Angelina Jolie
ALL ABOUT ANGELINA JOLIE
Full Name: Angelina Jolie Voight
Date of Birth: June 4,1975
Eyes: Blue
Birthplace:Los Angeles, California
Spouse: Billy Bob Thornton (actor, director; b. August 4, 1955; married on May 5, 2000; divorced on May 27, 2003), Jonny Lee Miller (actor; b. November 15, 1972; married on March 28, 1996; separated on October 1, 1997; filed for divorce on February 3, 1999), Brad Pitt
Relationship: Brad Pitt (actor; born on December 18, 1963; rumored to have a relationship during filming Mr. And Mrs. Smith - 2004), Timothy Hutton (actor; born on August 16, 1960; dated 1998-1999
Family: Father - Jon Voight, Mother - Marcheline Bertrand, Brother - James Haven Voight, Uncle - Chip Taylor (aka James Wesley Voight; musician)
Education: Lee Strasberg Theater Institute (enrolled at age 11)
New York University (majored in Film; attended night classes, 1997)
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Bio:
Raised mostly by her mother after her parents divorced while she was still a baby, Jolie moved around a lot with her mother and brother. She also did a fair amount of traveling as a professional model, living in such places as London, New York, and Los Angeles before settling for a time in New York as a student at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and New York University, where she first started acting in theater productions. The fledgling actress soon moved on to film with a small role in 1993’s Cyborg 2, followed in 1995 by her turn as a computer hacker in the more widely seen Hackers. The film gave her her first taste of recognition, as well as an introduction to Trainspotting’s Jonny Lee Miller, to whom she was married for a short time.
After appearing in a number of mediocre films, Jolie finally hit it big in 1997 with her Golden Globe-winning performance as George Wallace’s wife in the highly acclaimed TV movie George Wallace. The role, coupled with her Emmy-nominated performance in the title role of HBO’s Gia, provided Jolie with a new level of professional respect and recognition. She was soon appearing on talk shows and in magazines, answering questions about everything from her multiple tattoos to her famous father to her brief marriage.
She was also netting roles in high-profile projects: In 1998 Jolie headlined an ensemble cast that included Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Anthony Edwards, Gillian Anderson, Ryan Phillippe, and Madeline Stowe in Playing By Heart. The following year, she was part of another high-voltage cast in Mike Newell’s Pushing Tin, co-starring alongside John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett. Although the film was neither a critical nor a financial success, it did little to diminish the rapid ascent of the career of the actress, who was in hot demand for projects that would further elevate her already rising star. In 2000, Jolie’s star received one of its greatest boosts to date when the actress won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of a volatile mental patient in Girl, Interrupted. Later that year, her personal life also got a boost in the form of her April marriage to Billy Bob Thornton.
Onscreen, Jolie was hard to miss in 2000. She starred in a number of films, including the crime thriller Gone in Sixty Seconds, in which she co-starred as a car thief alongside Nicolas Cage, and Original Sin, a thriller that featured her as the bad-seed bride of a Cuban tycoon (Antonio Banderas). If she was hard to miss in 2000, Jolie was impossible to escape in 2001 with her turn as shapely video-game adventuress Lara Croft in the long anticipated film adaptation of the popular Tomb Raider video-game franchise. Carrying on the tradition of video-game movies that are light on plot but heavy on the action, Tomb Raider (2001) and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life (2003) scored with summer audiences and quickly shot to number one at the box office despite disparaging reviews citing an incoherent story line, unlike Life or Something Like It, the 2002 romantic comedy-drama that critics and audiences alike would rather not have seen.
On July 18th, 2002, Jolie filed for divorce from Billy Bob Thornton, claiming that their priorities no longer meshed after having adopted a child. Though the famously quirky couple were no longer, Angelina’s film schedule remained hectic. In 2003 she would play a rich-girl-turned-humanitarian in Beyond Borders, while 2004 promised a host of parts for Jolie, including a role in Oliver Stone’s Alexander; an epic biography of Alexander the Great starring Colin Farrell, as well as a role alongside fellow Oscar-winner Gwyneth Paltrow in The World of Tomorrow, and a turn as a tough FBI agent in Taking Lives.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie:
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie found each other on the set of their very successful and famous movie “Mr and Mrs Smith”. At the time Brad was still Married to then wife Jennifer Aniston and Angelina had recently divorced ex husband Billy Bob Thornton.
Rumors began to fly that Brad and Angelina were having and affair but Angelina held her ground stating “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. I wouldn’t be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife.” Speculation continued and in late april paparazzi photos emerged of Brad and Angelina embracing intimately, one month later Jennifer filed for divorce.
Still Brad and Angelina kept their romance a secret, denying any romantic relationship as long as possible until January 2006 when they announced Angelina was pregnant with their daughter.
