Angelina Jolie Biography

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie (who was born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress and humanitarian. Angelina Jolie is renowned for Angelina Jolie's award winning acting talent and known for Angelina Jolie's exotic looks, full lips, wild child image, numerous tattoos and Angelina Jolie's humanitarian work with refugees. Angelina Jolie has received three Golden Globes as well as an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Angelina Jolie's performance as Lisa Rowe in the movie Girl, Interrupted.

In July 2005, Jolie became the third actress to join the coveted "$20 Million Club" of actresses commanding fees of $20 million per movie. Angelina Jolie joined Cameron Diaz and Julia Roberts when Angelina Jolie signed to do Mr. & Mrs. Smith for that amount. Jolie became a citizen of Cambodia by decree of its King Norodom Sihamoni on August 11, 2005; the citizenship was awarded to Angelina Jolie's in honor of Angelina Jolie's environmental work in the country, but has no effect on Angelina Jolie's U.S. citizenship.

Biography
Jolie is the daughter of divorced actors Jon Voight and American born Marcheline Bertrand. Angelina Jolie is the niece of Chip Taylor and the goddaughter of Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilian Schell. In an article in Vogue (2004) Angelina Jolie stated that Angelina Jolie's mother is from Chicago. At the Premiere Magazine "Women in Hollywood" Awards Angelina Jolie said Angelina Jolie's mom was born in a bowling alley. Angelina Jolie has stated that because of Angelina Jolie's name people often assume that Angelina Jolie's mother is French. Jolie's grandparents were French Canadian. Angelina Jolie's mother also studied with Lee Strasberg himself. Angelina Jolie is of Czech, French-Canadian, English, and Iroquois descent. As a child Angelina Jolie dreamed of becoming a funeral director. Angelina Jolie attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute from the age of 11, later attending Beverly Hills High School. Though Angelina Jolie enrolled at the film school at New York University after finishing Gia, Angelina Jolie did not complete Angelina Jolie's studies.

On March 28, 1996 Angelina Jolie married British actor Jonny Lee Miller, with whom Angelina Jolie had co-starred in the movie Hackers. Jolie attended Angelina Jolie's wedding in black leather trousers and a white shirt, which had Angelina Jolie's husband's name painted in Angelina Jolie's blood on the back. Jolie and Miller divorced on February 3, 1999. Jolie then married American actor Billy Bob Thornton on May 5, 2000, and together they adopted a son from Cambodia, Maddox Chivan Thornton Jolie, who was born on August 5, 2001. Jolie and Thornton divorced on May 27, 2003, and Jolie now has custody of Maddox.

Jolie has been long estranged from Angelina Jolie's father, though a reconciliation was attempted by his appearing with Angelina Jolie's in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. In the October 2004 issue of Premiere Magazine, Jolie indicated that Angelina Jolie was no longer interested in pursuing a relationship with Angelina Jolie's father, but that Angelina Jolie did not hate him but that Angelina Jolie realized that "...we only have so much energy in this life." Soon after, Angelina Jolie claimed that Angelina Jolie has "serious emotional problems" on Access Hollywood, and Angelina Jolie legally dropped Voight as Angelina Jolie's last name, taking Angelina Jolie as Angelina Jolie's legal name.

In 2003, Jolie published a collection of journals made during missions for the UNHCR. Angelina Jolie's proceeds from the book went to the UNHCR.Jolie has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees since 2001, and frequently travels to remote countries to draw attention to the plight of people in Third World nations. In 2003, Angelina Jolie published Notes from My Travels, a collection of journal entries chronicling Angelina Jolie's early work with the U.N.. In a January 2005 interview with Reuters, Jolie criticized fellow actors for not being committed enough in helping others, and stated that Angelina Jolie gives one-third of Angelina Jolie's income to charitable organizations.

Jolie was also one of the first celebrities to accept an invitation to be one of the bearers of the Olympic Torch during the 2004 Olympic Games, though Angelina Jolie was ultimately unable to participate due to filming commitments.

In the fall of 2004, it was reported that Jolie has started proceedings to adopt another child, this time from Russia. However, no adoption ever took place. On March 8th, Jolie took part in a Washington Press club luncheon. [1] It was there that Angelina Jolie announced the founding of the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children in Washington, D.C. It's an organization that provides free legal aid to children who prior to this had no legal representation. Jolie donated $500,000 to the center which will help keep it afloat for the first two years of its operation. At that same conference Angelina Jolie stated that Angelina Jolie never intended to adopt a Russian orphan boy. Jolie expressed a deep sadness at the media's exploitation of the child. Jolie stated that Angelina Jolie was on business through the United Nations and not looking for a child to adopt. Angelina Jolie also mentioned that Angelina Jolie's son wanted an "African brother" because of his love of Africa and the work Angelina Jolie knows Angelina Jolie does in that region.

