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Growing up in Los Angeles, Jolie was no stranger to the film industry,
being the daughter of Academy Award-winning actor 'Jon Voight' . She later
trained and performed at the 'Lee Strasberg' Theatre Institute, where she was
seen in several stage producti ...(read more)
Growing up in Los Angeles, Jolie was no stranger to the film industry,
being the daughter of Academy Award-winning actor 'Jon Voight' . She later
trained and performed at the 'Lee Strasberg' Theatre Institute, where she was
seen in several stage productions.
She worked as a professional model in London, New York and Los Angeles,
and has also appeared in music videos for such artists as 'Meatloaf',
'Lenny Kravitz' , 'Antonello Venditti' and The Lemonheads. In addition, she has acted in five
student films for the USC School of Cinema, all directed by her
brother, 'James Haven (I)' .
Angelina Jolie is an Oscar-winning actress who has become popular by
taking on the title role in the "Lara Croft" series of blockbuster
movies. Off-screen, Jolie has become prominently involved in
international charity projects, especially those involving refugees.
She often appears on many "most beautiful women" lists, and she has a
personal life that is avidly covered by the tabloid press.
In her earliest years, Angelina began absorbing the acting craft from
her parents at home -- her father was the Oscar-winning actor 'Jon Voight'
and her mother was 'Marcheline Bertrand' , who had studied with 'Lee Strasberg' . At age 11,
Angelina began studying at the 'Lee Strasberg' Theatre Institute. She undertook
some film studies at New York University and later joined the renowned
Met Theatre Group in Los Angeles. At age 16, she took up a career in
modeling and appeared in some music videos. Her exotic good looks may
derive from her mixed ancestry which is Czech, French-Canadian,
Iroquois and English.
In the mid-1990s, Jolie appeared in various small films where she got
good notices, including Hackers (1995) and Foxfire (1996) . Her critical acclaim
increased when she played strong roles in the made-for-TV movies
True Women (1997) (TV) , and in George Wallace (1997) (TV) which won her a Golden Globe award and an Emmy
nomination. Jolie's acclaim increased even further when she played the
lead role in the HBO production Gia (1998) (TV) . This was the true life story
of supermodel 'Gia Carangi' , a sensitive wild child who was both brazen and
needy and who had a difficult time handling professional success and
the deaths of people who were close to her. Carangi became involved
with drugs and because of her needle-using habits she became, at the
tender age of 26, one of the first celebrities to die of AIDS. Jolie's
performance in Gia (1998) (TV) again garnered a Golden Globe award and another
Emmy nomination, and she additionally earned a SAG Award.
Angelina got a major break in 1999 when she won a leading role in the
successful feature Bone Collector, The (1999) , starring alongside 'Denzel Washington' . In that same
year, Jolie gave a tour de force performance in Girl, Interrupted (1999) playing
opposite 'Winona Ryder' . The movie was a true story of women who spent time in
a psychiatric hospital. Jolie's role was reminiscent of 'Jack Nicholson's
character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) , the role which won Nicholson his first Oscar.
Unlike "Cuckoo", "Girl" was a small film that received mixed reviews
and barely made money at the box office. But when it came time to give
out awards, Jolie won the triple crown -- "Girl" propelled her to win
the Golden Globe, the SAG Award and the Academy Award for best leading
actress in a supporting role.
With her new-found prominence, Jolie began to get in-depth attention
from the press. Numerous aspects of her controversial personal life
became news. Jolie divorced her Hackers (1995) co-star 'Jonny Lee Miller' and, in 2000,
she married her Pushing Tin (1999) co-star 'Billy Bob Thornton' . Jolie had now become the fifth
wife of a man twenty years her senior. At her wedding to Miller, she
had displayed her husband's name on the back of her shirt painted in
her own blood. During her marriage to Thornton, the spouses each wore a
vial of the other's blood around their necks. In addition, Jolie was
estranged from her famous father.
