Angelina Jolie - Biography - IMDb Angelina Jolie Biography Showing all 189 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (3) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (114) | Personal Quotes (52) | Salary (13) Overview (4) 5' 7" (1.7 m) Mini Bio (1) Angelina Jolie is an Oscar-winning actress who became popular after playing the title role in the "Lara Croft" blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010) and Maleficent (2014). 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. Jolie was born Angelina Jolie Voight in Los Angeles, California.

In her earliest years, Angelina began absorbing the acting craft from her actor parents, Jon Voight , an Oscar-winner, and Marcheline Bertrand , who had studied with Lee Strasberg . Her good looks may derive from her ancestry, which is German and Slovak on her father's side, and French-Canadian, Dutch, Polish, and remote Huron, on her mother's side. At age eleven, Angelina began studying at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where she was seen in several stage productions. 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. 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), and in George Wallace (1997) 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). 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) 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 The Bone Collector (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 Award, 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. At her wedding to her Hackers (1995) co-star Jonny Lee Miller , she had displayed her husband's name on the back of her shirt painted in her own blood. Jolie and Miller divorced, and in 2000, she married her Pushing Tin (1999) co-star Billy Bob Thornton . Jolie had become the fifth wife of a man twenty years her senior. During her marriage to Thornton, the spouses each wore a vial of the other's blood around their necks.

That marriage came apart in 2002 and ended in divorce. In addition, Jolie was estranged from her famous father, Jon Voight . 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, 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.

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 also adopted a three-year-old Vietnamese boy named Pax. The couple, who married in 2014, continue to pursue movie and humanitarian projects, and now have a total of six children. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Roger Burns <rogerburns@pobox.com> Spouse (3) Niece of Chip Taylor . One of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (2000). She is extremely close to and protective of her older brother, James Haven .

He often accompanies her to awards shows, and she used his name, or at least his memory, as inspiration in the "Where's Jamie?!" scene in Girl, Interrupted (1999). Has the letter "H" tattooed on the inside of her left wrist, which is a reference to two people she is close to who have this letter in their names: her brother, James Haven , and Timothy Hutton . She got the tattoo when she was dating Timothy but since their break-up she now says it's only for James. Has a tattoo of the Tennessee Williams quote, "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages." on her left forearm. Was married to Jonny Lee Miller in a black leather pants and a white shirt. On the white shirt she painted her husband's name in her own blood (across the back). Tattoos include the Japanese sign for death, two pointy black American Indian symbols, a dragon, and a large black cross. Daughter of Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand . Collects knives and has an interest in mortuary science.

Angelina and her brother, to whom she is very close, publicly spoke out to deny false rumors that the two were having an incestuous love affair (2000). Started modelling at age 14 and had a childhood dream of becoming a funeral director. Named the world's sexiest woman in Swedish magazine Café. "Jolie" means "pretty" in French. Goddaughter of actress Jacqueline Bisset . Has the Latin phrase "Quod me nutrit me destruit" ("What nourishes me also destroys me") tattooed across her stomach. (August 27, 2001) Appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland after her visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Pakistan. Born at 9:09 AM PDT "Introducing Angelina Jolie" in opening credits of Love Is All There Is (1996) suggests delayed release as Jolie already had at least two major screen roles by 1996. On her father's side, she has German and Slovak ancestry. Her mother was of approximately one half French-Canadian, one quarter Dutch, and one quarter Polish, descent.

Angelina also has a remote Huron ancestor, her maternal eight times great-grandmother, Catherine Anenontha, who was born, c. 1649, in Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec. Angelina's paternal grandparents were Elmer Vojtka, later Elmer Voight, and Barbara Kamp, while Angelina's maternal grandparents were Rolland Frederic Bertrand and Lois June Gouwens. Ranked #87 in Premiere magazine's 2002 annual "Power 100" list. In role as goodwill ambassador, she visited Tham Hin refugee camp in Thailand to check on conditions of 9,000 refugees from bordering Myanmar. [May 2002] Announced in late 2002 that she was "in talks" to portray the late porn star Linda Lovelace . Voted the 3rd Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine. [September 2002] She is the woman most American males would like to date on New Year's Eve, according to a survey by movie rental chain Blockbuster Inc.

Results of the survey showed her in the top spot with 35 percent of respondents saying she would be their number one pick for a hypothetical New Year's Eve candlelit dinner. Rival star Catherine Zeta-Jones gained second spot in the online survey conducted by Blockbuster in November 2003. The survey had 31,969 responses. Was named "The sexiest woman alive" by the Swedish evening newspaper "Aftonbladet" (2003). Voted #9 in the 2004 FHM UK list of 100 Sexiest Women in the World. One of her favorite television series is King of the Hill (1997). She also enjoys the Game Show Network and Animal Planet. She was voted #2 on VH1's "100 Hottest Hotties". Graduated from Beverly Hills High School at age 16, the same school as Lenny Kravitz . She also went to school with Michael Klesic and Bahar Soomekh . Ranked #6 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).