Around the same time, Lauryn Galindo, the Hawaii-based adoption facilitator whose services Jolie had used to adopt Maddox, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to visa fraud and money laundering charges. Angelina Jolie had been falsifying records of children to be adopted in visa applications to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and several of the children Angelina Jolie placed had not been abandoned at all but were enticed away or bought from their birth families. There is no evidence that Maddox was among them, although the investigation is continuing. Maddox Jolie, as Angelina Jolie is legally named, was naturalized as a United States citizen some time ago, and there is no indication that that will be rescinded.

Besides Angelina Jolie's acting and humanitarian endeavors, Jolie also worked as a professional model in London, New York and Los Angeles and appeared in numerous music videos including those of Meat Loaf, Lenny Kravitz, and The Rolling Stones.

For several years prior to mid 2005, Jolie did not have a hit movie. Several of Angelina Jolie's movies, such as Alexander, Sky Captain, and Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life were major box office disappointments although Jolie usually received good notices. Angelina Jolie did provide the voice of Lola in the successful animated film, Shark Tale. Nonetheless Angelina Jolie remains one of Hollywood's most "in-demand" actresses.

In early 2005, Jolie found herself at the center of a well-publicized Hollywood scandal when Angelina Jolie was accused of being the "other woman" in the marital break-up of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. The allegation was that Angelina Jolie and Pitt had started an affair during filming of the spy comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith, something Angelina Jolie denies. In several interviews Angelina Jolie has denied starting an affair with Pitt. In an interview with Marie Claire magazine recently Angelina Jolie stated that Angelina Jolie could never have a relationship with a married man because Angelina Jolie has seen what relationships like that did to Angelina Jolie's mother. Angelina Jolie's father has acknowledged that Angelina Jolie cheated on Jolie's mom when they were married. Jolie stated Angelina Jolie "could not, could not look herself in the mirror" if Angelina Jolie had an affair with a married man.

Thanks to a mixture of generally good reviews and advance publicity due to all the rumors, Mr. & Mrs. Smith opened in the No. 1 position at the box office after it was released in early June 2005, providing Jolie with Angelina Jolie's first box-office success in several years. In March 2005, Jolie was named the third sexiest woman in the world by FHM magazine, from fifteen million votes worldwide.

Angelina on the cover of Men StyleSince taking on Angelina Jolie's goodwill ambassador duties, Jolie has on numerous occasions made public statements that Angelina Jolie wants to quit acting and concentrate on Angelina Jolie's UN work (for example, see Ireland On-Line in June 2005 [2]). However, Angelina Jolie has also stated that Angelina Jolie's work provides the income necessary for Angelina Jolie's to continue travelling the world on behalf of the UN.

Jolie continues to balance the demands of being a movie star with that of being a humanitarian, despite an apparently grueling schedule. On June 7, 2005, the Associated Press wire service reported on Jolie giving a presentation in Islamabad, Pakistan. That very same day, Angelina Jolie attended the premiere of Mr. & Mrs. Smith in Los Angeles. Angelina Jolie now lives full-time in Buckinghamshire, England, and owns property in Cambodia,which Angelina Jolie had to have demined. Angelina Jolie spent the new year of 2005 by going abroad to film a documentary called "A Moment in the World." Angelina Jolie called on several actors and actresses to film in various locations around the world at the same time for three minutes. This was done in order to capture random moments that are happening across the world at the same time. Some confusion has arisen between this project and the independent endeavor A Moment on Earth, in which 60 filmmakers around the world captured two separate moments on August 5th and 6th, 2004. No release dates for either project are known at this time.