In 2000, Jolie was asked to star in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) . At first, she expressed
disinterest but then decided that the required training for the
athletic role was intriguing. The Croft character was drawn from a
popular video game. Lara Croft was a female cross between Indiana Jones
and James Bond. When the film was released, critics were unimpressed
with the final product, but critical acclaim wasn't the point of the
movie. The public paid $275 million for theater tickets to see a buffed
up Jolie portray the adventuresome Lara Croft.
Jolie's father 'Jon Voight' appeared in "Croft", and during filming there
was a brief rapprochement between father and daughter.
One of the Croft movie's filming locations was Cambodia. While there,
Jolie witnessed the natural beauty, culture and poverty of that
country. She considered this an eye opening experience, and so began
the humanitarian chapter of her life. Jolie began visiting refugee
camps around the world and came to be formally appointed as a Goodwill
Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR). Some of her experiences were written and published in her
popular book "Notes from My Travels" whose profits go to UNHCR.
Jolie has stated that she now plans to spend most of her time in
humanitarian efforts, to be financed by her actress salary. She devotes
one third of her income to savings, one third to living expenses and
one third to charity. In 2002, Angelina adopted a Cambodian refugee boy
named "Maddox" and, in 2005, she adopted an Ethiopian refugee girl
named "Zahara". Jolie's dramatic feature film Beyond Borders (2003) parallels some of
her real life humanitarian experiences although, despite the inclusion
of a romance between two westerners, many of the movie's images were
too depressingly realistic -- the film was not popular among critics or
at the box office.
In 2004, Jolie began filming Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) with co-star 'Brad Pitt' . The film
became a major box office success. Jolie's marriage to 'Billy Bob Thornton' had come
apart in 2002, and there were rumors that Pitt and Jolie had an affair
while filming "Smith". Jolie insisted that because her mother had been
hurt by adultery, she herself could never participate in an affair with
a married man, therefore there had been no affair with Pitt at that
time. Nonetheless, Pitt separated from his wife 'Jennifer Aniston' in January 2005
and, in the months that followed, he was frequently seen in public with
Jolie, apparently as a couple. Pitt's divorce was finalized later in
2005.
Jolie and Pitt announced in early 2006 that they would have a child
together, and Jolie gave birth to daughter "Shiloh" that May. They said
that they wish to adopt another child as well. The couple continues to
pursue movie and humanitarian projects.
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Quotes:
* "Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy."
* "Because I am a bad girl, people always automatically think that I am a
bad girl. Or that I carry a dark secret with me or that I'm obsessed
with death. The truth is that I am p ...(read more)
* "Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy."
* "Because I am a bad girl, people always automatically think that I am a
bad girl. Or that I carry a dark secret with me or that I'm obsessed
with death. The truth is that I am probably the least morbid person one
can meet. If I think more about death than some other people, it is
probably because I love life more than they do."
* "You're young, you're drunk, you're in bed, you have knives; shit
happens."
* "And my dad, you're a great actor but you're a better father."
* On if she ever caught her husband 'Billy Bob Thornton' cheating: "I've told Billy if
I ever caught him cheating, I wouldn't kill him because I love his
children and they need a dad. But I would beat him up. I know where all
of his sports injuries are. And I'd beat her, too!"
* "I'll make it real simple, I'm a 36-C. In the game, she's a double-D.
In the movie, she's a D. We split the difference...[the movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) ]
is much more athletic, and she has smaller breasts, but she's still
Lara Croft, so there."
* "I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong
women. It's like people see Hackers (1995) and they send me offers to play
tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top.
I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine."
* "I'd like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work
or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they
do and they don't have misconceptions - they understand. I believe
that."