Voted #1 star most men would like to kiss under the mistletoe in a poll for Sky Movies. Used to own several pet reptiles, including two snakes. Therefore she had no problem shooting the snake scene in Alexander (2004). Went to elementary school at William O. Schaefer School in Tappan, New York. She graduated from El Rodeo elementary school in 1989. Her father starred with her godmother Jacqueline Bisset in End of the Game (1975), which was directed by her godfather Maximilian Schell . Voted Hollywood's Sexiest Single Mother, in a poll for website Date.com. Consulted with real-life FBI profiler Robert K. Ressler for her role in Taking Lives (2004). In 2003, she was the first recipient of the Citizen of the World Award from the UN's Correspondents' Association for her work as a goodwill ambassador with the UNHCR. She ranked #2 in 2000 on Mr. Blackwell (aka Richard Selzer )'s Worst Dressed List. Named Esquire magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive in 2004.

Named Most Beautiful Woman in People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (2005). More than 500,000 readers were polled. She was made an official citizen of Cambodia by the King for her ongoing efforts to help the environment there. [August 2005] Was nominated for Worst Actress at the Razzie Awards for four straight years from 2002 to 2005, but each time was beaten by another of her fellow nominees. Performed her own stunts in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and received cuts from the chandelier scene as a result. She also set fire to her silk pajamas on the chandelier while she was doing her "bungee jumps" in the house. She was taken to a hospital with minor burns but resumed filming the next day. Named #7 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2005 list. Ranked #1 in E! Television's 2006 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies. Gave her Oscar Statuette, Golden Globes, SAG Awards, and Critic Choice Award to her mother.

She felt she didn't need to hang on to awards. Her godfather Maximilian Schell always gave her a doll as a birthday present, from her first to sixteenth. Sometimes it was a modern doll, made of plastic, sometimes it was an old and precious one, made of wood or porcelain. Gave her mother the nickname "Great Lady". One of the first actresses to win 3 consecutive Golden Globes in 3 different categories: "Best Supporting Actress in a Mini Series": George Wallace (1997), "Best Actress in a TV Movie or Mini Series": Gia (1998), "Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture": Girl, Interrupted (1999). Coincidentally, all her roles were based on real people. Ranked and voted #3 by Ask men.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2006. (April 28, 2006) One of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in the World. Named #1 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.

Has tattoos of the coordinates representing the birth countries of each of her kids (she even has the coordinates of France tattooed on her arm twice, one each for Knox and Viv), which cover up the Billy Bob Thornton tattoo. [June 2006] Holds a Private Pilot Certificate with the Airplane, Single Engine, Land rating. This means that she is qualified to fly any single-engined aircraft based on land (i.e., no seaplanes) under visual flight rules only (i.e., no instrument qualifications yet so she cannot fly in conditions requiring instruments). Has a fondness for Liverpool Football Club because her son Maddox "only wants to play for Liverpool". She donated many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign. Was the cover girl for the much anticipated issue of Forbes magazine, in which appeared the infamous Celebrity 100 list. [June 2006] Named #4 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2006 list. Became the third actress to join the coveted $20 Million Club (after Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz ), when she signed to do Mr. & Mrs.

Smith (2005) for that amount. Is a huge fan of author Ayn Rand . Named #2 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. Is left-handed and therefore had to have guns specially made so that she could reload them easily for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). (January 27, 2007) Her mother Marcheline Bertrand died from ovarian cancer in Los Angeles after a 7 1/2 year battle. Chosen the greatest sex symbol of all time in the British television show "The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols". [February 2007] Was on the "Time 100", a list of the world's 100 most influential people in the world by "Time" magazine (2006). Ranked #12 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2007 list. Ranked #33 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood (2007). In 2007, Forbes magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $20 million.

In 2007, she moved to New Orleans with Brad Pitt and their four children. In 2006, after the birth of her daughter Shiloh, she sold the first pictures of her newborn for $4,100,000. She later donated the profits to charity. Ranked #3 in the 2008 Forbes Celebrity 100 list. The first male to hold Jolie in his arms was Charley Boorman . He'd served as a pageboy at the wedding of Jolie's parents Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand during the Deliverance (1972) shoot, and later happened to be present during the delivery of Jolie. Boorman was just 8-years-old and Jolie was but an infant. Today (2008) Boorman quips that his epitaph should read: "I was the first man to get his hands on Angelina Jolie". Was considered for the role of Kelly Kapowski on Saved by the Bell (1989), which went to Tiffani Thiessen . Since becoming a Goodwill Ambassador in 2001, she has visited over 20 countries.

