Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie, born Angelina Jolie Voigt (June 4, 1975) is an American actress who is as renowned for her exotic looks, sensual lips and tattoos, as well as for her acting abilities. She is a respected artist and has received three Golden Globes, as well as an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Lisa Rowe in the film Girl, Interrupted. Additionally Jolie has starred in five student films, all of which were directed by her brother James Haven.
Biography
Jolie, the daughter of actor Jon Voigt and Marcheline Bertrand, was born in Los Angeles, California and as a child dreamt of becoming a funeral director. She attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute from the age of 11 and later completed a degree in film at New York University.
On March 28, 1996 she married British actor Jonny Lee Miller, with whom she had co-starred in the movie Hackers. Jolie attended her wedding in black leather trousers and a white shirt, which had her husband's name painted in her blood on the back. Jolie and Miller divorced on February 3, 1999. Jolie then married American actor Billy Bob Thornton on May 5, 2000, and together they adopted a son from Cambodia, Maddox Chivan Thornton Jolie, who was born on August 5, 2001. Jolie and Thornton divorced on May 27, 2003, and Jolie now has custody of Maddox.
Jolie has been long estranged from her father, though a reconciliation was attempted by his appearing with her in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. In the October 2004 issue of Premiere Magazine, Jolie indicated that she was no longer interested in pursuing a relationship with her father. Several years ago, she legally dropped Voight as her last name.
In addition to her acting, Jolie has also been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees since 2001; worked as a professional model in London, New York and Los Angeles and appeared in numerous music videos including those of Meat Loaf, Lenny Kravitz, and the Rolling Stones. Jolie was also one of the first celebrities to accept an invitation to be one of the bearers of the Olympic Torch during the 2004 Olympic Games, though she was ultimately unable to participate due to filming commitments.
In 2003, she published Notes from My Travels, a collection of journal entries chronicling her early work with the U.N..
Trivia
Her tattoos include:
- the letter H on the inside of her left wrist
- A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages (Tennessee Williams) on her left forearm
- a dragon on her left arm
- 死, the Japanese Kanji character for "death" on the back of her left shoulder
- two pointy black tribals on the lower parts of her back
- Quod me nutrit me destruit (Latin for "What nourishes me also destroys me") several inches below her navel
- a tilted Latin cross on the lower left of her abdomen
- a large Asian tiger on her back
She also once had a tattoo on her upper left arm that said "Billy Bob" in honor of her then-husband Billy Bob Thornton but has subsequently removed this tattoo.
Jolie has gone on record as saying that a positive effect resulting from the large number of tattoos on her body is that filmmakers have been forced to be more creative when plotting any nude or love scenes.
Filmography
Coming soon or in production
- Alexander — Olympias
- Mr. and Mrs. Smith — Jane Smith
- Love and Honor — Catherine the Great
2004
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow — Captain Franky Cook
- Shark Tale — Lola
- Taking Lives — Illeana Scott
2003
- Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life — Lara Croft
- Beyond Borders — Sarah Jordan
- Lovesick — producer only
2002
- Life Or Something Like It — Lanie
2001
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider — Lara Croft
- Original Sin — Julia Russell
2000
- Gone in Sixty Seconds — Sara ‘Sway’ Wayland
1999
- Girl, Interrupted — Lisa Rowe
- Bone Collector — Amelia Donaghy
- Pushing Tin — Mary Bell
1998
- Hell's Kitchen — Gloria McNeary
- Gia — Gia Marie Carangi
- Playing by Heart — Joan
1997
- Playing God — Claire
- George Wallace — Cornelia Wallace
- True Women — Georgia Virginia Lawshe Woods
1996
- Foxfire — Margaret 'Legs' Sidowski
- Mojave Moon — Elie Rigby
- Love is All There Is — Gina Malacici
1995
- Without Evidence — Jodie Swearingen
- Hackers — Kate ‘Acid Burn’ Libby
1993
- Cyborg 2 — Casella ‘Cash’ Reese
- Alice and Viril — Alice
- Angela and Viril — Angela
1982
- Lookin' to Get Out — Tosh