Angelina Jolie
Jolie at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 2005. The World Economic Forum (WEF is a Geneva -based Non-profit foundation best known for its Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland Davos ( Romansh: Tavau, Italian: Tavate is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation
Born	Angelina Jolie Voight June 4, 1975 (1975-06-04) (age 33) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Film actor, producer, director
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 (born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975) is an American film actor and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Jonathan "Jonny" Lee Miller (born 15 November 1972) is an English actor William Robert Thornton (born August 4 1955 William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the United States cinema has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors are Celebrity representatives of the Office of the UN High Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR (established December 14, 1950) is a She is often cited by popular media as one of the world's most beautiful women and her off-screen life is widely reported. ^[1] She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG to recognize outstanding performances by members "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.

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). Jonathan Vincent Voight (born December 29 1938 is an Academy Award -winning American film Actor. Lookin’ to Get Out is a 1982 film directed by Hal Ashby and written by Al Schwartz and Jon Voight, who also stars in the movie with A low-budget Film is a motion picture shot on limited budget Young or unknown directors often make low-budget films due to a lack of funding from studios who Cyborg 2, released in some countries as Glass Shadow,is a 1993 Science fiction action film directed by Michael Schroeder Her first leading role in a major film was in Hackers (1995). Hackers is a 1995 Film that follows the misfortunes of the young hackers Dade Murphy ('Crash Override'/'Zero Cool' played by Jonny Lee 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). A biographical motion picture &mdash often shortened to biopic &mdash is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people George Wallace is a 1997 television film starring Gary Sinise as the infamous Alabama governor George Wallace. Gia is a 1998 HBO Television film about the life of model Gia Marie Carangi starring Angelina Jolie, Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS Girl Interrupted is a 1999 film drama about a teen's 18-month stay at a mental institution starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie Jolie achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of videogame 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. Lara Croft is a Fictional character and the protagonist of Eidos Interactive 's Tomb Raider video game series Lara Croft Tomb Raider is a film adaptation of the Tomb Raider video game series ^[2] She had her biggest commercial success with the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005). Mr & Mrs Smith is a 2005 action / Comedy film, directed by Doug Liman and written by Simon Kinberg. ^[3]

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. Jonathan "Jonny" Lee Miller (born 15 November 1972) is an English actor William Robert Thornton (born August 4 1955 William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys ^[4] Jolie and Pitt have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, as well as a biological daughter, Shiloh. Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with refugees through UNHCR. According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR (established December 14, 1950) is a

Contents 1 Early life and family 2 Early work, 1993–1997 3 Breakthrough, 1997–2000 4 International success, 2001–present 5 Humanitarian work 6 Relationships 7 Children 8 Jolie in the media 9 Tattoos 10 Filmography 11 Awards 12 References 13 Further reading 14 External links

Early life and family

Born in Los Angeles, California, Jolie is the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Jonathan Vincent Voight (born December 29 1938 is an Academy Award -winning American film Actor. Marcia Lynne "Marcheline" Bertrand. She had a brother Raleigh Bertrand and a sister Debbie Bertrand Jolie is the niece of Chip Taylor, sister of James Haven and the god-daughter of Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilian Schell. Chip Taylor (born January 1, 1940 in New York City) is the Stage name of American Songwriter James Wesley Voight James Haven (born James Haven Voight on May 11, 1973 in Los Angeles California) is an American Actor and producer Jacqueline Bisset (born Winnifred Jacqueline Fraser-Bisset; September 13 1944) is an English actress. Maximilian Schell (born December 8, 1930) is an Academy Award -winning Austrian Actor. On her father's side, she is of Slovak and German descent,^[5][6] and on her mother's side she is French Canadian and is said to be part Iroquois,^[7][8] although Voight once claimed Bertrand is "not seriously Iroquois," and they merely said it to enhance his ex-wife's exotic background. Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as The Iroquois Confederacy (also known as the "League of Peace and Power" the "Five Nations" the "Six Nations" or the "People of the Longhouse ^[9]

After her parents' separation in 1976, Jolie and her brother were raised by their mother, who abandoned her acting ambitions and moved with them to Palisades, New York. Palisades, formerly known as Sneden's Landing and then Rockland is a hamlet in the Town of Orangetown Rockland County, New York, United ^[10] As a child Jolie regularly saw movies with her mother and later explained that this had inspired her interest in acting; she had not been influenced by her father. ^[11] When she was 11, the family moved back to Los Angeles and Jolie decided she wanted to act and enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where she trained for two years and appeared in several stage productions. The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute is a school for the performing arts located at 115 East 15th Street in New York City, and at 7936 Santa Monica Boulevard in She later recalled her time as a student at Beverly Hills High School (later Moreno High School), and her feeling of isolation among the children of some of the area's more affluent families. Beverly Hills High School (usually abbreviated as "Beverly" or as "BHHS" is the only major Public high school in Beverly Hills California Jolie's mother survived on a more modest income, and Jolie often wore second-hand clothes. She was teased by other students who also targeted her for her distinctive features, for being extremely thin, and for wearing glasses and braces. Dental braces (also known as orthodontic braces) are a device used in Orthodontics to align teeth and their position with regard to a person's bite ^[11] Her self-esteem was further diminished when her initial attempts at modeling proved unsuccessful. She started to cut herself; later commenting, "I collected knives and always had certain things around. Self-injury ( SI) or self-harm ( SH) is deliberate Injury inflicted by a person upon their own body without suicidal intent For some reason, the ritual of having cut myself and feeling the pain, maybe feeling alive, feeling some kind of release, it was somehow therapeutic to me. "^[12] She's confessed to killing pets at a very young age, "My snake I had - I tried killing him," and recalls how at 12 she was "a bad girl - beating up my friends. "^[13] At 14, she dropped out of her acting classes and dreamed of becoming a funeral director. A funeral director (also known as a mortician or undertaker) is someone involved in the business of Funeral rites ^[14] During this period, she wore black, dyed her hair purple and went out moshing with her live-in boyfriend. Moshing or slamming refers to the activity in which audience members at live music performances aggressively push or slam into each other ^[11] Two years later, after the relationship had ended, she rented an apartment above a garage a few blocks from her mother's home. ^[10] She returned to theatre studies and graduated from high school, though in recent times she has referred to this period with the observation, "I am still at heart — and always will be — just a punk kid with tattoos". Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution ^[15]

Jolie has been long estranged from her father, though a reconciliation was attempted, and he appeared with her in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Lara Croft Tomb Raider is a film adaptation of the Tomb Raider video game series 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. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[16] In August of the same year, Voight claimed that his daughter had "serious emotional problems" on Access Hollywood. Access Hollywood is a weekday Television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry 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. ^[17]