In an interview about her movie Changeling (2008), Angie revealed that although her mom's name was Marcheline, everyone called her "Marshmallow", because she was such a softie. Friends with Gwen Stefani . In July 2009, she was voted in first place in a poll to find the 100 Greatest Sex Symbols for Britain's Channel 4. Elvis Presley was runner-up. Victoria Bonya named her daughter after her. When Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton first married, the couple moved into the Beverly Hills home formerly owned by Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash (2000). Was considered for the role of Natasha Rushman/Black Widow in Iron Man 2 (2010) after Emily Blunt dropped out of the project, but Scarlett Johansson was cast instead. Replaced Charlize Theron as Elise Clifton-Ward in The Tourist (2010) shortly before filming began. Was originally cast as Dagny Taggart in Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011) before being replaced by Charlize Theron , who in turn was replaced by Taylor Schilling .

Was 6 months pregnant with her daughter Shiloh when she completed filming The Good Shepherd (2006). Returned to work 4 months after giving birth to her daughter Shiloh in order to begin filming A Mighty Heart (2007). Was considered for the role of Ryan Stone in Gravity (2013), but Sandra Bullock was cast instead. Was born Angelina Jolie Voight, however in 2002, she dropped her surname "Voight" and began using her middle name "Jolie". Ranked #90 in the 2011 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World". Previously, she ranked #70 in 2010, #14 in 2009, #9 in 2008, #8 in 2007, #4 in 2006, #3 in 2005, #9 in 2004, #32 in 2003, #32 in 2002, #61 in 2001, and #68 in 2000.

Was named after costumer designer Angela Alexander who designed costumes for the film The All-American Boy (1973) that her father Jon Voight starred in. Jon and Angela became good friends on the set, and he became fascinated when she told him her original Greek name was "Angeliki", which in Greek means "Angelic Messenger of God". During the film's shoot, Jon Voight came to Angela on the set and told her that one day if he and his wife (then actress Marcheline Bertrand ) ever had a daughter he was going to name her "Angelica". They had only had a son at the time; Jolie was born two years later. Although he originally named her Angelica, a year later after his divorce with Marcheline, she began calling her "Angelina.". Was 2 months pregnant with twins Knox and Vivienne when she completed filming Changeling (2008). Returned to work 8 months after giving birth to twins Vivienne and Knox in order to begin filming Salt (2010). Ranked #10 in Men's Health 100 Hottest Women of All Time (2011).

The three oldest children of Angelina and Brad Pitt were adopted: sons Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt (born on August 5, 2001, adopted by Angelina on March 10, 2002 and by Brad in early 2006) and Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt (born on November 29, 2003, adopted by Angelina on March 15, 2007 and by Brad on February 21, 2008), and daughter Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt (born on January 8, 2005, adopted by Angelina on July 6, 2005, and by Brad in early 2006). Delivered all her biological children via scheduled Caesarean sections. Was a guest writer for The Economist's special edition The World in 2008. In an article entitled A Year For Accountability, she stated that, "accountability is perhaps the only force powerful enough to break the cycle of violence and retribution that marks so many conflicts... Common sense tells us that when risks are weighed, decisions are made differently.

When crimes against humanity are punished consistently and severely, the killers' calculus will change." Has been in a relationship with Brad Pitt since May 2005 and they are engaged since April 2012. They have 6 children together. Gave birth to her 4th child at age 30, a daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, on May 27, 2006. Her father is Brad Pitt . Gave birth to twins (her 5th and 6th child) at age 33, a son, Knox Léon Jolie-Pitt, and a daughter, Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, on July 12, 2008. Their father is Brad Pitt . Jolie wrote an Op/Ed newspaper article titled "My Medical Choice" that was published on May 14, 2013, in The New York Times in which she revealed that she had undergone a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction because she is a carrier of a "faulty" gene, BRCA1.

Her doctors advised her that that gene, along with her family history of breast cancer (including her mother's death at age 56) made it much more likely that she would have developed breast cancer (the medical estimate was that she had an 87% risk of breast cancer), so she elected to have the surgery as a preventative measure. (May 26, 2013) Her maternal aunt, Debbie Martin, died from breast cancer at age 61. She handpicked Lana Del Rey to perform the song "Once Upon a Dream" as the main theme for Maleficent (2014). Was the 116th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Girl, Interrupted (1999) at The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000) on March 26, 2000. Was made a honorary Dame by Queen Elizabeth II on June 13, 2014 in London. Is one of 15 Oscar-winning actresses to have been born in the state of California.

The others are Fay Bainter , Gloria Grahame , Jo Van Fleet , Liza Minnelli , Tatum O'Neal , Diane Keaton , Sally Field , Anjelica Huston , Cher , Jodie Foster , Helen Hunt , Gwyneth Paltrow , Marcia Gay Harden and Brie Larson . Under gone a preventive double mastectomy, two years later had reconstructive surgery implanting breast implants.(Feb 2013). In a multilingual household her kids speak French and according to Angelina they all have their own respective languages. Shiloh is learning the Khmer, Pax is learning Vietnamese, Maddox is learning German and Russian, Zahara is focused on French, Vivienne is learning Arabic,and Knox is learning American Sign Language. Divorce from Brad Pitt they cited irreconcilable differences. [September 2016]. Is seeking no spousal support from Brad Pitt. [September 2016]. Has physical custody of the couple's shared six children. [September 2016]. She and Brad Pitt married in California 14 August 2014 and in southern France 23 August 2014.