In late June 2005, the New York Post reported a claim that Jolie is pregnant, a report republished on June 30 by Britain's Sky TV, Sun Media Corporation in Canada, and the Asian Hindustan Times, among others. Angelina Jolie's publicists presently deny this report. On July 5, 2005, People magazine reported that Jolie was in the final stages of adopting a baby girl, who was orphaned by AIDS, from Ethiopia, through the agency Wide Horizons for Children. Jolie has named Angelina Jolie's daughter Zahara Marley Jolie. A woman in London has been claiming Angelina Jolie is Zahara's birth mother since August of 2005. There has been no legal development regarding this claim. Ms. Jolie has contacted a lawyer in London to look into the matter. Earlier in the summer another woman came foward claiming to be the grandmother of Zahara. That claim too proved to be false. On September 28th 2005 while making an appearance to discuse American's financial involvment with fighting AIDS globally on CNN's "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer Jolie stated that Angelina Jolie's daughter is a "AIDS orphan." By that Angelina Jolie means Angelina Jolie's birth mother died from the disease but Angelina Jolie's daughter does not have the disease. The birth father of Zahara is not known. Angelina Jolie's statement made it clear that the birth mother is indeed dead. In late October of 2005 a Ethiopian judge ruled that there is no evidence to suggest that Ms. Jolie would have to file for re-adoption of Angelina Jolie's daughter Zahara Marley Jolie. The judge ruled that the woman claiming to be Angelina Jolie's mother is not the birth mother.

In September of 2005 Angelina Jolie was named the new spokesperson for the clothing line St. John Knits starting in the Spring/Fall 0f 2006. The deal with the clothing company includes the startup of a charity headed by Ms. Jolie. The charity will focus on children's issues and causes. It has been reported but not comfired that Angelina Jolie will also sit on the board of directors and have stock in the company. The deal is also believed to be the biggest celebrity clothing endorsement with the actress receiving 10-15 million dollars. Other celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow receive something in the neighborhood of 5 million dollars to promote luxury clothing and accessories. On October 24 Angelina Jolie attended the First Annual Benefit Gala for the Worldwide Orpahns Foundation. While there Angelina Jolie pleadged to partner with WWO to treat children in Ethiopia who have been orphaned by AIDS and are HIV positive. "AIDS is chronic and manageable, and does NOT have to kill any longer," said Ms. Jolie. Ms. Jolie announced Angelina Jolie's plan to support WWO's Pediatric HIV/AIDS Clinic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and pledged an initial grant. The gala helped the organization raise $800,000. Dr. Jane Aronson, the organization's founder, and Ms. Jolie first met through the adoption of Angelina Jolie's daughter Zahara and Jolie credits the doctor with helping save Angelina Jolie's daughter's life.

The American magazine US Weekly, in reporting Jolie's second adoption, indicated erroneously that Jolie and Pitt had adopted the girl together. When the magazine realized its error, the presses were stopped and an apology issued to Jolie and Pitt; printing of the issue resumed with the correction made, though a number of copies with the error were still released to the public. Reportedly, however, Pitt was present when Jolie signed the adoption papers. The agency later said Brad Pitt was not present when Angelina Jolie picked up Angelina Jolie's daughter. [3]

In August 2005, Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni awarded Jolie a Cambodian citizenship for Angelina Jolie's conservation work in the country.

Speculation over the nature of Jolie and Pitt's relationship continued throughout the summer of 2005. On August 22, the Calgary Herald ran a front-page story with a photo of Jolie taken during a surprise visit Angelina Jolie made to Calgary, Alberta a couple of days earlier, accompanied by Zahara. Brad Pitt was at that time filming a movie in Calgary, as was Angelina Jolie's father, Jon Voight. It was later reported that Jolie and Pitt visited the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta together, and CNN and the Calgary Sun reported on September 22, 2005 that they visited West Edmonton Mall together.[4] On September 30, the Calgary Sun reported that Pitt and Jolie had rented a house together in the city of Spruce Grove, Alberta, west of Edmonton where Pitt was filming more scenes for his movie; the same issue printed a photograph of the two actors (dubbed "Brangelina") leaving an Edmonton grocery store.

Tattoos

Angelina Jolie showing off Angelina Jolie's largest tattoo, a large tiger on Angelina Jolie's backJolie's inventory of tattoos has become the subject of much media attention, and Angelina Jolie infrequently adds or even changes existing tattoos. Angelina Jolie has said that all the tattoos Angelina Jolie possesses have a special meaning. Angelina Jolie's tattoos include:

the letter H (for Angelina Jolie's brother James Haven) on the inside of Angelina Jolie's left wrist.
"A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" (Tennessee Williams) on Angelina Jolie's left forearm.
a large prayer for Angelina Jolie's son Maddox on Angelina Jolie's left shoulder which covers up the Chinese/Japanese "death" tattoo.
two pointy black tribals on the lower parts of Angelina Jolie's back.
Quod me nutrit me destruit (Latin for "What nourishes me destroys me") several inches below Angelina Jolie's navel.
a tilted Latin cross on the lower left of Angelina Jolie's abdomen.
a large Asian tiger on Angelina Jolie's back.
a dragon under the tiger.
XIII (number 13 in Roman numerals) on Angelina Jolie's left forearm.
Arabic for "strength of will." (العزيمة) on Angelina Jolie's right forearm.
"know your rights" just under Angelina Jolie's neck between Angelina Jolie's shoulders.