Early work, 1993–1997

Jolie began working as a fashion model at 14. A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising. She was signed with Finesse Model Management and modeled in both the United States and Europe, working mainly in Los Angeles, New York and London. Finesse Model Management is a Modelling agency. Models Represented by Finesse (Past and Present Angelina Jolie The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. At that time she also appeared in numerous music videos, including those of Meat Loaf ("Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through"), Antonello Venditti ("Alta Marea"), Lenny Kravitz ("Stand by My Woman"), and The Lemonheads ("It's About Time"). A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27 1947 better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an American rock Musician Antonello Venditti (born March 8, 1949) is an Italian Singer-songwriter who became famous in the 1970s for the social themes of his songs Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American Singer-songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, Record The Lemonheads are an American Alternative rock band formed in 1986 by singer/guitarist Evan Dando, who has been the only constant member At the age of 16, Jolie returned to theatre, and played her first role as a German dominatrix. A dominatrix (from the Latin dominatrix, meaning a female ruler or Mistress plural dominatrices or dominatrixes) or Mistress is a woman who She began to learn from her father, as she noticed his method of observing people to become like them. Their relationship during this time was less strained, with Jolie realizing that they were both "drama queens". ^[11]

Jolie appeared in five of her brother's student films, made while he attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts, but her professional movie career began in 1993, when she played her first leading role in the low budget film Cyborg 2, as Casella "Cash" Reese, a near-human robot, designed to seduce her way into a rival manufacturer's headquarters and then self-detonate. The USC School of Cinematic Arts, until 2006 named the School of Cinema-Television (CNTV is a Film school within the University of Southern California A low-budget Film is a motion picture shot on limited budget Young or unknown directors often make low-budget films due to a lack of funding from studios who Cyborg 2, released in some countries as Glass Shadow,is a 1993 Science fiction action film directed by Michael Schroeder A robot is a mechanical or Virtual Artificial agent In practice it is usually an electro-mechanical system which by its appearance or movements Following several undistinguished projects she starred as Kate "Acid Burn" Libby in her first Hollywood picture, Hackers (1995), where she met her first husband Jonny Lee Miller. Hackers is a 1995 Film that follows the misfortunes of the young hackers Dade Murphy ('Crash Override'/'Zero Cool' played by Jonny Lee Jonathan "Jonny" Lee Miller (born 15 November 1972) is an English actor The New York Times wrote, "Kate (Angelina Jolie) stands out. That's because she scowls even more sourly than [her co-stars] and is that rare female hacker who sits intently at her keyboard in a see-through top. Despite her sullen posturing, which is all this role requires, Ms. Jolie has the sweetly cherubic looks of her father, Jon Voight. "^[18] The movie failed to make a profit at the box-office, but developed a cult following after its video release. A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for Admission to a venue A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of Pop culture. ^[19]

She appeared as Gina Malacici in the 1996 comedy Love Is All There Is, a modern-day loose adaptation of Romeo and Juliet set among two rival Italian family restaurant owners in the Bronx, New York. Love Is All There Is is a 1996 romantic comedy Film directed by Joseph Bologna and Renee Taylor, who also both star in Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the In the road movie Mojave Moon she was a youngster, named Eleanor Rigby, who falls for Danny Aiello, while he takes a shine to her mother, Anne Archer. A road film is a Film genre in which the film's plot takes place during a journey Mojave Moon is a 1996 road movie It stars Danny Aiello, Anne Archer, Michael Biehn, Angelina Jolie and Jack Noseworthy. Daniel Louis Aiello Jr (born June 20, 1933) is an Academy Award -nominated Emmy Award -winning American Actor who has appeared in Anne Archer (born August 24 1947 is an Academy Award -nominated American Actress. In 1996, she also played Margret "Legs" Sadovsky, one of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond in the film Foxfire after they beat up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. Foxfire is a 1996 movie based on the Joyce Carol Oates Novel Foxfire Confessions of a Girl Gang. The Los Angeles Times wrote about Jolie's performance, "It took a lot of hogwash to develop this character, but Jolie, Jon Voight's knockout daughter, has the presence to overcome the stereotype. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed Though the story is narrated by Maddy, Legs is the subject and the catalyst. "^[20]

In 1997, Jolie starred with David Duchovny in the thriller Playing God, a film portraying a surgeon who is stripped of his medical license and is lured deep into the criminal world where he meets Jolie’s character, Claire. David William Duchovny (born August 7, 1960) is a two-time Golden Globe Award -winning American television and film Actor, best known The movie was not received well by critics and Roger Ebert noted that "Angelina Jolie finds a certain warmth in a kind of role that is usually hard and aggressive; she seems too nice to be [a criminal's] girlfriend, and maybe she is. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. "^[21] She then appeared in the TV movie True Women, a historical romantic drama set in the West, and based on the book by Janice Woods Windle. True Women is a 1993 novel by Janice Woods Windle. It is also the name of a 1997 TV movie that was made based on the book Janice Woods Windle is a Texas author Windle was born in Seguin Texas and currently lives in El Paso Texas. That year she also played a stripper in the Rolling Stones music video for the song "Anybody Seen My Baby?"

Breakthrough, 1997–2000

Jolie's career prospects began to improve after her performance as Cornelia Wallace in the 1997 biopic George Wallace for which she won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Emmy. " Anybody Seen My Baby? " is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones featured on their 1997 album Bridges to Babylon A biographical motion picture &mdash often shortened to biopic &mdash is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people George Wallace is a 1997 television film starring Gary Sinise as the infamous Alabama governor George Wallace. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The film was highly praised by critics and, among other awards, received the Golden Globe for Best Miniseries/Motion Picture made for TV. The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word She played the second wife of the segregationist Governor of Alabama who was shot and paralyzed while running for President. The film starred Gary Sinise and was directed by John Frankenheimer. Gary Alan Sinise (born March 17, 1955) is an American Actor and Film director. John Michael Frankenheimer ( February 19, 1930 &ndash July 6, 2002) was an American Film director.

In 1998, Jolie starred in HBO's Gia as supermodel Gia Carangi. Gia is a 1998 HBO Television film about the life of model Gia Marie Carangi starring Angelina Jolie, A supermodel is a highly-paid élite fashion model who usually has a worldwide reputation and often a background in Haute couture and commercial modeling Gia Marie Carangi ( January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986) was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s The film depicted a world of sex, drugs and emotional drama, and chronicled the destruction of Carangi's life and career as a result of her drug addiction, and her decline and death from AIDS. Vanessa Vance from Reel. com noted, "Angelina Jolie gained wide recognition for her role as the titular Gia, and it's easy to see why. Jolie is fierce in her portrayal — filling the part with nerve, charm, and desperation — and her role in this film is quite possibly the most beautiful train wreck ever filmed. "^[22] For the second consecutive year, Jolie won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy. She also won her first Screen Actors Guild Award. The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG to recognize outstanding performances by members In accordance with Lee Strasberg's method acting Jolie reportedly preferred to stay in character in between scenes during many of her early films, and as a result had gained a reputation for being difficult to deal with. Lee Strasberg ( November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982) was an Academy Award -nominated Austro-Hungarian - American Method acting is an Acting technique in which Actors try to replicate real life emotional conditions under which the character operates in an effort to create a life-like While shooting Gia, she told her then-husband Jonny Lee Miller that she wouldn't be able to phone him. Jonathan "Jonny" Lee Miller (born 15 November 1972) is an English actor "I'd tell him: 'I'm alone; I'm dying; I'm gay; I'm not going to see you for weeks. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. '"^[23]