Filed for divorce from Brad Pitt on September 20, 2016. Counts Sidney Lumet 's The Hill (1965) as a film that had a particularly profound effect on her. A great admirer of Lumet's filmmaking style, Angelina keeps a copy of his 1995 book "Making Movies" as her frequent film reference bible. Personal Quotes (52) 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 [ Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)], she's a D. We split the difference... [Lara] 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. [on her split from husband Billy Bob Thornton ] 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. [People magazine - July 8, 1996] There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate life now. [on playing Olympias in Alexander (2004)] 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. 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. [CNN International Edition - January 29, 2005] 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.

[on what she does with the money she makes each year] Save one-third, live on one-third and give away one-third. 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. [2002] I'm drawn to kids that are already born. I think some people are meant to do certain things, and I believe I'm meant to find my children in the world somewhere and not necessarily have them genetically. [interview with Ann Curry ] I'm in a strange, I suppose, place in my life.

I think that happens when you lose a parent, where you drop into a different kind of serious. And yet, at the same time, you want to laugh and enjoy as much as possible every day. I'm hanging on to my family really tight at this moment, and, because of that, trying to be as good a woman as I can be in my life. Dammit, you got me crying. It's alright. It's a part of life... I lost my mom. It's a natural thing for a child to lose a parent. I lost my mom too young, but it happened. And I'm happy she's out of pain, because I love her and she's my friend. Not many people know this about me but I'm a natural blonde. My hair went from light blonde naturally to a darker kind of blonde. My mother dyed my hair dark when I was a child as I loved the look then. So I'm basically a natural blonde. [on making action movies] I think there's always going to be that side of me. [ Harrison Ford ] is doing it, and he's doing it well, (so) it looks like I've got some more time.

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. My natural color is dark blonde. But when I was four or five, my mother dyed my hair dark brown, and she decided to keep it that way. And I stuck with that. [on Cambodia and her humanitarian work] One of the first camps I went to had 400,000 people. It was a sea of human misery. In Sierra Leone, I saw tens of thousands with their arms and legs cut off [by rebels], orphaned children. I felt completely overwhelmed. I cried constantly. I felt guilty for everything that I had. Then I realized I wasn't doing these people any favors by crying. I kept getting angry at the injustices until I couldn't think straight. I took a deep breath and focused on how I could help. I discovered that I was useful as a person. When I met suffering people, it put my life into perspective. It slammed me into a bigger picture of the world. I was actually quite a cool kid. I was not tough. I was certainly independent and bold. I was never teased.

I never had any trouble from anybody... I was never satisfied. I had trouble sleeping. I didn't really fit. I always feel that I'm searching for something deeper, something more... You want to meet other people that challenge you with ideas or with power or with passion. I wanted to live very fully. I wanted to live many lives and explore many things. [on Brad Pitt ] (He made me) a better person. I've learned so much from him, as you do when you come together with another person. You both make each other better. You both learn about the best of each other, and recognize the things where you're failing, or where you need to step up. When it's a great partnership, you really are patient with each other. I grew up in front of everybody, really. The big years of exploration. There was a certain madness I was going through. I learned a lot about myself. People tend to sum up times in your life and simplify. I would say there's a way of being bold when you're young that seems very brave... What's perceived as tough is a very funny thing.

I think to be a parent is one of the scariest, boldest things to do, as opposed to, um, getting a tattoo... Much more than jumping into a pool when you're 20. There's certainly a side of me that isn't completely... sane. Or completely 'even' all the time. We all have our dark sides. When I first read the script for Changeling (2008), I couldn't put it down but then I said 'no' immediately. I didn't want to go into this project because it was too upsetting. But then afterwards I couldn't stop talking about her. I found myself sitting with people wanting them to know about this extraordinary woman and you wouldn't believe what happened to her, and what these people did to her in this time in our history. In the end, it became a story about democracy in action, about justice... even suffering a great loss and fighting through it and making a change for the future for other people, and questioning the government and the police. So, I found it very inspiring and really wanted people to know about her and felt like it was an extra piece of justice for her.

[on her friendship with Gwen Stefani and their children spending time together] All of the kids are very close in age. They've attended each other's birthday parties and gotten together several times at each other's homes. Somehow Gwen and I keep ending up pregnant at the exact same time. It was nice for me to play with other girls; I don't really have girlfriends in movies, if you've noticed. Well, I have a few girlfriends, I just... I stay at home a lot. I'm just not very social. I don't do a lot with them, and I'm very homebound. I'll talk to my family, I talk to Brad... But I don't know, I don't have a lot of friends I talk to. He is really the only person I talk to. [2012] I think I'm going to have to give up the acting as the kids hit the teenage years, anyway, too much to manage at home. I have enjoyed being an actress. I am so grateful to the job and I have had great experiences and I have even be able to tell stories and be a part of stories that mattered and I have done things for fun, but...

