Angelina Jolie Biography

Angelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. Jolie promotes humanitarian causes, and is noted for her work with refugees as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She has been cited as one of the world's most attractive people, as well as the world's "sexiest" and "most beautiful" woman, titles for which she has received substantial media attention.

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Although she made her screen debut as a child with her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film Lookin' to Get Out, Angelina Jolie's acting career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2 (1993). Her first leading role in a major film was in the cyber-thriller Hackers (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical television 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). Angelina Jolie achieved wider fame after her portrayal of video game heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), and since then has established herself as one of the best-known and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. She received further critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas A Mighty Heart (2007) and Changeling (2008), which earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress, and reinforced her reputation as a leading action star with the comic book adaptation Wanted (2008) and the action-thriller Salt (2010). Angelina Jolie has had her biggest commercial successes with the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) and the animated film Kung Fu Panda (2008).

Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, Angelina Jolie currently lives with actor Brad Pitt, in a relationship that has attracted worldwide media attention. Angelina Jolie and Pitt have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, and three biological children, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne.

Filmography

Angelina Jolie

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Voice of Tigress
Salt (2010)
Evelyn Salt
The Tourist (2010)
Elise Clifton Ward
Changeling (2008)
Christine Collins
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Voice of Tigress
Wanted (2008)
Fox
Beowulf (2007)
Voice of Grendel s Mother/ Grendel's Mother
A Mighty Heart (2007)
Mariane Pearl
The Good Shepherd (2006)
Clover Wilson/ Margaret Russell
Confessions of an Action Star (2005)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Jane Smith
Alexander (2004)
Olympias
Shark Tale (2004)
Voice of Lola
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Franky
Taking Lives (2004)
Illeana Scott
Beyond Borders (2003)
Sarah Jordan
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
Lara Croft
Life or Something Like It (2002)
Lanie Kerrigan

Angelina Jolie

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Lara Croft

Original Sin (2001)
Julia Russell/ Bonny Castle
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
Sarah Sway Wayland
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Lisa
Hell s Kitchen (1999)
Gloria McNeary
Pushing Tin (1999)
Mary Bell
The Bone Collector (1999)
Amelia Donaghy
Gia (1998)
Gia Carangi
Playing By Heart (1998)
Joan
George Wallace (1997)
Mojave Moon (1997)
Ellie
Playing God (1997)
Claire
Foxfire (1996)
Legs Sadovsky
Love Is All There Is (1996)
Gina
Without Evidence (1996)
Jodie Swearingen
Hackers (1995)
Kate Libby
Cyborg II: Glass Shadows (1993)
Casella Cash Reese
Lookin to Get Out (1982)
Tosh--Patti s Daughter

Selected awards
1998 Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie George Wallace Nominated
1998 Golden Globe Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television George Wallace Won

Angelina Jolie

1998 National Board of Review Award Breakthrough Performance – Female Playing by Heart Won
1998 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 Television Gia Won
1999 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Gia Won
2000 Academy Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role Girl, Interrupted Won
2000 Golden Globe Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Girl, Interrupted Won
2000 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Girl, Interrupted Won
2008 Golden Globe Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama A Mighty Heart Nominated
2008 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role A Mighty Heart Nominated
2009 Academy Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Changeling Nominated
2009 BAFTA Award Best Leading Actress Changeling Nominated
2009 Golden Globe Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Changeling Nominated
2009 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Changeling Nominated
2011 Golden Globe Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Tourist Nominated
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