Following Gia, Jolie moved to New York and stopped acting for a short period of time, because she felt that she had "nothing else to give". New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous She enrolled at New York University to study filmmaking and attended writing classes. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. She described it as "just good for me to collect myself" on Inside the Actors Studio. Inside the Actors Studio is the Emmy-nominated longest-running original series on the Bravo Cable television channel hosted by James Lipton ^[24]

Jolie returned to film as Gloria McNeary in the 1998 gangster movie Hell's Kitchen, and later that year appeared in Playing by Heart, part of an ensemble cast that included Sean Connery, Gillian Anderson, Ryan Phillippe and Jon Stewart. Hell's Kitchen is a 1998 film starring Rosanna Arquette, William Forsythe, Angelina Jolie, Mekhi Phifer, and Johnny Playing by Heart is a 1998 Comedy-drama Film, which tells the story of several seemingly unconnected characters Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25 1930) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and BAFTA Award -winning Scottish Gillian Leigh Anderson (born August 9, 1968) is an American Actress, best known for her roles as FBI Special Agent Matthew Ryan Phillippe (ˈfɪlɪpi born September 10, 1974) is an American Actor. Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28 1962 is an American Comedian, Satirist, Actor, Writer, and The film received predominantly positive reviews and Jolie was praised in particular. The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "Jolie, working through an overwritten part, is a sensation as the desperate club crawler learning truths about what she's willing to gamble. The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H "^[25] Jolie won the Breakthrough Performance Award by the National Board of Review. The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor

In 1999, she starred in Mike Newell's comedy-drama Pushing Tin, co-starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett. Michael Cormac Newell (born 28 March 1942 is an English director and producer of motion pictures for the screen and for Television. Pushing Tin is a 1999 comedy Drama film directed by Mike Newell. John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American Film actor and Screenwriter. William Robert Thornton (born August 4 1955 Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett (born 14 May 1969 is an Academy Award -winning Australian Actress and Stage director. Jolie played Thornton's seductive wife. The film received a lukewarm reception from critics and Jolie's character was particularly criticized. The Washington Post wrote, "Mary (Angelina Jolie), a completely ludicrous writer's creation of a free-spirited woman who weeps over hibiscus plants that die, wears lots of turquoise rings and gets real lonely when Russell spends entire nights away from home. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Hibiscus, or rosemallow, is a large genus of about 200&ndash220 species of Flowering plants in the family Malvaceae (the mallow family "^[26] She then worked with Denzel Washington in The Bone Collector, an adapted crime novel written by Jeffery Deaver. Denzel Hayes Washington Jr (born December 28 1954) is an American Actor and director. The Bone Collector is a 1999 drama - mystery - Thriller film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. Jeffery Deaver (born May 6, 1950, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois) is an American mystery / crime writer. Jolie played Amelia Donaghy, a police officer haunted by her cop father's suicide, who reluctantly helps Washington track down a serial killer. A serial killer is a person who Murders usually three or more people with a "cooling off" period between each murder and whose motivation for killing is largely based The movie grossed $151 million worldwide,^[3] but was a critical failure; the Detroit Free Press concluded, "Jolie, while always delicious to look at, is simply and woefully miscast. The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily Newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. "^[27]

Jolie next took the supporting role of the sociopathic Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted (1999), a film that tells the story of mental patient Susanna Kaysen, and which was adapted from Kaysen's original memoir Girl, Interrupted. Antisocial personality disorder ( APD) is a Mental disorder.It is defined by the American Psychiatric Association 's Diagnostic and Statistical Girl Interrupted is a 1999 film drama about a teen's 18-month stay at a mental institution starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie Susanna Kaysen (born 11 November 1948) is an American author Kaysen was born and raised in Cambridge Massachusetts. Girl Interrupted is a best-selling 1993 Memoir by American author Susanna Kaysen. While Winona Ryder played the main character in what was hoped to be a comeback for her, the film instead became the "welcome-to-Hollywood coronation" for Jolie. Winona Laura Horowitz (born October 29 1971 better known under her professional name Winona Ryder, is an American actress ^[28] Jolie won her third Golden Globe, her second Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Variety noted, "Jolie is excellent as the flamboyant, irresponsible girl who turns out to be far more instrumental than the doctors in Susanna's rehabilitation"^[29] and Roger Ebert wrote about her performance:

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Jolie is emerging as one of the great wild spirits of current movies, a loose cannon who somehow has deadly aim. Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman [30]

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In 2000, Jolie appeared in her first summer blockbuster, Gone In 60 Seconds, in which she played Sarah "Sway" Wayland, ex-girlfriend of car-thief Nicolas Cage. This article refers to the theatrical slang term for other uses see Blockbuster (disambiguation. This is about the 2000 remake For the original 1974 film see Gone in 60 Seconds (1974 film Gone in Sixty Seconds is a 2000 Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award -winning American actor The role was small, and the Washington Post criticized that "all she does in this movie is stand around, cooling down, modeling those fleshy, pulsating muscle-tubes that nest so provocatively around her teeth. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D "^[31] She later explained that the film was a welcome relief after the heavy role of Lisa Rowe, and it became her highest grossing movie up until then, earning $237 million internationally. ^[3]

International success, 2001–present

Although highly regarded for her acting abilities, Jolie's films to date had often not appealed to a wide audience, but Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) made her an international superstar. Lara Croft Tomb Raider is a film adaptation of the Tomb Raider video game series "Super Star" redirects here for the Sibel Tüzün song see Süper Star. An adaptation of the popular Tomb Raider videogame, Jolie was required to master a British accent and undergo extensive martial arts training to play the title role of Lara Croft. Tomb Raider is a series of Action-adventure games comic books novels theme park rides and movies, centring around the adventures of the female Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. Lara Croft is a Fictional character and the protagonist of Eidos Interactive 's Tomb Raider video game series She was generally praised for her physical performance, but the movie generated mostly negative reviews. Slant Magazine commented, "Angelina Jolie was born to play Lara Croft but [director] Simon West makes her journey into a game of Frogger. Slant Magazine is an online publication that features reviews of movies music DVDs and TV shows as well as interviews with actors directors and musicians Simon West (born 1961 is an English Film director. Born in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, Simon West originally directed adverts including Frogger is an Arcade game introduced in 1981. It was developed by Konami, and licensed for worldwide distribution by Sega / "^[32] The movie was a huge international success nonetheless, earning $275 million worldwide,^[3] and launched her global reputation as a female action star.