I will do some films and I am so fortunate to have the job, it's a really lucky profession to be a part of and I enjoy it. But if it went away tomorrow I would be very happy to be home with the children. I wake up in the morning as a mum and I turn on the news like everybody else and I see what's happening and I want to be part of the world in a positive way. The strong preying upon the weak and the weak, upon achieving strength, extracting retribution: this is the nature of so many of the world's conflicts. The role of aggressor and victim may alternate over time, the tools of destruction may become more sophisticated, but little else changes. [on her double mastectomy, 2013] I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity. [on accepting the title role in Maleficent (2014)] The artist in me felt that it was time to do something I wasn't comfortable with. I was actually a bit nervous to take her on. I don't have a big theatre voice. I don't do things that are kind of comedic, and I'm a fairy.

But it's great to jump into things you're not sure of. [on the unplanned casting of her five-year-old daughter Vivienne as the young Princess Aurora] The first day was the scene where the princess had to catch the butterfly. So I was actually holding the ball [with the butterfly] on the end! bouncing up and down and dancing, trying to make her laugh. And Daddy was on the edge of the digital cliff she had to jump off, making faces while her brothers and sisters were egging her on. I was actually shocked that she was doing so well. We never wanted our kids to be actors. But we also wanted them to be around film and part of Mommy and Daddy's life and not be kept from it either. If and when they decide to be actors when they are older, I would ask that acting not be the center of their lives, because I don't think it is healthy. It may sound cliché, but when you feel beautiful and strong on the inside, it shows on the outside. I don't want to be that person in the spotlight. I'm much more at home sitting with the sound guys and the grips, in my boots, working.

I think I connect to people who could be written off as wild or dark, or who are just full of fire and looking for a place to put that fire. It's an important lesson to learn, and it's something I did learn: you live on behalf of others and you're happier and you have purpose. And you have a great excuse to have all that fire. Oh God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable! [on Johnny Depp ] He's so funny and so fun to hang out with. He's just that friend you're so happy to come to work and do scenes with. Plus, he's such a brilliant actor. He's often thought of so much for his deep character work, but it really comes from an artist who is willing to try things. He's not just somebody who's doing these fun [movies]; he's a real experimental deeply-feeling artist, who gives a lot and is very gracious on set to everybody and to his fellow actors. He's just a pleasure. I want to say when I was little, like Maleficent (2014), I was told I was different.

And I felt out of place, too loud, too full of fire, never good at sitting still, never good at fitting in and then one day I realized something. Something I hope you all realize. Different is good! So, don't fit in. Don't sit still. Don't ever try to do less than you are. When somebody tells you you're different, smile and hold your head up high and be proud. And as your villain, I would also say - cause a little trouble. It's good for you. [on Amy Pascal 's remarks on her] Someone told me. There are certain things that bother me and certain things that don't. Personal attacks on me? I think I'm just so used to it. Honestly, my first instinct was that I was worried about Amy. I had someone call her and ask if she was O.K. Not because I'm a saint, but because I think we have to look at the bigger picture. She's got kids. I knew it was going to unravel for her. [on By the Sea (2015)] I wrote it before I ever had anything I'd written become a film, and I wrote with a great freedom of believing nobody would ever see it.

I wanted to understand grief; and I think because of my mother's passing and certain aspects of her life where she was very unfulfilled as an artist and as a woman - I wanted to meditate on that, and have the freedom to work thinking of film, not thinking of the audience, not thinking of what would be commercial, not thinking of how to answer everything but just to be in a place with these people. And so I picked three different couples that represented a different time: one who had yet to experience it, one couple who were sitting right in the middle of it and then the two older men who have come out the other end of it and understand it and so I just drove one couple up to a hotel and then wrote from the beginning to the end. [on In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)] It was something I didn't trust out of my hands. So by default I ended up putting myself in as director.

[on working with her husband Brad Pitt on By the Sea (2015)] You write with what you know in your mind, so I wrote a little bit with us in my head - I'm a woman of Vanessa's age and this is a marriage and marriage is familiar - and I first showed it to Brad years ago, we talked about it and he was very supportive, but it was kind of that "funny, crazy one" that was just on my desk, and it was almost referred to as the one you'd never do - you know, "That would be a crazy idea!" - but at a certain point I think as artists we all get to that place where we want to do the crazy one, and we want to not feel safe and we want to remember what it is to just play and maybe we make a mess but we want to remember what it is to be free, and so I think we were feeling that and wanted to just go out and be together and work together and try something and succeed or fail, we wanted to do it together.