Their Children
Angelina first adopted her son Maddox Jolie-Pitt from Cambodia in March of 2002, Maddox was born on August 5 2001. Several years later Jolie adopted for a second time this time from Ethopia. Her first daughter, Zahara Jolie-Pitt was adopted in July of 2005 and she was born on January 8 2005. Both the adopted childrens legal surnames were formally changed recently to Jolie-Pitt by a California judge. Lastly Angelina gave birth to her daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt in Nambia, Africa on May 27, 2006. Brad was present and he even cut the umbilical cord.
Brad and Angelina love children and it has been said that they plan to adopt more!
Trivia:
Her Vietnamese adopted son, Pax Thien, is now an official member of the Brangelina clan after adding Jolie-Pitt to his surname. (June 01, 2007)
Plans to take a year off to spend time with her family. (May 23, 2007)
Admits that she didn’t want to have her own children until she met Brad Pitt. (May 2007)
Was in Washington working to raise awareness for the millions of orphaned and vulnerable children around the world. (April 26, 2007)
Blames the paparazzi for the mayhem at a school in Mumbai, India where her bodyguards were accused of physically blocking parents from picking up their children during the shooting of her movie, A MIGHTY HEART. (April 21, 2007)
Jolie and Brad Pitt’s publicists have joined forces to deny tabloid reports the pair is close to splitting up after agreeing to a trial separation. (April 20, 2007)
Jolie and Brad Pitt are reportedly buying a $138million Italian yacht. (April 12, 2007)
Jolie and her brother James Haven consider themselves orphans after the death of their mother - because they are not close to their father, Jon Voight. (April 10, 2007)
Her brother James Haven Voight claims that she and her partner Brad Pitt named their baby daughter, Shiloh, after him – Their parents -John Voight and Marcheline Bertrand-had initially decided to name him James Shiloh Voight, but they later switched to his present name.
Kidnappers reportedly planned to abduct her Vietnamese son Pax when the pair arrived back in the US on March 19 and hold the three year old to ransom for $100million. (2007)
It’s been reported that her adopted son Pax Thien was the child of a drug addict.(March 27, 2007) Jolie and her newly adopted 3-year-old son Pax left Vietnam in a private jet on March 21, 2007, en route to the boy’s new home in the United States.
Is set to join James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman in WANTED, an action film based on a graphic novel under the direction of Timur Bekmambetov. (March 21, 2007)
Has been voted Hollywood’s ”yummiest mommy” in a poll conducted by movie website www.pearlanddean.com. (March 17, 2007)
Ange and Brad were revealed to be buying a £70million yacht, in April 2007. The luxury 240ft-long three-deck yacht, has six ensuite bedrooms on board, and is decorated with marble and gold fittings. The mega-yacht will also boast a helicopter pad, swimming pool and a gym.
In April 2007, it was revealed that Angelina wants to adopt another dark-skin baby-girl. She thinks that it will be better if Zahara will be not the only child with african colour of skin.
Angelina apologised for exposing her newly adopted son, Pax Thien Jolie, to a media frenzy when taking custody of him in Vietnam and revealed she will be giving up films to be a stay-at-home mother.
After Angelina adopted her new son, Pax Thien Jolie, they were swarmed by television journalists and film crews. The three-year-old began crying and Angelina was quick to hug the boy and told him in Vietnamese: “Khong sao dau, khong sao dau (No problem, no problem)” and immediately began playing with him. Ange’s eldest son, Maddox, five, who was adopted from Cambodia, accompanied her to the orphanage in Vietnam and was seen comforting his new little brother.
In March 2007, Angelina adopted a son in Vietnam named Pax Thien Jolie. Due to Vietnamese adoption laws, she was required to adopt him as a single parent in order for the adoption process to move more swiftly.
She is left handed.
She collects vampire books, knives, daggers and has an interest in mortuary science
As a child she wanted to be a funeral director.
Her favorite feature of herself is the way her veins take shape on her forearms.
She knows how to tango and how to play the drums.
She has a fear of being buried alive.
She thinks Cherrios are the “greatest food in the world.”
She rarely wears make-up.
She lived with her boyfriend when she was 14, because her mother would not let her stay out late with him.
She is not, and has never been, happy with her appearance - she thinks she looks like a muppet.
She thinks she should have been born a man because of her restless spirit.
She took a home course in embalming when only 15 years old.
She has taken Cocaine, Ecstasy, LSD and Heroin, but has vowed to remain clean.
Quotes:
“Acting is not pretending or lying. It’s finding a side of yourself that’s the character and ignoring your other sides. And there’s a side of me that wonders what’s wrong with being completely honest.”