Jolie then starred alongside Antonio Banderas as the mail-order bride Julia Russell in Original Sin, a thriller based on the novel Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich. José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960) better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film Actor and Singer Original Sin is a 2001 movie starring Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas. Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich ( December 4, 1903 — September 25, 1968) was an American novelist and short story writer The film was a major critical failure, with The New York Times noting, "The story plunges more precipitously than Ms. Jolie's neckline. "^[33] In 2002, she played Lanie Kerrigan in Life or Something Like It, a film about an ambitious TV reporter who is told that she will die in a week. Life or Something Like It is a 2002 Romantic comedy film directed by Stephen Herek. The film was poorly received by critics, though Jolie's performance received positive reviews. CNN's Paul Clinton wrote, "Jolie is excellent in her role. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Paul Clinton (1953 in Columbus, Ohio – January 30, 2006 in Los Angeles) was CNN. Despite some of the ludicrous plot points in the middle of the film, this Academy Award-winning actress is exceedingly believable in her journey towards self-discovery and the true meaning of fulfilling life. "^[34]

Jolie reprised her role as Lara Croft in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life in 2003. Lara Croft Tomb Raider The Cradle of Life is a 2003 Action film directed by Jan de Bont, and starring Angelina Jolie as The sequel, while not as lucrative as the original, earned $156 million at the international box-office. A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work ^[3] Later that year Jolie starred in Beyond Borders, a film about aid workers in Africa. Beyond Borders is a 2003 movie about Aid workers starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen. Humanitarian aid (also called succour) is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes typically in response to humanitarian crises Although reflecting Jolie's real-life interest in promoting humanitarian relief, the film was critically and financially unsuccessful. The Los Angeles Times wrote, "Jolie, as she did in her Oscar-winning role in Girl, Interrupted, can bring electricity and believability to roles that have a reality she can understand. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed She can also, witness the Lara Croft films, do acknowledged cartoons. But the limbo of a hybrid character, a badly written cardboard person in a fly-infested, blood-and-guts world, completely defeats her. "^[35]

In 2004, Jolie starred alongside Ethan Hawke in the thriller Taking Lives, as Illeana Scott, an FBI profiler summoned to help Montreal law enforcement hunt down a serial killer. Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6 1970 is an American Actor, Writer and Film director. Taking Lives is a 1999 thriller Novel by Michael Pye about an FBI profiler in search of a Serial killer who assumes the Offender profiling is a behavioral and investigative tool that helps investigators to profile unknown criminal subjects or offenders Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec The movie received mixed reviews and The Hollywood Reporter concluded, "Angelina Jolie plays a role that definitely feels like something she has already done, but she does add an unmistakable dash of excitement and glamour. The Hollywood Reporter is a major trade publication of the Film industry in the United States. "^[36] She also provided the voice of Lola, an angelfish in the animated DreamWorks movie Shark Tale; the cast included Will Smith, Martin Scorsese, Renée Zellweger, Jack Black and Robert De Niro. Marine angelfish are Perciform Fish of the family Pomacanthidae. DreamWorks LLC, also known as DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, or DreamWorks Studios, is a major American Film studio Shark Tale is a 2004 CGI comedy produced by DreamWorks Animation. Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an Academy Award - BAFTA - SAG Award - and Golden Globe -winning Thomas Jack Black Jr (born August 28 1969 is an American Actor, Comedian and Musician. Robert Mario De Niro Jr (born August 17 1943 is a two-time Academy Award -winning American Film Actor, director and producer Also in 2004, Jolie had a brief appearance in Kerry Conran’s Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, a science fiction adventure film shot with actors entirely in front of a bluescreen. Kerry Scott Conran (born November 6, 1964 in Flint Michigan) is an American Filmmaker, educated at the California Institute Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a 2004 American Pulp adventure, Science fiction film written and directed by Kerry Chroma Key is the name under which ex- Dream Theater Keyboardist Kevin Moore records Jolie then played Olympias in Alexander (2004), Oliver Stone’s biopic about the life of Alexander the Great. Olympias (in Greek, Ὀλυμπιάς; ca 376&ndash316 BC was an Epirote Princess, the fourth wife of the king Philip II of Alexander is a 2004 Epic film, based on the life of Alexander the Great. William Oliver Stone (born 15 September) is an American Film director and Screenwriter. Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' The film failed domestically, with Stone attributing its poor reception to disapproval of the depiction of Alexander’s bisexuality,^[37] but it succeeded internationally, with revenue of $139 million outside the United States. Bisexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of both sexes or to a bisexual orientation ^[3]

Jolie's only movie of 2005, the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith, is also her biggest commercial success to date. Mr & Mrs Smith is a 2005 action / Comedy film, directed by Doug Liman and written by Simon Kinberg. The film, directed by Doug Liman, tells the story of a bored married couple who find out that they are both secret assassins. Doug Liman (born July 24 1965) is an American Film director and producer best known for The Bourne Identity Jolie starred as Jane Smith alongside Brad Pitt. William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys The film was well received and was generally lauded for the chemistry between the two leads. The Star Tribune noted, "While the story feels haphazard, the movie gets by on gregarious charm, galloping energy and the stars' thermonuclear screen chemistry. The Star Tribune (also Star Trib or Strib, as it is often referred to is the largest Newspaper in the U "^[38] The movie earned over $478 million worldwide, one of the biggest hits of 2005. ^[3]

Jolie next appeared in Robert De Niro's The Good Shepherd (2006), a film about the early history of the CIA, as seen through the eyes of Edward Wilson, played by Matt Damon. Robert Mario De Niro Jr (born August 17 1943 is a two-time Academy Award -winning American Film Actor, director and producer The Good Shepherd is a 2006 Spy film directed by Robert De Niro and starring Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie, with near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8 1970 is an American Actor and Philanthropist. Jolie co-starred as Margaret Russell, Wilson's neglected wife. According to the Chicago Tribune, "Jolie ages convincingly throughout, and is blithely unconcerned with how her brittle character is coming off in terms of audience sympathy. The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company "^[39]

In 2007, Jolie made her directorial debut with the documentary A Place in Time, which captures the life in 27 locations around the globe during a single week and features fellow actors such as Jude Law, Hilary Swank, Colin Farrell and Jonny Lee Miller. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Jude Law (born 29 December 1972 is an English Actor. He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987 and had his first TV role in 1989 Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30 1974 is an American Actress. Her Hollywood film career began with a small part in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Colin James Farrell (born May 31, 1976) is an Irish Actor, who has appeared in several high-profile Hollywood films including Jonathan "Jonny" Lee Miller (born 15 November 1972) is an English actor The film is intended to be distributed through the National Education Association, mainly in high schools. The National Education Association ( NEA) is the largest professional organization in the United States, representing Public school Teachers and High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution ^[40] Jolie starred as Mariane Pearl in Michael Winterbottom's documentary-style drama A Mighty Heart (2007), about the kidnap and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan. Mariane van Neyenhoff Pearl (born July 23, 1967) is a French Freelance Journalist and a Reporter and Columnist Michael Winterbottom (b March 29 1961 in Blackburn, Lancashire) is a prolific British Filmmaker who has directed fifteen A Mighty Heart is a 2007 film directed by Michael Winterbottom; It is an Adaptation of Mariane Pearl 's Memoir, Daniel Pearl ( October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American Journalist who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and The picture is based on Mariane Pearl's memoirs A Mighty Heart and had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. For the movie see A Mighty Heart (film. A Mighty Heart is a Memoir by Mariane Pearl, the widow of the slain The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, The Hollywood Reporter described Jolie's performance as "well-measured and moving", played "with respect and a firm grasp on a difficult accent. The Hollywood Reporter is a major trade publication of the Film industry in the United States. "^[41] The film earned her a fourth Golden Globe and her third Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG to recognize outstanding performances by members Jolie also played Grendel's mother in Robert Zemeckis' animated epic Beowulf (2007) which was created through the motion capture technique. Grendel's mother ( Old English: Grendles modor) is one of three Antagonists (along with Grendel and the Dragon) in the work of Robert Lee "Bob" Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning American Film director, Beowulf is a 2007 Performance capture Action film based on the Old English epic poem of the same name. Motion capture, motion tracking, or mocap are terms used to describe the process of recording movement and translating the movement onto a digital model