Lasered/Covered:

the dragon on Angelina Jolie's left arm (she has been lasering it for some months now but we can still see some of it).
"Billy Bob", the name of Angelina Jolie's former husband Billy Bob Thornton, on Angelina Jolie's left arm.
a Chinese/Japanese character for courage now covered by the Tennessee Williams quote.
a Chinese/Japanese character for death (死) now covered by a prayer for Maddox.
a tattoo both Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina had a copy of. It was on Angelina Jolie's right forearm, now covered by the "strength of will" tattoo.
a dragon Angelina Jolie got in Amsterdam while drunk, now covered by the latin cross.
a window on Angelina Jolie's lower back. On Inside the Actors Studio, Angelina Jolie explained that Angelina Jolie covered this tattoo, because, while Angelina Jolie used to spend all of Angelina Jolie's time staring through windows wishing to be outside, Angelina Jolie now lives there all of the time.
Jolie has gone on record as saying that a positive effect resulting from the large number of tattoos on Angelina Jolie's body is that, while Angelina Jolie is not opposed to film nudity, filmmakers have been forced to become more creative when plotting any nude or love scenes involving her. Make-up has been used to cover up the tattoos in productions such as the Tomb Raider movies, Alexander, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Other trivia
Angelina Jolie has said that Angelina Jolie is bisexual and once claimed to have been in love with fashion model Jenny Shimizu, Angelina Jolie's co-star in the film Foxfire.
Angelina Jolie is left-handed.
Jolie once described herself as "most likely to sleep with a female fan".
Angelina Jolie speaks French.
The name Angelina actually means "Pretty Little Angel Eyes". Jolie in French means "pretty" or "lovely."
Angelina Jolie drives a black Ford truck.
Angelina Jolie knows how to Tango.
Angelina Jolie has a pilot's license.
Angelina Jolie collects knives and has interest in mortuary science.
Angelina Jolie was born at 9:09 a.m. in Los Angeles.
Angelina Jolie used to own a pet rat snake--therefore, Angelina Jolie had no problem shooting the snake scene in Alexander.
Angelina Jolie claims to have a fondness for Liverpool Football Club, having revealed that Angelina Jolie's baby son, Maddox, "only wants to play for Liverpool" after Angelina Jolie was admitted to Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool for treatment.
Angelina Jolie has continually denied rumors of an incestuous relationship with Angelina Jolie's brother, James Haven. During Angelina Jolie's acceptance speech for winning the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award for Girl Interrupted during the 2000 Academy Awards, Jolie stated "I'm so in love with my brother" which, combined with Angelina Jolie's affectionate behavior towards Angelina Jolie's brother that night, sparked the rumors. On Inside the Actor's Studio Angelina Jolie stated that Angelina Jolie never had an incestuous relationship with Angelina Jolie's brother, stating that "the world is a lot sicker than I thought," in reference to the conclusion everyone jumped to. Also in an interview with People Magazine Angelina Jolie and Angelina Jolie's brother stated that being children of divorce they relied on each other and because of that they hold on to each other, as a means of emotional support. Jolie has starred in five student movies, all of which were directed by Angelina Jolie's brother.
In October 2005, The Sun tabloid in Britain, as well as several American entertainment news programs, reported that Jolie is in the running to appear with Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider co-star Daniel Craig in the next James Bond film, Casino Royale.

Filmography

Esquire, November 2004Lookin' to Get Out (1982)
Cyborg 2 (1993)
Angela & Viril (1993) (short subject)
Alice & Viril (1993) (short subject)
Without Evidence (1995)
Hackers (1995)
Mojave Moon (1996)
Love Is All There Is (1996)
Foxfire (1996)
Playing God (1997)
Gia (1998)
Hell's Kitchen (1998)
Playing by Heart (1998)
Pushing Tin (1998)
The Bone Collector (1999)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Original Sin (2001)
Life or Something Like It (2002)
Trading Women (2003) (documentary) (narrator)
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
Beyond Borders (2003)
Taking Lives (2004)
Shark Tale (2004) (voice)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
The Fever (2004)
Alexander (2004)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
The Good Shepherd (2006)
Beowulf (2007) (voice)

