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Academy Award-winning American actress Angelina Jolie was known for her sex appeal and edginess as well as for her humanitarian work. She won an Academy Award for her supporting role as a mental patient in "Girl, Interrupted" (1999).
Academy Award (2000) • Golden Globe Award (2000) • Golden Globe Award (1999) • Golden Globe Award (1998) • Academy Award (2000): Actress in a Supporting Role • Golden Globe Award (2000): Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture • Golden Globe Award (1999): Best Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television • Golden Globe Award (1998): Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television • Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (2013) • Screen Actors Guild Award (2000): Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role • Screen Actors Guild Award (1999): Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
spouse Brad Pitt • spouse Billy Bob Thornton • father Jon Voight • daughter of Jon Voight • daughter of Marcheline Bertrand • married to Brad Pitt (2014–present) • married to Billy Bob Thornton (2000–2003) • married to Jonny Lee Miller (1996–1999) • mother of Maddox Jolie-Pitt (b. 2001) • mother of Pax Jolie-Pitt (b. 2003) • mother of Zahara Jolie-Pitt (b. 2005) • mother of Shiloh Jolie-Pitt (b. 2006) • mother of Vivienne Jolie-Pitt (b. 2008) • mother of Knox Jolie-Pitt (b. 2008) • sister of James Haven
Education
Beverly Hills High School (Beverly Hills, California) • Moreno High School (Beverly Hills, California) • New York University
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)
"Come Away" (2020) • "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" (2019) • "Kung Fu Panda 3" (2016) • "By the Sea" (2015) • "Maleficent" (2014) • "Kung Fu Panda 2" (2011) • "The Tourist" (2010) • "Salt" (2010) • "Wanted" (2008) • "Changeling" (2008) • "Kung Fu Panda" (2008) • "Beowulf" (2007) • "A Mighty Heart" (2007) • "The Good Shepherd" (2006) • "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (2005) • "Alexander" (2004) • "The Fever" (2004) • "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" (2004) • "Shark Tale" (2004) • "Taking Lives" (2004) • "Beyond Borders" (2003) • "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" (2003) • "Life or Something Like It" (2002) • "Original Sin" (2001) • "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (2001) • "Gone in Sixty Seconds" (2000) • "Girl, Interrupted" (1999) • "The Bone Collector" (1999) • "Pushing Tin" (1999) • "Playing by Heart" (1998) • "Hell's Kitchen" (1998) • "Gia" (1998) • "Playing God" (1997) • "George Wallace" (1997) • "True Women" (1997) • "Mojave Moon" (1996) • "Foxfire" (1996) • "Love Is All There Is" (1996) • "Without Evidence" (1995) • "Hackers" (1995) • "Lookin' to Get Out" (1982)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)
"First They Killed My Father" (2017) • "By the Sea" (2015) • "Unbroken" (2014) • "In the Land of Blood and Honey" (2011) • "A Place in Time" (2007)
Top Questions
What was Angelina Jolie's first movie?
Angelina Jolie made her film acting debut in the 1982 comedy "Lookin' to Get Out," which starred her father, Jon Voight. Jolie was seven years old when the movie was released.
Who was Angelina Jolie married to?
Angelina Jolie met her first husband, British actor Jonny Lee Miller, during the filming of "Hackers" (1995); the pair were married in 1996 and divorced in 1999. The following year Jolie married Billy Bob Thornton, with whom she had appeared in "Pushing Tin" (1999); the couple divorced in 2003. Later, while working on the box-office hit "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (2005), Jolie met Brad Pitt, who became her partner. Jolie and Pitt married in 2014, but two years later Jolie filed for divorce.
Who was Angelina Jolie's father?
Angelina Jolie's father is actor Jon Voight, who appeared in such films as "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), "Runaway Train" (1985), "Anaconda" (1997), and "Ali" (2001).
What did Angelina Jolie direct?
Angelina Jolie directed the films "A Place in Time" (2007), "In the Land of Blood and Honey" (2011), "Unbroken" (2014), "By the Sea" (2015), and "First They Killed My Father" (2017).
What did Angelina Jolie win an Oscar for?
Angelina Jolie won an Oscar for her supporting role as a mental patient named Lisa in the movie "Girl, Interrupted" (1999), which costarred Winona Ryder. Additionally, in 2013 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honoured Jolie with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
What did Angelina Jolie study at New York University?
Angelina Jolie studied drama at New York University. She previously attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute for two years.
Did You Know?
Jolie made news in 2013 for having a preventive double mastectomy after discovering mutations in her BRCA1 gene, which increase the odds of developing breast or ovarian cancer.
In 2001 Jolie was named a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; she traveled to numerous poverty-stricken countries and advocated on issues related to refugees and mass displacement. Jolie remained a Goodwill Ambassador through 2012, when she was given the expanded role of Special Envoy.