Jolie has completed shooting the action film Wanted, an adaptation of a graphic novel by Mark Millar, as well as the DreamWorks animated movie Kung Fu Panda, both scheduled for summer releases in 2008. A Mark Millar (born December 24 1969 is an award-winning Scottish Graphic novelist born in Coatbridge. DreamWorks LLC, also known as DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, or DreamWorks Studios, is a major American Film studio Kung Fu Panda is an American animated Comedy film released in 2008 ^[42] She was also cast as the lead in Clint Eastwood's upcoming drama, Changeling, which wrapped principal photography in December 2007. Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. Changeling is an upcoming American period thriller set for release in 2008. ^[43]

Humanitarian work

Jolie first became personally aware of worldwide humanitarian crises while filming Tomb Raider in poverty-stricken and widely mined Cambodia. Humanitarianism is an active belief in Humanism (the idea of the value of human life whereby Humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans Poverty (also called penury) is deprivation of common necessities that determine the quality of life including food clothing shelter and safe Drinking water, and The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East She eventually turned to UNHCR for more information on international trouble spots. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR (established December 14, 1950) is a In the following months she agreed to visit different refugee camps around the world to learn more about the situation and the conditions in these areas. A refugee camp is a temporary camp built by a government the United Nations, international organizations (such as the Red Cross) or NGOs to receive In February 2001, Jolie went on her first field visit, an 18-day mission to Sierra Leone and Tanzania; she later expressed her shock at what she had witnessed. Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya ^[44] In the coming months she returned to Cambodia for two weeks and later met with Afghan refugees in Pakistan where she donated $1 million for Afghan refugees in response to an international UNHCR emergency appeal. Afghan refugees (known as Muhajir Afghans in South Asia) are people who fled Afghanistan after the Soviet invasion in 1979 and during the Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Afghan refugees (known as Muhajir Afghans in South Asia) are people who fled Afghanistan after the Soviet invasion in 1979 and during the Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR (established December 14, 1950) is a ^[45] She insisted on covering all costs related to her missions and shared the same rudimentary working and living conditions as UNHCR field staff on all of her visits. ^[44]

Impressed by her interest and devotion in the subject, UNHCR named her a Goodwill Ambassador on August 27, 2001 at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva. UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors are Celebrity representatives of the Office of the UN High Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking ^[46] In a press conference Jolie explained her motives for joining the refugee agency:

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We cannot close ourselves off to information and ignore the fact that millions of people are out there suffering. I honestly want to help. I don't believe I feel differently from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning. All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation someone would help us. [44]

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During her first three years as Goodwill Ambassador, Jolie concentrated her efforts on field missions, visiting refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) all around the world. Internally displaced persons (IDPs are people forced to flee their homes but who unlike refugees remain within their country's borders Asked what she hoped to accomplish, she stated, “Awareness of the plight of these people. I think they should be commended for what they have survived, not looked down upon. ”^[47] In 2002, Jolie visited Tham Hin refugee camp in Thailand and Colombian refugees in Ecuador to take a closer look at the “Western Hemisphere's most severe humanitarian crisis”. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. The Western Hemisphere, also Western hemisphere or western hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies West ^[48] Jolie later went to various UNHCR facilities in Kosovo and paid a visit to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya with refugees mainly from Sudan. Kakuma town is located in Turkana District, in the northwestern region of Kenya. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. She also met with Angolan refugees while filming Beyond Borders in Namibia. Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central Beyond Borders is a 2003 movie about Aid workers starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen. Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa on the Atlantic coast

In 2003, Jolie embarked on a six-day mission to Tanzania where she traveled to western border camps, hosting Congolese refugees and she paid a week-long visit to Sri Lanka. Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island She later concluded a four-day mission to Russia as she traveled to North Caucasus. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The North Caucasus, also Ciscaucasus, Ciscaucasia or Forecaucasia, is the northern part of the Caucasus region between Europe Concurrently with the release of her movie Beyond Borders in October 2003 she published Notes from My Travels, a collection of journal entries that chronicle her early field missions (2001-2002). Notes from My Travels is a collection of journal excerpts kept by actress Angelina Jolie in 2001 - 2002 detailing her experiences travelling to A journal (through French from late Latin diurnalis, daily has several related meanings a daily record of events or business a private During a private stay in Jordan in December 2003 she asked to visit Iraqi refugees in Jordan's remote eastern desert and later that month she went to Egypt to meet Sudanese refugees. Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics.

On her first U. N. trip within the United States, Jolie went to Arizona in 2004, visiting detained asylum seekers at three facilities and the Southwest Key Program, a facility for unaccompanied children in Phoenix. The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race Phoenix (ˈfiːˌnɪks O'odham Skikik, Yavapai Wasinka, Western Apache Fiinigis, Navajo Hoozdo, With the humanitarian situation in Sudan worsening, she flew to Chad in June 2004, paying a visit to border sites and camps for refugees who had fled fighting in western Sudan's Darfur region. Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. Chad (Tchad تشاد Tshād) officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a Landlocked country in Central Africa. Darfur (دار فور daar foor, lit "realm of the Fur " is a region in Sudan. Four months later she returned to the region, this time going directly into West Darfur. Also in 2004, Jolie met with Afghan refugees in Thailand and on a private stay to Lebanon during the Christmas holidays, she visited UNHCR's regional office in Beirut, as well as some young refugees and cancer patients in the Lebanese capital. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Beirut (بيروت Bayrūt) is the Capital and Largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2

In 2005, Jolie visited Pakistani camps containing Afghan refugees, and she also met with Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz; she returned to Pakistan with Brad Pitt during the Thanksgiving weekend in November to see the impact of the October 8 Kashmir earthquake. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. General (ret Pervez Musharraf ( (born 11 August 1943 NI(M, HI(M, TBt, is the former Military dictator and President of This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Shaukat Aziz ( Urdu: شوکت عزیز) (born March 6, 1949 in Karachi, Pakistan) was the Prime Minister of Pakistan William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American Holiday, which is a form of harvest festival. The 2005 Kashmir Earthquake (also known as the South Asian earthquake or the Great Pakistan earthquake) was a major earthquake centred in Azad Kashmir In 2006, Jolie and Pitt flew to Haiti and visited a school supported by Yéle Haïti, a charity founded by Haitian-born hip hop musician Wyclef Jean, and while filming A Mighty Heart in India, Jolie met with Afghan and Burmese refugees in New Delhi. Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. Wyclef Jean (ˈwajklɛf ˈʒɑn born Nelust Wyclef Jean on October 17, 1972) is a Haitian American Musician, Actor A Mighty Heart is a 2007 film directed by Michael Winterbottom; It is an Adaptation of Mariane Pearl 's Memoir, India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India. She spent Christmas Day 2006 with Colombian refugees in San José, Costa Rica where she handed out presents. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. San José ( Spanish: San José; ˌsɑːn hɒˈsɛː is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and is at the heart of the sprawling Gran Area Metropolitana Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica,) is a Country in In 2007, Jolie returned to Chad for a two-day mission to assess the deteriorating security situation for refugees from Darfur; Jolie and Pitt subsequently donated $1 million to three relief organizations in Chad and Darfur. Chad (Tchad تشاد Tshād) officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a Landlocked country in Central Africa. Darfur (دار فور daar foor, lit "realm of the Fur " is a region in Sudan. ^[49] Jolie also made her first visit to Syria and Iraq, where she met with Iraqi refugees as well as multi-national forces and U. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. S. troops.