Angelina Jolie - Latest News

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Movies Angelina Jolie has stared in:

Angelina Jolie has stared in Bandits

Angelina Jolie has stared in Girl, Interrupted

Angelina Jolie has stared in Gone in 60 Seconds

Angelina Jolie has stared in Kate and Leopold

Angelina Jolie has stared in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Angelina Jolie has stared in Life or Something Like It

Angelina Jolie has stared in Original Sin

Angelina Jolie has stared in Playing By Heart

Angelina Jolie has stared in Pushing Tin

Angelina Jolie has stared in The Bone Collector

Some Films Angelina Jolie has stared in:

Angelina Jolie has stared in Bandits

Angelina Jolie has stared in Girl, Interrupted

Angelina Jolie has stared in Gone in 60 Seconds

Angelina Jolie has stared in Kate and Leopold

Angelina Jolie has stared in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Angelina Jolie has stared in Life or Something Like It

Angelina Jolie has stared in Original Sin

Angelina Jolie has stared in Playing By Heart

Angelina Jolie has stared in Pushing Tin

Angelina Jolie has stared in The Bone Collector

Angelina Jolie Related Quotes

True thoughts have duration in themselves. If the thoughts endure, the seed is enduring; if the seed endures, the energy endures; if the energy endures, then will the spirit endure. The spirit is thought; thought is the heart; the heart is the fire; the fire is the Elixir. by Yen, Lu

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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire of every organism to live beyond its income. by Butler, Samuel

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A bird does not sing because it has an answer...it sings because it has a song. by Chinese Proverb

And our last Angelina Jolie Related Quote

All animals but men know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it -and they do enjoy it as much as man and other circumstances will allow it. by Butler, Samuel

Angelina Jolie News

Roseanne Barr: Angelina Jolie 'Evil,' Brad Pitt 'Vacuous' (Fox News)

Roseanne Barr slams Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in a post on her Web site, calling Jolie the "evil spawn" of actor Jon Voight and Pitt her "vacuous hubby."

Roseanne Barr hates Angelina Jolie (Moldova.org)

Roseanne Barr blogged some very unpleasant comments about Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and her actor father, Jon Voight. Here?s what the 55-year-old comedian/actress had to say: ?Jon Voight is a frightened little girl in a pink ballet tutu? your evil spawn Angelina Jolie and her vacuous hubby Brad Pitt make about forty million dollars a year in violent psychopathic movies and give away three of it ...

Roseanne Blasts Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt as "Evil, Vacuous" (US Weekly)

Roseanne isn't a fan of Brad and Angie. In a post titled "Jon Voight" on her Web site, she slams the celeb couple. "Your evil spawn Angelina Jolie and her vacuous hubby Brad Pitt make about $40 million a year in violent, psychopathic movies and give away three of it to starving children, trying to look as if they give a crap about humanity as they spit out more dunces that will consume more ...

Roseanne Barr Vilifies Jolie, Pitt On Blog (NBC 4 Los Angeles)

Comedian Roseanne Barr savages Angelina Jolie and partner Brad Pitt in a new blog entry.

Rosanne Barr Dumps On Jolie & Pitt; Mayer Dumps Aniston (NBC 4 Los Angeles)

Comedian Rosanne Barr goes on a nasty rant against Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, and John Mayer blabs about his breakup with Jennifer Aniston.

Jolie, Pitt Targeted By Roseanne Barr (KSAT San Antonio)

Comedian Roseanne Barr apparently has a huge issue with Angelina Jolie and husband Brad Pitt.

Roseanne Barr Vilifies Jolie, Pitt On Blog (Fox 12 Oregon)

Comedian Rosanne Barr apparently has a huge issue with Angelina Jolie and partner Brad Pitt.

NO-HOLD-BARRED BLAST AT JOLIE (New York Post)

ROSEANNE Barr is angry at Angelina Jolie for not endorsing Barack Obama yet. Jolie's "political adviser," Trevor Neilson, released a statement from the star last week saying, "I have not decided on a candidate. I am waiting to see the commitments...

Roseanne calls Angelina 'evil spawn,' children 'dunces' (The Arizona Republic)

American actress Roseanne Barr has verbally attacked Angelina Jolie - who is a UN Goodwill Ambassador - and her "vacuous" long-term partner Brad Pitt for not donating more money to charity, while also branding their children "dunces".

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