Occupation: Actress
Date of Birth: 4 June 1975
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, USA
Height: 5' 7"
Relations: Father: Jon Voight (actor); mother: Marcheline Bertrand (former actress); brother: James Haven Voight (director); husband: Billy Bob Thornton (actor, director, writer); ex-husband: Jonny Lee Miller (actor)
Hair color: Dark Brown
Eye color: Blue
Sign: Sun in Gemini, Moon in Aries
Education: Attended Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and New York University (majored in film)
Career Start : Hackers
Biography
Angelina Jolie is intrigue. The gaze of her eyes command attention, and the twinkle they hide cause everyone who sees Jolie to look harder. There are very few actors who match her beauty - it is entirely unique. There are very few actors who match her intrigue - from her starring roles down to the smallest roles she's performed audiences wonder 'Who's that girl?'. There are very few actors who match her controversey - her speech at the Oscars thanking her brother launched rumors abound of their "romantic involvement." But most importantly, there are very few actors who match Angelina Jolie's raw talent. Three Golden Globes, one Oscar, and she's not even thirty yet.
Angelina Jolie is intrigue. The gaze of her eyes command attention, and the twinkle they hide cause everyone who sees Jolie to look harder. There are very few actors who match her beauty - it is entirely unique. There are very few actors who match her intrigue - from her starring roles down to the smallest roles she's performed, audiences wonder 'Who's that girl?'. There are very few actors who match her controversey - her speech at the Oscars thanking her brother launched rumors abound of their "romantic involvement." But most importantly, there are very few actors who match Angelina Jolie's raw talent. Three Golden Globes, one Oscar, and she's not even thirty yet.
By age 16, Angelina moved out ons her own and began modeling. She grabbed a few spots, and also had parts in music videos, most notably the Rolling Stones. She began film studies at the New York University (also where Adam Sandler had just graduated). She soon gave up on school and began working with the Met Theatre Group in Los Angeles. Angelina was not yet certain that acting was what she wanted out of life, but she definitely thought it sparked an interest. "I loved some kind of expression ... I'm very good at trying to explore different emotions and listen to people and feel things. That is an actor, I think."
By 1993, Angelina had decided to pursue acting full time. A forgetable first role in Cyborg II: Glass Shadow followed, but soon thereafter Angelina nabbed a role in Hackers, alongside Matthew Lillard and Jonny Lee Miller. The film got good reviews for Angelina, but incredibly bad reviews for the film. Regardless, Angelina got her first husband. She and Jonny Lee hit it off, and they married soon after. The wedding had Angelina wearing leather pants and a white t-shirt with her husband's name written in blood on her back. But, blood apparently wasn't thicker than water. Within a year, the two were separated, but their divorce wasn't finalized until 2000.
A slew of underappreciated and impressive roles followed, most notably in the Joyce Carol Oates adaptation of Foxfire, a film about females rising up to the taunts and repression of their peers.
But then came George Wallace. Gary Sinise played a large role in the film which received a great deal of critical acclaim, as did Angelina. A Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and an Emmy nomination later, and Angelina was suddenly the talk of the town. But it was her starring role in HBO's Gia (based on the life of model Gia Carangi) that skyrocketed her to success. The film was a huge hit, both with audiences and critics alike. Another Golden Globe, this for Best Actress, followed, as well as another Emmy nomination.
Pushing Tin, The Bone Collector, and Playing By Heart followed each receiving mixed reviews, but all coming back with one thing in common : Angelina was excellent. She carried both Pushing Tin and The Bone Collector, and her and Ryan Phillippe were simply captivating in Playing By Heart. But, it was Girl, Interrupted, a film that was supposed to relaunch Winona Ryder, that in fact catapulted Angelina into superstardom. She won an Oscar, stole the film out from under Winona, and was quickly established as the actress in Hollywood.
But with fame, also comes the scrutiny of the public eye. Her devotion to her brother lead to ludicrous rumors of romantic involvement which undermined everything beautiful about her relationship with her brother (James Haven). Then, she married actor Billy Bob Thorton (formerly involved with Laura Dern) after an alleged mental institution stay.
Regardless, there are very few actors who command the attention, respect, and awe of entire audiences. Angelina is an actress for the ages, and personal problems or not, one of the most interesting and real actors in Hollywood.
Biography written by Jeremy Falcone
Recently appeared in
1 Alexander (2004) .... Olympias
2 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) .... Capt. Francesca 'Franky' Cook
3 Shark Tale (2004) (voice) .... Lola
4 Taking Lives (2004) .... Illeana
5 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) .... Lara Croft
... aka Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Die Wiege des Lebens (Germany)
Trivia
1. Niece of Chip Taylor (2000) One of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People She is extremely close to and protective of her brother Jamie. 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.
2. 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 tatoo when she was dating Timothy but since their break up she now says it's only for James.
3. Won Best Supporting Actress March 26, 2000 for "Girl Interupted"
4. Has a tattoo of the Tennesee Williams quote, "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages, " on her left forearm, which she got with her mother present.
5. Has a tatoo of a dragon on her upper right arm Dated Timothy Hutton (1999)
6. Jolie is actually her middle name
7. Left handed.
8. Was married to Johnny Lee Miller in a black leather pants and a white shirt.
9. On the white shirt she painted her husband's name in her own blood (across the back.).
10. Tattoos include the Japanese sign for death, two pointy black American Indian symbols, and a large black cross.
11. Mother is Marcheline Bertrand Father is Jon Voight Majored in film at New York University Angelina collects knives and has an interest in mortuary science.
12. 2000) 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.
13. Sister of James Haven (I) Had childhood dream of becoming a funeral director
14. Named the world's sexiest woman in Swedish magazine Café
15. Angelina has the tattoo of the dragon at her waist (see photos in May 2000 Movieline).
Personal 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 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."
Contact Angelina
1901 Ave. of the Stars # 680 Los Angeles, CA 90067-6008