* "I'm angry. I'm sad. It's a very difficult and sad time. It was a real
deep connection, a deep marriage, so it's not that simple to say this
or that one thing caused the problems. It's clear to me that our
priorities shifted overnight. He's focused on his music and career. I'm
focused on my baby. It comes down to what's important to you." - on her
split from husband 'Billy Bob Thornton'
* "There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you
could die tommorrow frees you to appreciate life now." - People
Magazine 8 July 1996
* "I felt that if I lived at that time, with the dangers she had and the
threats she had and the lack of power she had as a woman, I would not
have been that different from her. And I thought I also just saw her as
a mother who really would push her son at a time that if he didn't get
the throne, he didn't acquire a certain kind of strength and ability
and greatness, he would probably just die or be killed or be exiled. So
out of concern, out of love for your own, just to come from this place
that seems very much like the horrible mafia father, but in fact it was
for his own survival that she was focused on, which made it very easy
for me to focus on thinking of my own son and what he had to do to
protect himself from bad things that could hurt him." - on playing
Olympias in Alexander (2004) .
* "If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't
understand how much bigger the world is."
* On the superficiality of the industry: "We are setting an example of
what we think is beautiful and you really want to put that much make up
on me?"
* "You might never find out that you are useful for all the right reasons
- and not all those stupid things that people tell you you're useful
for."
* "My role as goodwill ambassador has made my work as a film star
relatively dull. I can't find anything that interests me enough to go
back to work. I'm simply not excited about anything. I'm not excited
about going to a film set." (CNN International Edition 29th January,
2005)
* Has said about the money she makes each year: that she saves 1/3, lives
on 1/3, and gives away 1/3.
* If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's
perception of me.
* If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably
because I love life more than they do.
* Love one person, take care of them until you die. You know, raise kids.
Have a good life. Be a good friend. And try to be completely who you
are. And figure out what you personally love. And like go after it with
everything you've got no matter how much it takes.
* [Regarding the possibility of marriage with her current beau and father
of her child, 'Brad Pitt' ] We have both been married before so it's not
marriage that necessarily kept some people together.
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Posted on 04/09/08 05:47 PM.
Sensual ,atrevida, innimatica ,audas, espontanea, libre al espresarse unica. y hermosa.
Posted on 04/03/08 03:06 PM.
ur the best keep up the good work u are my favourite actress . see u in ARUBA
Posted on 02/09/08 02:46 PM.
MY FAVOURITE FEMALE.SHEZ SO LOVIN,PRETTY,PEACEFUL,I CAN GO ON 2 SAY ALOT.SHEZ GREAT
Posted on 12/30/07 08:18 AM.
Gudday! am Prince by name, pls i would like to hear from you now that you are online send me your ID or add me on moonlight200611@yahoo or moonlight2006611@live.fr. thx
Posted on 12/13/07 07:46 PM.
SeXy and Hot and a lovely actress...;)
Posted on 11/30/07 03:06 AM.
hi angelina i love u so much you are so cute and very nice che_ammar@hotmail.com
Posted on 11/03/07 11:32 AM.
soo cute
Posted on 11/02/07 12:26 PM.
just too sexy... i would die for her lips....
Posted on 10/19/07 11:05 PM.
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Posted on 10/15/07 05:08 AM.
u r soo nice and beautiful ;)
Posted on 10/10/07 06:16 PM.
coooooooooooooooooooooool
Posted on 10/10/07 12:43 PM.
YOU ARE NR 1 LOVE YOU 4 EVER
Posted on 10/02/07 02:23 AM.
really like u and ur acting
Posted on 09/29/07 08:59 AM.
love ya !!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on 09/29/07 08:58 AM.
hey angelina i love u more then ur mother loves u... u dont know me i mad for u... i can do any thing for u plz give me ur email id or any personal contact ....i love you.... if its not possible just make me ur bestest friend...
Posted on 09/29/07 08:58 AM.
hey angelina i love u more then ur mother loves u... u dont know me i mad for u... i can do any thing for u plz give me ur email id or any personal contact ....i love you.... if its not possible just make me ur bestest friend...
Posted on 09/27/07 07:29 AM.
u rock baby
Posted on 09/16/07 04:33 PM.
i love ur movies.
Posted on 08/27/07 03:36 PM.
hi ur hot and want ur e-mail so thx alot if u gave it to me and thx if not.
Posted on 08/21/07 02:03 PM.
co;o pero k pesar.....dike 4 fans..k pena....ella es una de las mejores y mira este toyo de grupo............