“All women do have a different sense of sexuality, or sense of fun, or sense of like what’s sexy or cool or tough.”
“And my dad, you’re a great actor but you’re a better father.”
“Everyone got kind of crazy with me mentioning I was in love with a woman.”
“Honestly, I like everything, boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny.”
“I always play women I would date.”
“I am odd-looking. I sometimes think I look like a funny Muppet.”
“I am so in love with my brother right now!”
“I do have tatoos, and I do wear leather, but there are other sides of me, that my film express.”
“I don’t believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don’t judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free.”
“I don’t think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that’s what counts.”
“I dropped my pants in a tattoo parlor in Amsterdam. I woke up in a waterbed with this funky-looking dragon with a blue tongue on my hip. I realized I made a mistake, so a few months later I got a cross to cover it. When my pants hang low, it looks like I’m wearing a dagger!”
“I like everything. Boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny. Which is a problem when I’m walking down the street.”
“I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.” -
“I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing.”
“I love doing lesbian love scenes. Before I did my lesbian scenes in Gia, I talked to actresses who said love scenes are easier with another woman than a man. Bound’s Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly said they’d lie there and discuss the sale at Barney’s between takes.”
“I love to put on lotion. Sometimes I’ll watch TV and go into a lotion trance for an hour. I try to find brands that don’t taste bad in case anyone wants to taste me.”
“I need someone physically stronger than me… I am always on top. It’s really unfortunate. I am begging for the man that can put me on the bottom. Or the woman. Anybody that can take me down.”
“I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do.”
“I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It’s like people see Hackers 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 think all women go through periods where we hate this about ourselves, we don’t like that. It’s great to get to a place where you dismiss anything you’re worried about. I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.” -
“I would like to be open with the public. I would like to not keep secrets or be careful when I talk. I don’t want to have to plan things. I want to be outspoken. I want to say my opinions and I hope they’re taken in the right way. I don’t want to stop being free. And I won’t.”
“I’d go from film to film and almost detach from one world and jump in another. I was living as these people and not having a self. I didn’t know who I was. And things just get really dark.”
“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.”
“I’m getting a wrinkle above my eyebrow because I just can’t stop lifting it, and I love that you know.”
“I’m happy being myself, which I’ve never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn’t have those things in mine.”
“I’m odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.”
“I’ve been reckless, but I’m not a rebel without a cause.”
“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.”
“If I didn’t have my films as an outlet for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up.”
“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.”
“If you have enough people sitting around telling you you’re wonderful, then you start believing you’re fabulous, then someone tells you you stink and you believe that too!”
“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.”
“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!”
“Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I don’t know why he’s with me. I don’t know whether I’m good enough. But if I make him happy, then I’m everything I want to be.”
“The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can’t have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I’d rather not be in a cage. I’d rather be dead. And it’s real simple. And I think it’s not that uncommon.”
“Therapy? I don’t need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy.”
“There was a time when I was really going to give up acting - right after Foxfire. I was trying to find characters with a certain strength and things going on, but I was always disappointed. Wallace was the first thing I did where I felt their ideas were better than mine.”
“There’s something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.”
“They’re right to think that about me, because I’m the person most likely to sleep with my female fans, I genuinely love other women. And I think they know that.”
“We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”
“When I get logical, and I don’t trust my instincts - that’s when I get in trouble.”
“When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire.”
“Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.”
“With doing the movies I’ve done I don’t think I would be half the person I am today.”
“Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from over mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life.”
“Yeah, but before anything, I think in 6 years somehow I’ve grown up to have a beautiful home, 2 beautiful stepchildren, a beautiful husband, my family is healthy and happy. I’m financially ok and I do what I love for a living. That’s what I think, and I think god, how did I get so lucky.”
Filmography:
Angelina Jolie Filmography as an Actress:
2008 Atlas Shrugged
2008 Wanted
2008 Kung Fu Panda
2008 The Changeling
2007 Beowulf
2007 A Mighty Heart
2006 The Good Shepherd
2005 Mr. and Mrs. Smith
2005 Sledge: The Untold Story
2004 Shark Tale
2004 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2004 Alexander
2004 The Fever
2004 Taking Lives
2003 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
2003 Beyond Borders
2002 Life or Something Like It
2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001 Original Sin
2000 Gone In 60 Seconds
1999 The Bone Collector
1999 Girl, Interrupted
1999 Pushing Tin
1998 Playing by Heart
1998 Hell’s Kitchen N.Y.C.
1998 Gia
1997 True Women
1997 George Wallace
1997 Playing God
1996 Love Is All There Is
1996 Without Evidence
1996 Foxfire
1996 Mojave Moon
1995 Hackers
1993 Cyborg 2
Angelina Jolie Filmography as an Executive Producer:
2005 Trudell
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