[on By the Sea (2015)] The 70s was such an extraordinary time for film and politics, and I was born in the 70s so I think you're always interested in when you were younger, and what your parents might have been like, and what that time was, and your reference point....but I found it a really compelling time for art and there was a certain freedom in films at that time and certain films of that time I think also discussed very heavy things. So, in a way, there wasn't a particular film that I was trying to copy, but there was a feeling that if I could just allow myself to remember those films and the time they took, and the nuance and the heaviness of the subject-matter....so, it was inspiring. Salary (13) Angelina Jolie - Director, Producer, Film Actress - Biography.com Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie is one of Hollywood's leading actresses, known for movies like 'Salt' and 'Maleficent' as much as she is for her relationship with actor Brad Pitt.

IN THESE GROUPS » quotes “My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the risk is different in the case of each woman. Once I knew that this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could. I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy.” “We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie - Mini Biography (TV-14; 4:56) A short biography of Angelina Jolie, who went from troubled child to overnight superstar with the movie "Gia." Aside from acting, she's known for her humanitarian efforts and her relationship with Brad Pitt. Synopsis Born in Los Angeles, California, on June 4, 1975, Angelina Jolie starred in the HBO biopic Gia before earning an Academy Award for best supporting actress for Girl, Interrupted. Jolie has become one of Hollywood's top marquee names, having starred in movies like Wanted, Mr. and Mrs.

Smith, Salt and Changeling, earning her first lead actress Oscar nod for the latter. Jolie later had a huge international blockbuster with Disney's Maleficent, in which she both starred and executive produced. She's also directed the films In the Land of Blood and Honey, Unbroken and By the Sea, which she co-starred with fellow actor and husband Brad Pitt . Early Life Actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie Voight was born on June 4, 1975, in Los Angeles, California, to actor Jon Voight and actress Marcheline Bertrand. She rose to stardom in the 1990s. She began acting at a young age, studying at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute while in her early teens. Jolie later attended New York University. Breakthrough Role In the 1990s, Angelina Jolie became a popular actress. She gave a star-making performance in the 1998 television film Gia based on the short, tragic life of model Gia Marie Carangi. Jolie won a best actress Golden Globe for the role.

Another great dramatic role in Girl, Interrupted (1999) brought Jolie her first Academy Award (for best supporting actress). In the new millennium she continued to take on a variety of interesting roles, such as an adventurer in the Lara Croft films (2001 and 2003), a FBI profiler in Taking Lives (2004), an assassin in Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) and a neglected, troubled socialite wife in The Good Shepherd (2006). Jolie also embraced the word of sci-fi/fantasy with her roles as a squadron commander in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) and a vengeful, monstrous mother in Beowulf (2007). In 2007, Jolie gave a brilliant performance as Mariane Pearl, the pregnant widow of Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl, in A Mighty Heart. The film was based on Mariane's account of her husband's abduction and murder. Humanitarian Efforts A devoted humanitarian, Angelina Jolie was made a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency in 2001.

She has made headlines for her work to obtain aid for refugees in Cambodia, Darfur and Jordan, to name just a few. In 2005, Jolie received the Global Humanitarian Action Award from the United Nations Association of the USA for her activism on behalf of refugee rights. She has continued to draw attention to global issues. 'Maleficent' and Directorial Projects In 2008, after lending her voice to the animated comedy Kung Fu Panda and portraying an assassin in Wanted, Jolie appeared in the Clint Eastwood -directed thriller Changeling. Jolie played Christine Collins, a mother whose son reappears after his kidnapping. Collins is sure the returned boy is not the one to whom she gave birth, and her fight reveals a police conspiracy. In 2009, Jolie received her first Oscar nomination for best actress for her role in the film. Jolie went on to earn the lead role in the action-packed Salt (2010), about a CIA agent, Evelyn Salt, who is on the run after being accused of being a Russian spy. That same year, she played the mysterious Elise Clifton-Ward in the espionage flick The Tourist alongside Johnny Depp .

In 2014, the actress enjoyed the rewards of shaping a major blockbuster, both starring in and executive producing Disney's Maleficent. Jolie portrayed the sorceress title character, with the film taking on a woman-centered revisionist approach to the main villain from the animated classic Sleeping Beauty (1959). With U.S. critics divided on the Maleficent's merits, the project nonetheless worked box office magic, earning around $240 million domestically and an additional $517 million overseas. Jolie has also begun to hone her craft as a director. She made her feature-length directorial debut with 2011's In the Land of Blood and Honey, looking at a relationship horribly damaged by the Bosnian War. This was followed by 2014's Unbroken, a biopic that told the story of Olympian Louis Zamperini 's survival in a Japanese POW camp. The film was based on the bestselling Laura Hillenbrand book of the same name and earned more than $163 million worldwide.

