Angelina Jolie
Date posted: July-15-2010
11:45
Actress and UN Goodwill Ambassador for High Commissioner for Refugees.
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Profile
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Birth Name:
Angelina Jolie Voight
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Birthday:
04 Jun, 1975
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Star Sign:
Gemini
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Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Height:
173cm cm
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Profession:
Actress
Relationships
Often regarded as the world's most beautiful woman, Angelina is never far from headlines tracking her humanitarian work, ever-expanding family and relationship with equally famous actor Brad Pitt. When Angelina teamed up with Brad in 2005, they instantly became Hollywood's hottest couple. 'Brangelina' famously met on the set of Mr & Mrs Smith and now have three adopted children together – Maddox Chivan, Zahara Marley and Pax Thien – and three biological children – Shiloh Nouvel and twins Knox Léon and Vivienne Marcheline. But with two failed marriages under her belt, Ange's love life hasn't always been so picture perfect.
First there was her marriage to Jonny Lee Miller - Ange chose to wear black leather trousers to their wedding on March 28, 1996, and the couple divorced three years later in February 1999.
Ange met her next husband Billy Bob Thornton on the set of Pushing Tin in 2000. The controversial couple caused quite a stir when they sported vials of each other's blood around their necks. Their quirky relationship, however, wasn't meant to be - they divorced after three years in May 2003.
Before They Were Famous
When your parents are Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight and actress Marcheline Bertrand, and you're the goddaughter of actress Jacqueline Bisset and director Maximilian Schell, you're destined to make it big in Hollywood. At just 11 years old, Ange started studying at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and later studied film at New York University. At age 16, Ange got her start by modelling.
Career Highlights
In 1999, Angelina got her big break into the industry when she won the lead role alongside Denzel Washington in The Bone Collector. Once she hit the big time, Ange's career soared with her biggest films including Girl, Interrupted (for which she won and Oscar), the Tomb Raider series, Mr & Mrs Smith and A Mighty Heart, which secured her a Golden Globe nomination.
Angelina received her second Golden Globe nomination for best actress in Changeling as well as nods from the Screen Actors Guild, the BAFTAs and the Oscars.
Angelina also devotes a lare portion of her time to charity as a UN Goodwill Ambassador. Angelina attends the launch of Global Action for Children on April 26, 2007 in Washington. Global Action for Children is a nonpartisan advocacy organisation focused on increasing funding from the US government for programs that support orphans and other vulnerable children. (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images for GAC)
Famous Quotes
'If I didn't have my films as an outlet for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up.'