adopted, and families are earned." She stated that she did not want to publicize her reasons for her estrangement from her father, but because she had adopted her son, she did not think it was healthy for her to associate with Voight.
Filmography
# Atlas Shrugged (2009) (in production) (rumored) .... Dagny Taggart
# The Mercenary: Love and Honor (2009) (announced)
# Wanted (2008) .... Fox
# Changeling (2008) .... Christine Collins
# Kung Fu Panda (2008) (voice) .... Tigress
... aka Kung Fu Panda: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
# Beowulf (2007) .... Grendel's Mother
... aka Beowulf: An IMAX 3D Experience (USA: IMAX version)
... aka Beowulf: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
# A Mighty Heart (2007) .... Mariane Pearl
# The Good Shepherd (2006) .... Margaret 'Clover' Russell
# Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) .... Jane Smith
... aka Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Australia)
# Alexander (2004) .... Olympias
... aka Alexander (Germany)
... aka Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut (USA: recut version)
... aka Alexander: Director's Cut (USA: censored version)
... aka Alexandre (France)
# The Fever (2004) .... Revolutionary
# Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) .... Franky
# Shark Tale (2004) (voice) .... Lola
# Taking Lives (2004) .... Illeana
# Beyond Borders (2003) .... Sarah Jordan
... aka Jenseits aller Grenzen (Germany)
# Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) .... Lara Croft
... aka Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Die Wiege des Lebens (Germany)
# Life or Something Like It (2002) .... Lanie Kerrigan
# Original Sin (2001) .... Julia Russell
... aka Péché originel (France)
# Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) .... Lara Croft
... aka Tomb Raider (USA: short title)
# Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) .... Sara 'Sway' Wayland
# Girl, Interrupted (1999) .... Lisa Rowe
... aka Durchgeknallt (Germany)
... aka Durchgeknallt - Girl, interrupted (Germany: TV title)
# The Bone Collector (1999) .... Amelia Donaghy
# Pushing Tin (1999) .... Mary Bell
... aka Turbulenzen - und andere Katastrophen (Germany)
# Playing by Heart (1998) .... Joan
# Hell's Kitchen (1998) .... Gloria McNeary
... aka Hell's Kitchen N.Y.C. (USA)
# Gia (1998) (TV) .... Gia Marie Carangi
# Playing God (1997) .... Claire
... aka Playing Hero
# George Wallace (1997) (TV) .... Cornelia Wallace
# True Women (1997) (TV) .... Georgia Virginia Lawshe Woods
# Foxfire (1996) .... Margret 'Legs' Sadovsky
# Love Is All There Is (1996) .... Gina Malacici
# Mojave Moon (1996) .... Eleanor 'Elie' Rigby
# Hackers (1995) .... Kate Libby / 'Acid Burn'
# Without Evidence (1995) .... Jodie Swearingen
# Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II - Picture Show (1994) (V) (uncredited) .... (music video 'Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through')
# Cyborg 2 (1993) .... Casella 'Cash' Reese
... aka Glass Shadow (USA: DVD title)
# Alice & Viril (1993) .... Alice
# Angela & Viril (1993) .... Angela
# Lookin' to Get Out (1982) (as Angelina Jolie Voight) .... Tosh
*This article is a compilation of different articles from wikipedia and imdb.
Click here for Hi-res Angelina Jolie Pictures
Career
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 had her biggest commercial success with the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005).
Personal Life
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.
Early Life
Born in Los Angeles, California, Jolie is the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. Jolie is the niece of Chip Taylor, sister of James Haven and the god-daughter of Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilian Schell. On her father's side, she is of Slovak and German descent.
Jolie has been long estranged from her father, though a reconciliation was attempted, and he appeared with her in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. In July 2002, Jolie filed a request to legally change her name to "Angelina Jolie", dropping Voight as her surname; the name change was made official on September 12, 2002. In August of the same year, Voight claimed that his daughter had "serious emotional problems" on Access Hollywood. Jolie later indicated that she no longer wished to pursue a relationship with her father, and said, "My father and I don’t speak. I don’t hold any anger toward him. I don’t believe that somebody’s family becomes their blood. Because my son’s adopted, and families are earned." She stated that she did not want to publicize her reasons for her estrangement from her father, but because she had adopted her son, she did not think it was healthy for her to associate with Voight.
Filmography
# Atlas Shrugged (2009) (in production) (rumored) .... Dagny Taggart
# The Mercenary: Love and Honor (2009) (announced)
# Wanted (2008) .... Fox
# Changeling (2008) .... Christine Collins
# Kung Fu Panda (2008) (voice) .... Tigress
... aka Kung Fu Panda: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
# Beowulf (2007) .... Grendel's Mother
... aka Beowulf: An IMAX 3D Experience (USA: IMAX version)
... aka Beowulf: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
# A Mighty Heart (2007) .... Mariane Pearl
# The Good Shepherd (2006) .... Margaret 'Clover' Russell
# Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) .... Jane Smith
... aka Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Australia)
# Alexander (2004) .... Olympias
... aka Alexander (Germany)
... aka Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut (USA: recut version)
... aka Alexander: Director's Cut (USA: censored version)
... aka Alexandre (France)
# The Fever (2004) .... Revolutionary
# Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) .... Franky
# Shark Tale (2004) (voice) .... Lola
# Taking Lives (2004) .... Illeana
# Beyond Borders (2003) .... Sarah Jordan
... aka Jenseits aller Grenzen (Germany)
# Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) .... Lara Croft
... aka Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Die Wiege des Lebens (Germany)
# Life or Something Like It (2002) .... Lanie Kerrigan
# Original Sin (2001) .... Julia Russell
... aka Péché originel (France)
# Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) .... Lara Croft
... aka Tomb Raider (USA: short title)
# Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) .... Sara 'Sway' Wayland
# Girl, Interrupted (1999) .... Lisa Rowe
... aka Durchgeknallt (Germany)
... aka Durchgeknallt - Girl, interrupted (Germany: TV title)
# The Bone Collector (1999) .... Amelia Donaghy
# Pushing Tin (1999) .... Mary Bell
... aka Turbulenzen - und andere Katastrophen (Germany)
# Playing by Heart (1998) .... Joan
# Hell's Kitchen (1998) .... Gloria McNeary
... aka Hell's Kitchen N.Y.C. (USA)
# Gia (1998) (TV) .... Gia Marie Carangi
# Playing God (1997) .... Claire
... aka Playing Hero
# George Wallace (1997) (TV) .... Cornelia Wallace
# True Women (1997) (TV) .... Georgia Virginia Lawshe Woods
# Foxfire (1996) .... Margret 'Legs' Sadovsky
# Love Is All There Is (1996) .... Gina Malacici
# Mojave Moon (1996) .... Eleanor 'Elie' Rigby
# Hackers (1995) .... Kate Libby / 'Acid Burn'
# Without Evidence (1995) .... Jodie Swearingen
# Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II - Picture Show (1994) (V) (uncredited) .... (music video 'Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through')
# Cyborg 2 (1993) .... Casella 'Cash' Reese
... aka Glass Shadow (USA: DVD title)
# Alice & Viril (1993) .... Alice
# Angela & Viril (1993) .... Angela
# Lookin' to Get Out (1982) (as Angelina Jolie Voight) .... Tosh
*This article is a compilation of different articles from wikipedia and imdb.
Click here for Hi-res Angelina Jolie Pictures
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