The following year Jolie co-starred with Pitt in the art film By the Sea, a slowly-paced Mediterranean tale set in the 1970s about a married couple and the tensions of their relationship. Actress Angelina Jolie arrives at the premiere of Fox Searchlight Pictures' 'The Tree of Life' at the Bing Theatre at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on May 24, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images ) Personal Life and Health Famous for her off-screen romances, Jolie has been married three times. She married Hackers co-star Jonny Lee Miller in 1995. The couple divorced in 1999. The following year, Jolie married Academy Award-winning actor Billy Bob Thornton . That union lasted until 2003. Jolie met her next romantic partner, actor Brad Pitt, during the making of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2004. In 2002, Jolie adopted a son from Cambodia and named him Maddox. Three years later, she adopted a daughter, Zahara. In 2005, Pitt filed paperwork to adopt both of Jolie's children.

The couple's first biological daughter, Shiloh, was born in Namibia in 2006. Jolie, Pitt and their children had traveled there to avoid the media frenzy that seemed to follow them wherever they went. In March 2007, Angelina Jolie added a new member to her family. She adopted a 3-year-old boy from a Vietnamese orphanage and named him Pax Thien. Jolie then gave birth to twins, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, on July 12, 2008, in a seaside hospital in southern France. The rights for the first images of the twins were sold to People and Hello! magazines for $14 million—making them the most expensive celebrity pictures ever taken. After the joy of welcoming her third child, Shiloh, into the world came great sadness for Jolie. She experienced a great personal loss in early 2007, when her mother died of ovarian cancer at the age of 56 after fighting the disease for many years. Her grandmother also died from cancer.

In May 2013, 37-year-old Jolie announced in a New York Times op-ed article titled "My Medical Choice" that she underwent a double mastectomy in an effort to prevent breast cancer in the future. The actress said she decided to undergo the surgery after learning that she carries a gene known as BRCA1, which increases the risk of both breast and ovarian cancer. "My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the risk is different in the case of each woman," Jolie stated. "Once I knew that this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could." By late April 2013, Jolie added, she had completed several months of medical procedures, including a double mastectomy and reconstruction surgery, at the Pink Lotus Breast Center in California. Pitt and Jolie became engaged in 2012. Slipping under the paparazzi radar, they quietly tied the knot in a private ceremony surrounded by their family and friends on August 23, 2014 in France.

On March 24, 2015, Jolie wrote in another article in the New York Times that she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed the previous week to further lower her risk for cancer. “I did not do this solely because I carry the BRCA1 gene mutation, and I want other women to hear this,” Jolie wrote. “A positive BRCA test does not mean a leap to surgery. I have spoken to many doctors, surgeons and naturopaths. There are other options. Some women take birth control pills or rely on alternative medicines combined with frequent checks. There is more than one way to deal with any health issue. The most important thing is to learn about the options and choose what is right for you personally.” The actress said she went public with her decision to help "other women at risk to know about the options." In September 2016 Jolie reportedly filed for divorce from Pitt and has requested sole physical custody of their six children. Related Videos Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us !

Citation Information Angelina Jolie Like us on Facebook Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie was born on June 4, 1975 to actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. She and her brother, James Haven, were primarily raised by their mother following her parents’ divorce. It was Bertrand’s film work that inspired Jolie to become an actress, and they remained extremely close until her death from cancer in 2007. Voight and Jolie were estranged on and off for many years, but are currently reconciled. Jolie first experimented in theater productions and modeling before appearing in music videos. Her first starring role in a movie came with 1995’s “Hackers.” Two years later, Jolie won a Golden Globe for her supporting performance in the television movie “George Wallace,” for which she also received an Emmy nomination. In 1998, Jolie scored her second Golden Globe for the HBO movie “Gia,” in which she played the late supermodel Gia Carangi. Jolie’s success continued with 1999’s “Girl, Interrupted,” for which she received an Oscar for her portrayal of a woman with mental illness.

The role also gave the star her third Golden Globe and her second Screen Actors Guild statues. Her first blockbuster, “Gone in 60 Seconds” was followed by 2001’s “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” giving Jolie her first major international hit. In 2005, Jolie appeared with future husband Brad Pitt in “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” and received additional awards nominations for 2007’s “A Mighty Heart” and 2008’s “Changeling,” the same year she was named Hollywood’s highest-paid actress. Despite her superstardom, Jolie opted to cut down on film roles following her mother’s death, choosing instead to spend more time with her family. In 2011, Jolie directed her first feature film, “In The Land Of Blood And Honey,” a love story set during the Bosnian War. Her first acting role in more than three years came with 2014’s “Maleficent,” after which she directed “Unbroken,” based on the life of Olympian-turned-war-hero Louis Zamperini.

She then directed and co-starred alongside Pitt in the movie “By The Sea,” which is due to be released in 2015. After an admittedly troubled and wild youth, Jolie became dedicated to humanitarian efforts, and frequently works with refugees on behalf of the United Nations, fighting against sexual violence in war zones. She adopted her first son, Maddox, from Cambodia in 2002, followed by daughter Zahara from Ethiopia in 2005. Pitt adopted both children, and then Jolie gave birth to their daughter Shiloh in 2006. In 2007, they adopted another son, Pax, from Vietnam, and Jolie gave birth to twins Vivienne and Knox in 2008. Jolie and Pitt became engaged in 2012 and married in 2014. Prior to Pitt, Jolie was married to Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton. In 2013, Jolie underwent a preventative double mastectomy after discovering she had a mutation of the BRCA1 gene, which significantly increases a person’s chances of getting breast cancer.