With increasing experience, Jolie became more involved in promoting humanitarian causes on a political level. She regularly attends World Refugee Day in Washington, D.C., and she was an invited speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2005 and 2006. In 2000 the United Nations General Assembly decided that as from 2001, 20 June will be celebrated as World Refugee Day to mark the 50th Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The World Economic Forum (WEF is a Geneva -based Non-profit foundation best known for its Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland Davos ( Romansh: Tavau, Italian: Tavate is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Jolie also began lobbying humanitarian interests in the U. Lobbying includes all attempts to influence Legislators and officials whether by other legislators constituents or organized groups S. capital, where she met with congressmen and senators at least 20 times from 2003. A Member of Congress is a Politician who is a member of a Congress. ^[46] She explained in Forbes:

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As much as I would love to never have to visit Washington, that's the way to move the ball. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly [46]

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In 2005, Jolie took part at a National Press Club luncheon, where she announced the founding of the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children, an organization that provides free legal-aid to asylum-seeking children with no legal representation which Jolie personally funded with a donation of $500,000 for its first two years. The National Press Club is one of the world's leading professional organizations for journalists Right of asylum (or political asylum) is an ancient Judicial notion under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his ^[50] Jolie also pushed for several bills to aid refugees and vulnerable children in the Third World. ^[46] In addition to her political involvement, Jolie began using her public profile to promote humanitarian causes through the mass media. "Popular press" redirects here note that the University of Wisconsin Press publishes under the imprint "The Popular Press" She filmed a MTV special, The Diary Of Angelina Jolie & Dr. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. Jeffrey Sachs in Africa, portraying her and noted economist Dr. Jeffrey Sachs on a trip to a remote group of villages in Western Kenya. Jeffrey David Sachs (born November 5, 1954, in Detroit Michigan) is an American Economist and Director of the Earth Institute The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south There, Sachs's United Nations Millennium Project team is working with locals to end poverty, hunger and disease. The Millennium Project is an initiative that focuses on research implementing the organizational means operational priorities and financing structures necessary to achieve the Millennium In 2006, Jolie announced the founding of the Jolie/Pitt Foundation which made initial donations to Global Action for Children and Doctors Without Borders of $1 million each. Global Action for Children (GAC is a non-partisan results-oriented organization dedicated to advocating for orphans and other vulnerable children Médecins Sans Frontières (pronounced) or Doctors Without Borders, is a secular humanitarian-aid Non-governmental organization best known ^[51] Jolie also co-chairs the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, founded at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2006, which helps fund education programs for children affected by conflict.

Jolie has received wide recognition for her humanitarian work. In 2003, she was the first recipient of the newly created Citizen of the World Award by the United Nations Correspondents Association, and in 2005, she was awarded the Global Humanitarian Award by the UNA-USA. The Sergio Vieira de Mello Citizen of the World award is given out by the United Nations Correspondents Association to those who have made a significant contribution The United Nations Correspondents Association was founded in New York City in 1947 The United Nations Association of the United States of America or UNA-USA is a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to building understanding of and support ^[52] Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni awarded Jolie Cambodian citizenship for her conservation work in the country on August 12, 2005; she has pledged $5 million to set up a wildlife sanctuary in the north-western province of Battambang and owns property there. The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East Norodom Sihamoni (នរោត្តម សីហមុនី born 14 May 1953 is the King of Cambodia. To conserve habitat life for wild species and prevent their Extinction or reduction in range is a priority of a great many groups that cannot be easily characterized in terms Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Battambang (pronounced /bɐtdəmbɒŋ/ (the Siamese name was Phratabong founded during the height of the Khmer empire in the 11th ^[53] In 2007, Jolie became a member of the Council on Foreign Relations,^[54] and she received the Freedom Award by the International Rescue Committee. The Council on Foreign Relations ( CFR) is an American Nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street (at The International Rescue Committee bestows its Freedom Award for extraordinary contributions to the cause of Refugees and human freedom. The International Rescue Committee (IRC is a leading non-sectarian non-governmental international relief and Humanitarian aid organization based in the United ^[55]

Relationships

On March 28, 1996, Jolie married British actor Jonny Lee Miller, her co-star in the film Hackers. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Jonathan "Jonny" Lee Miller (born 15 November 1972) is an English actor Hackers is a 1995 Film that follows the misfortunes of the young hackers Dade Murphy ('Crash Override'/'Zero Cool' played by Jonny Lee She attended her wedding in black leather pants and a white shirt, upon which she had written the groom's name in her blood. ^[42] Jolie and Miller separated the following year and subsequently divorced on February 3, 1999. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) They remained on good terms and Jolie later explained, "It comes down to timing. I think he's the greatest husband a girl could ask for. I'll always love him, we were simply too young. "^[23]

She then married American actor Billy Bob Thornton, whom she had met on the set of Pushing Tin, on May 5, 2000. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the William Robert Thornton (born August 4 1955 Pushing Tin is a 1999 comedy Drama film directed by Mike Newell. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. As a result of their frequent public declarations of passion and gestures of love (most famously wearing one another's blood in vials around their necks), their relationship became a favorite topic of the entertainment media. ^[42] Jolie and Thornton divorced on May 27, 2003. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Asked in Vogue about the sudden dissolution of their marriage, Jolie stated, "It took me by surprise, too, because overnight, we totally changed. Vogue is a Fashion and lifestyle Magazine published in eighteen countries by Condé Nast Publications. I think one day we had just nothing in common. And it's scary but. . . I think it can happen when you get involved and you don't know yourself yet. "^[56]

Jolie has said in interviews that she is bisexual and has long acknowledged that she had a sexual relationship with her Foxfire co-star Jenny Shimizu, "I would probably have married Jenny if I hadn't married my husband. Bisexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of both sexes or to a bisexual orientation Foxfire is a 1996 movie based on the Joyce Carol Oates Novel Foxfire Confessions of a Girl Gang. Jenny Lynn Shimizu (born June 16 1967 in San Jose California) is a Japanese-American model I fell in love with her the first second I saw her. "^[57] In 2003, asked if she was bisexual, Jolie responded, "Of course. If I fell in love with a woman tomorrow, would I feel that it's okay to want to kiss and touch her? If I fell in love with her? Absolutely! Yes!"^[58]

In early 2005, Jolie was involved in a well-publicized Hollywood scandal when she was accused of being the "other woman" in the divorce of actors Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11 1969 is an American Film and television actress. The allegation was that she and Pitt had started an affair during filming of Mr. & Mrs. Smith; however, she has denied this in several interviews. For other uses see Love Affair or Scandal An affair may refer to a form of nonmonogamy, to Infidelity or to Adultery. Mr & Mrs Smith is a 2005 action / Comedy film, directed by Doug Liman and written by Simon Kinberg. In an interview in 2005, she explained, "To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife. "^[58]

