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Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie has gone from modeling, starring in music videos, and acting in student films directed by her brother to become one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood today. A controversial figure, she is known as much for her humanitarian efforts as her eccentricities and tumultuous relationships.
Angelina Jolie was born on June 4th, 1975 in Los Angeles, California. As the daughter of academy-award winning actor John Voight, it was fitting that she chose to study theatre at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. Before starring in box office hits, Jolie worked as a model in London, New York, and Los Angeles. She also appeared in music videos for big-name artists like Meatloaf and Lenny Kravitz. Her first appearance on the big screen was in 1982 when she acted alongside her father in the comedy Lookin’ to Get Out.
Although she appeared in several films in the early 1990s, her first starring role was in the 1995 film Hackers. She earned critical acclaim for her 1998 television film Gia. This role earned her a Golden Globe award as well as an Emmy nomination. Since this time she has acted in well-known and highly-acclaimed films such as The Bone Collector and Girl, Interrupted, as well as several box office flops. Even though some of Jolie’s movies were unsuccessful, she is one of the most sought after actresses in Hollywood today. Mr. and Mrs. Smith earned her 10 million dollars while the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider movies have brought her 7 and 12 million dollars. She is set to appear in the upcoming film The Good Shepherd, directed by Robert Deniro.
Angelina’s relationships are as fascinating as the woman herself. Her first marriage was in 1996 to Hacker’s co-star Johnny Lee Miller, who also acted in the controversial film Trainspotting. Jolie sported a white shirt with Miller’s name painted in blood as she walked down the aisle. After their divorce in 1999, Jolie married academy-award winning actor Billy Bob Thornton, who had already been married four times. This relationship was highly covered by the media for the couple’s odd testaments of love, including their practice of wearing vials of the other’s blood around their necks. The odd testaments of love ended along with the marriage in 2003.
Angelina’s current and most widely publicized relationship is with actor Brad Pitt who was once engaged to Gwyneth Paltrow. Pitt and Jolie met on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith where it is rumored that the relationship began. Pitt is widely known in Hollywood, not only as a movie star, but also as the husband of Jennifer Aniston. The Aniston-Pitt marriage took place in 2000 and lasted only four short years. Because of the timing of their divorce, rumors abound that Jolie was the cause of this power couple’s separation and ultimate divorce.
Although Jolie has denied that she started an affair with Pitt while he was still married, the current nature of their relationship is no secret. He has adopted Angelina’s two adopted children: Cambodian-born Maddox and Ethiopian-born Zahara, whose names were legally changed to Jolie-Pitt. Jolie also gave birth to their biological daughter, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, in Namibia on May 27, 2006. As of yet, there has been no mention of a wedding date.
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