Since her mother battled and ultimately died from ovarian cancer, Jolie has not ruled out getting her ovaries removed at a future date. Angelina Jolie: 'I don't really have girlfriends' | Daily Mail Online With beauty, wealth and a gorgeous family, Angelina Jolie seems to have it all. But the actress has confessed there is at least one thing missing in her life - female friends. In an interview with the new issue of U.S. Marie Claire, she spoke frankly to the magazine about her lack of female confidantes. 'It was nice for me to play with other girls; I don't really have girlfriends in movies, if you've noticed, ' she said. 'Well, I have a few girlfriends, I just... I stay at home a lot. I'm just not very social. I don't do a lot with them, and I'm very homebound.' Stunner: Angelina Jolie looks gorgeous as she poses in the cover of the latest issue of Marie Claire magazine The actress, director and mother-of six, who looks stunning in a blue top and gold statement ring, has previously bemoaned the fact that she really only chats with her partner, Brad Pitt.

'I'll talk to my family,' said the actress, 'I talk to Brad ... But I don't know, I don't have a lot of friends I talk to. He is really the only person I talk to.' RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Angelina's reputation as the ultimate man-eater and husband-stealer may account for her lack of gal pals. She famously fell for Brad when he was still married to Jennifer Aniston and her second husband Billy Bob Thornton broke off his engagement to Laura Dern to elope with his Pushing Tin co-star. Multi-tasker: The actress and mother of 6 made her directorial debut this month with In the Land of Blood and Honey, her film about the war in Bosnia One of the few close female friends that is not deterred by Angelina's reputation is singer Gwen Stefani. Earlier this year the A-listers were spied with Gwen Stefani getting together at Gwen's home in London for a fun-filled playdate . 'All of the kids are very close in age. They've attended each other's birthday parties and gotten together several times at each other's homes,' a source to Yahoo news at the time. The pair have been friends since 1998.

'Somehow Gwen and I keep ending up pregnant at the exact same time,' Jolie has explained. Black tie: Angelina looked chic in a velvet tuxedo-style suit as she went out for dinner in New York Best known for action films such as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Wanted, Angelina also reveals that she may want to move on from acting. 'I woke up one day realizing, God, I'm an actor,' she said, 'I don't think I intended to be an actor. I think my mother wanted it for me. 'I loved telling stories, and I enjoyed the profession, but is it too late to be something else?' Calling the shots: Angelina revealed in the interview that she may want to move away from acting When asked whether she and partner Brad Pitt were planning to extend their already considerable brood, she would only say: 'Nothing planned at the moment, but we just don't know. I could end up pregnant." And Angelina credits Brad with helping her juggle her career with raising children.

'I have a wonderful partner in Brad and we take turns working always,' she said in the interview The star also touched on the subject of her children wanting her to marry long-term love Brad, 47. 'They have mentioned it, yes,' she admitted. Mr & Mrs: Angelina is still reluctant to marry her partner, actor Brad Pitt She also opened up about her daughter Vivienne being a 'girly girl', divulging; 'She is so elegant and delicate. Vivi will pick flowers from the garden and put them in her hair. 'She likes to get her nails done and collects stuffed animals' She added: 'It's very funny for me to have to buy all things pink and watch princess movies!' 'Knox' she says however, 'is very much a dude. Very physical, tough. He loves dinosaurs and swords. Family outing: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie took their six children to FAO Schwarz in New York yesterday She also gushed about her happiness saying: 'Brad has expanded my life in ways I never imagined. We built a family. He is not just the love of my life, he is my family. I hold that very dear.

'I suppose what I’ve learned from Brad is to be able to have the kind of family whose happiness and well-being comes before your own.' 'I’m very, very grateful to have such a loving family, and I wouldn’t have that without him.' Director's cut: Angelina has been heavily promoting her new project which will be in cinemas later this month Speaking about the subject of her film Jolie said: 'I think it's still hard to understand what happened and how it could happen 40 minutes away from Italy in the '90s at the time Schindler's List came out.' Explaining the inspiration for the movie she said: 'It began as a private exercise, an excuse to get out some of my frustrations wthe international community and justice issues. 'Some of the very darkest sections of the film were conceived in Shiloh's art class; I was in the back waiting for the kids to finish,' she added darkly. The Hollywood star has also revealed she plans to do another war film focusing on Afghanistan, where she made humanitarian trips to recently. In the Land of Blood and Honey is is scheduled to be released in the United States on December 23.

The new issue of Marie Claire is on newsstands Tuesday December 13.

Question: Who was the second husband of actress Angelina Jolie?
Answer: Billy Bob Thornton