While Jolie and Pitt never publicly commented on the nature of their relationship, speculations continued throughout 2005. The first intimate paparazzi photos emerged in April, one month after Aniston had filed for divorce; they showed Pitt, Jolie and her son Maddox at a beach in Kenya. Paparazzi is a plural term ( paparazzo being the singular form for Photographers who take unstaged and/or candid photographs of Celebrities The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south During the summer Jolie and Pitt were seen together with increasing frequency and most of the entertainment media considered them a couple, dubbing them "Brangelina". On January 11, 2006 Jolie confirmed to People that she was pregnant with Pitt's child and thereby confirmed their relationship for the first time in public. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published ^[42]

Children

On March 10, 2002, Jolie adopted her first child, seven-month-old Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt (originally Maddox Chivan Thornton Jolie). Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[16] He was born on August 5, 2001 as Rath Vibol in Cambodia, and he initially lived in a local orphanage in Battambang. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East Battambang (pronounced /bɐtdəmbɒŋ/ (the Siamese name was Phratabong founded during the height of the Khmer empire in the 11th Jolie decided to apply for adoption after she had visited Cambodia twice, while filming Tomb Raider and on a UNHCR field trip in 2001. Lara Croft Tomb Raider is a film adaptation of the Tomb Raider video game series Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR (established December 14, 1950) is a After her divorce from her second husband, Billy Bob Thornton, Jolie received sole custody of Maddox. William Robert Thornton (born August 4 1955 Like Jolie's other children, Maddox has gained a considerable celebrity and appears regularly in the tabloid media. ^[59]

Jolie adopted a six-month-old girl from Ethiopia, Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt (originally Zahara Marley Jolie), on July 6, 2005. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Zahara was born on January 8, 2005; her original name has been reported as either Tena Adam^[60] or Yemsrach. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ^[61] Jolie picked her up at a Wide Horizons For Children orphanage in Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa (sometimes spelled Addis Abeba, the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority Amharic Shortly after they returned to the United States, Zahara was hospitalized for dehydration and malnutrition. In 2007, media outlets reported Zahara's biological mother, Mentewabe Dawit, was still alive and wanted her daughter back, but she later denied these reports, saying she thought Zahara was a "very fortunate human being to be adopted by a world famous lady". ^[61]

Brad Pitt was reportedly present when Jolie signed the adoption papers and collected her daughter;^[42] later Jolie indicated that she and Pitt made the decision to adopt Zahara together. William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys ^[62] In December 2005 it was confirmed that Pitt was seeking to legally adopt Jolie's two children, and on January 19, 2006, a judge in California approved this request. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The children's legal surnames were formally changed to "Jolie-Pitt". ^[63]

On May 27, 2006, Jolie gave birth to a daughter, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, in Swakopmund, Namibia by a scheduled caesarean section. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Swakopmund ( German for "Mouth of the Swakop " is a City on the Atlantic coast of northwestern Namibia, 280 km (175 Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa on the Atlantic coast A Caesarean section (or Cesarean section in American English) also known as C-section, is a form of Childbirth in which a surgical Pitt confirmed that their newly-born daughter will have a Namibian passport,^[64] and Jolie decided to offer the first pictures of Shiloh through the distributor Getty Images herself, rather than allowing paparazzi to make these extremely valuable snapshots. Getty Images Inc ( is a stock photo agency, based in Seattle Washington, USA People paid more than $4. People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published 1 million for the North American rights, while British magazine Hello! obtained the international rights for roughly $3. Hello! is a weekly magazine specialising in celebrity news and gossip published in Britain. 5 million; the total rights sale earned up to $10 million worldwide – the most expensive celebrity image of all time. ^[65] All profits were donated to an undisclosed charity by Jolie and Pitt. Madame Tussauds in New York unveiled a wax figure of two-month-old Shiloh; it was the first infant re-created in wax by Madame Tussauds. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous A wax sculpture is a Sculpture made in wax Often these are effigies, usually of a notable individual but there are also Death masks and scenes with many ^[66]

On March 15, 2007, Jolie adopted a three-year-old boy from Vietnam, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt (originally Pax Thien Jolie^[67][68]), who was born on November 29, 2003 and abandoned at birth at a local hospital, where he was initially named Pham Quang Sang. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[69] Jolie adopted the boy from the Tam Binh orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City. ^[70] She revealed that his first name, Pax, was suggested by her mother before her death. ^[71]

Following media reports suggesting Jolie might be pregnant again, she attended the Independent Spirit Awards 2008 in a close-fitting dress, indirectly confirming those rumors. Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE Awards ("Friends of Independents" and presented winners with ^[72] She later confirmed that she is expecting twins. ^[73]

Jolie in the media

Jolie appeared in the media from an early age due to her famous father Jon Voight. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Jonathan Vincent Voight (born December 29 1938 is an Academy Award -winning American film Actor. At seven she had a small part in Lookin' to Get Out, a movie co-written by and starring her father, and in 1986 and 1988 she attended the Academy Awards as a teenager with him. Lookin’ to Get Out is a 1982 film directed by Hal Ashby and written by Al Schwartz and Jon Voight, who also stars in the movie with "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. However, when she started her acting career, Jolie decided not to use “Voight” as a stage name, because she wished to establish her own identity as an actress. ^[42] Jolie was never shy about controversy and integrated her teenage "wild girl" image into her public persona in the first years of her career. During her acceptance speech at the 2000 Academy Awards, Jolie declared, "I'm so in love with my brother right now", which, combined with her affectionate behavior towards him that night, sparked speculation in the tabloid media of an incestuous relationship with her brother James Haven. The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony (also known as Oscars 2000) took place at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, and was Billy Crystal's James Haven (born James Haven Voight on May 11, 1973 in Los Angeles California) is an American Actor and producer She has denied those rumors vehemently, and Jolie and Haven later explained in interviews that after their parents' divorce they relied on one another and because of that they hold on to each other as a means of emotional support. ^[42]

Jolie is noted as "the one A-list celebrity without a publicist",^[58] and she quickly became a tabloid's favorite, since she presented herself as very outspoken in interviews, discussing her love life and her interest in BDSM openly,^[8] and once claiming to be "most likely to sleep with a female fan". The A-list is a term that alludes to major Movie stars and/or the most bankable in the Hollywood movie industry. A publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage Publicity for a public figure especially a Celebrity, a Business, or for a work ^[58] As one of her most distinctive physical features, Jolie's lips have attracted notable media attention and she has been described as "the current gold standard of beauty in the West" among women seeking cosmetic surgery. ^[74] She also created headlines with her much publicized marriage to Billy Bob Thornton and her subsequent change into an advocate for global humanitarian problems. William Robert Thornton (born August 4 1955 As she took on the role of UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador she started to use her celebrity to highlight humanitarian causes worldwide. UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors are Celebrity representatives of the Office of the UN High Jolie has been taking flying lessons since 2004 and she has a private pilot license and an instrument rating. Private Pilot License (PPL or in the United States, a Private Pilot Certificate, is a qualification that permits the holder to act as the pilot of an Aircraft Instrument rating refers to the qualifications that a pilot must have in order to fly under IFR (Instrument Flight Rules ^[75] The media speculated that Jolie is a Buddhist, but she said that she teaches Buddhism to her son Maddox because she considers it part of his culture. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Jolie has not stated definitively whether or not she believes in God. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. When asked in 2000 if there was a God, she said, "For the people who believe in it, I hope so. There doesn't need to be a God for me. "^[76]

