Angelina Jolie

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Angelina Jolie

Born Angelina Jolie Voight - June 4, 1975 - Los Angeles, California, United States

Occupation Actress

Years active 1982; 1993–present

Spouse(s) Jonny Lee Miller (1996–1999) Billy Bob Thornton (2000–2003)

Domestic partner(s) Brad Pitt (2005–present)

Angelina Jolie (b. Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975) is an American film actress and and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. In 2001, Jolie portrayed Lara Croft in the film adaptation of the popular Tomb Raider Series, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. The movies debute spawned $48.2 million, making it the most sucsessful video game adaptaion to date. In 2003, Jolie reprised her role as Lara Croft in the less sucsessful Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, which only grossed $65 million domestically. The failure was blamed on the worst recieved game of the series The Angel Of Darkness.

Early Life

Angelina Jolie was born to actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, on June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles, California. She is of German and Slovak decent on her fathers side and French Canadian on her mothers. She is also said to be part Iroquois.

In 1976, Jolie's parents seperated, leaving her mother to give up her acting carrer in order raise Jolie and her brother. When Jolie was 11, her family moved back to Los Angeles, where she enrolled at Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. After two years of training, Jolie dropped out of acting school and dreamed of becoming a funeral director. Two years later she returned to her studies and graduated from high school. In 2001, Jon Voight (Jolie's long astranged father) played the part of Lord Richard Croft in the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, in which Jolie starred. Later, in July of 2002, Jolie dropped the surname name Voight, making her new legal name Angelina Jolie. The change became official in September of 2002.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1982	Lookin' to Get Out	Tosh
1993	Cyborg 2	Casella "Cash" Reese
1995	Hackers	Kate "Acid Burn" Libby
1996	Mojave Moon	Eleanor "Elie" Rigby
	Love Is All There Is	Gina Malacici
	Foxfire	Margret "Legs" Sadovsky
1997	Playing God	Claire
	True Women (TV)	Georgia Virginia Lawshe Woods
	George Wallace (TV)	Cornelia Wallace
1998	Gia (TV)	Gia Marie Carangi
	Hell's Kitchen	Gloria McNeary
	Playing by Heart	Joan
	Pushing Tin	Mary Bell
1999	The Bone Collector	Amelia Donaghy
1999	Girl, Interrupted	Lisa Rowe
2000	Gone in Sixty Seconds	Sara "Sway" Wayland
2001	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Lara Croft
2001	Original Sin	Julia Russell
2002	Life or Something Like It	Lanie Kerrigan
2003	Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Lara Croft
2003	Beyond Borders	Sarah Jordan
2004	Taking Lives	Illeana Scott
	Shark Tale	Lola (voice)
	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Francesca "Franky" Cook
	The Fever	Revolutionary
	Alexander	Olympias
2005	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Jane Smith
2006	The Good Shepherd	Margaret Russell
2007	A Mighty Heart	Mariane Pearl
2007	Beowulf	Grendel's mother
2008	Kung Fu Panda	Master Tigress (voice)
	Wanted	Fox
	Changeling]	Christine Collins

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
1998	Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	George Wallace	Nominated
	Golden Globe Award	Best Supporting Actress - Series/Miniseries/TV Movie	George Wallace	Won
	National Board of Review Award	Breakthrough Performance - Female	Playing by Heart	Won
	Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	Gia	Nominated
1999	Golden Globe Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV		Won
1999	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries		Won
2000	Golden Globe Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture	Girl, Interrupted	Won
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role		Won
	Academy Award	Best Actress in a Supporting Role		Won
2008	Golden Globe Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama	A Mighty Heart	Nominated
2008	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role	A Mighty Heart	Nominated
2009	Golden Globe Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama	Changeling	Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role		Nominated
	BAFTA Award	Best Actress in a Leading Role		Nominated
	Academy Award	Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role		Nominated
Source: IMDb.com