Starting in 2005, her relationship with Brad Pitt became one of the most reported celebrity stories worldwide. William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys After Jolie confirmed her pregnancy in early 2006, the unprecedented media hype surrounding them "reached the point of insanity" as Reuters described it in their story "The Brangelina fever". This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson ^[4] Trying to avoid the media attention, the couple went to Namibia for the birth of “the most anticipated baby since Jesus Christ”, as it had been described. Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa on the Atlantic coast ^[77]

Today, Jolie is one of the best known celebrities around the world. According to the Q Score, in 2000, subsequent to her Oscar win, 31 % of respondents in the United States said Jolie was familiar to them, by 2006 she was familiar to 81 % of Americans. The Q Score is a way to measure the familiarity and appeal of a Brand, company, Celebrity, Cartoon character or Television show. ^[46] In a 2006 global industry survey by ACNielsen in 42 international markets Jolie, together with Brad Pitt, was found to be the favorite celebrity endorser for brands and products worldwide. ACNielsen is a global Marketing research firm with worldwide headquarters in New York City. ^[78] Also in 2006, Jolie was among the Time 100, a list of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time,^[79] and she was described as the world's most beautiful woman in the "100 Most Beautiful" issue of People. The Time 100 is an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world as assembled by Time. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published ^[80] On Forbes Magazine's annual Celebrity 100 list, Jolie was ranked at No. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly The Celebrity 100 is an annual list compiled and published by Forbes Magazine since 1999  35 in 2006,^[81] and No.  14 in 2007. ^[82] In February 2007, she was voted the greatest sex symbol of all time in the British Channel 4 television show The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols. A sex symbol is a famous person of either gender typically an Actor, Musician, model, Teen idol, or Sports star Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began ^[1]

Tattoos

Jolie's inventory of tattoos has become the subject of much media attention and has often been addressed by interviewers. A tattoo is a permanent marking made by inserting ink into the layers of Skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons Jolie stated that, while she is not opposed to film nudity, the large number of tattoos on her body has forced filmmakers to become more creative when planning nude or love scenes. ^[83] Make-up has been used to cover up the tattoos in many of her productions. Jolie currently has 13 known tattoos, among them the Tennessee Williams quote "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages", which she got together with her mother, the Arabic phrase "العزيمة" (strength of will), the Latin proverb "quod me nutrit me destruit" (what nourishes me destroys me),^[84] and a Yantra prayer written in the ancient Khmer and Pali scripts for her son Maddox. Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26 1911 &ndash February 25 1983 better known as Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright who received many of the top theatrical Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Sak yant (สักยันต also called yantra tattooing, is a form of sacred tattooing practiced in Southeast Asian countries including Cambodia and The Khmer script (អក្ខរក្រមខេមរភាសា âkkhârâkrâm khémârâ phéasa informally aksar Khmer អក្សរខ្មែរ is used to write the Pali ( ISO 15919 / ALA-LC: Pāḷi is a Middle Indo-Aryan language or Prakrit of India. ^[85] She also has four sets of geographical coordinates on her upper left arm indicating the birthplaces of her children. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. ^[86] Over time she covered or lasered several of her tattoos, including "Billy Bob", the name of her former husband Billy Bob Thornton, a Chinese character for death (死), and a window on her lower back; she explained that she removed the window, because, while she used to spend all of her time looking out through windows wishing to be outside, she now lives there all of the time. William Robert Thornton (born August 4 1955 A Chinese character, also known as a Han character ( is a Logogram used in writing Chinese (hanzi Japanese ( ^[24]

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
	Girl, Interrupted	Lisa Rowe
2000	Gone in Sixty Seconds	Sara "Sway" Wayland
2001	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Lara Croft
	Original Sin	Julia Russell
2002	Life or Something Like It	Lanie Kerrigan
2003	Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Lara Croft
	Beyond Borders	Sarah Jordan
2004	Taking Lives	Illeana Scott
	Shark Tale	Lola (voice)
	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Franky
	Alexander	Olympias
2005	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Jane Smith
2006	The Good Shepherd	Margaret Russell
2007	A Mighty Heart	Mariane Pearl
	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		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
	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
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role		Nominated
(Source: IMDb.com)

References

Further reading

• McFay, Edgar. Angelina Jolie: Angel in Disguise. Icon Press, 2005. ISBN 1-894864-25-5
• Jolie, Angelina. Notes from My Travels. Notes from My Travels is a collection of journal excerpts kept by actress Angelina Jolie in 2001 - 2002 detailing her experiences travelling to Pocket Books, 2003. ISBN 0-7434-7023-0.
• Wills, Dominic. Angelina Jolie biography. Tiscali. Accessed April 14, 2007.
• UNHCR. Angelina Jolie UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Fact Sheet. UNHCR. org. Accessed April 14, 2007.
• UNHCR. Field Missions. UNHCR. org. Accessed April 14, 2007.
• Heath, Chris . Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic. Rolling Stone. July 2001. Accessed April 14, 2007.
• Van Meter, Jonathan. Body Beautiful. Vogue. April 2002. Accessed April 14, 2007.
• Van Meter, Jonathan. Learning to Fly. Vogue. March 2004. Accessed April 14, 2007.
• Schruers, Fred. Angelina Jolie. Premiere Magazine. October 2004. Accessed April 14, 2007.
• Sessums, Kevin. Wild at heart. Allure. November 2004. Accessed April 14, 2007.
• Swibel, Matthew. Bad Girl Interrupted. Forbes. June 12, 2006. Accessed April 14, 2007.
• Papp, Adrienne (2006-12-01). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Humanitarian, Activist, Hollywood Superstar. Westside Today. Retrieved on 2008-05-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and
• Van Meter, Jonathan. The Bold and the Beautiful. Vogue. January 2007. Accessed April 14, 2007.
• Palmer, Martin. Angelina Almighty. The Times. September 8, 2007. Accessed September 27, 2007

External links

• Angelina Jolie at the Internet Movie Database
• Angelina Jolie at Yahoo! Movies
• Angelina Jolie at Allmovie
• Angelina Jolie at People.com
• UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, official homepage at UNHCR. Yahoo! Movies, provided by the Yahoo! network is home to a large collection of information on movies past and new releases trailers and clips Box office Allmovie (previously All Movie Guide) is a commercial database of information about Movie stars movies and television shows. People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published org
• Angelina Jolie's Refugee Journals, Jolie's journals (2002-2004) at UNHCR. org
• Journey Through Eastern Congo, multimedia journal, narrated by Jolie
• What's Going On? - Child Refugees in Tanzania, 30 minute video, featuring Jolie in Tanzania

Persondata
NAME	Jolie, Angelina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Voight, Angelina Jolie (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION	film actress
DATE OF BIRTH	June 4, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Los Angeles, California
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

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