Angelina Jolie

Quick Links: | Angelina Jolie IMDB | Quotes | Biography, Awards & Links | Soulie Jolie | | Angelina's Kids | Jolie - Pitt Foundation MJP | Angelina Jolie News | UNHCR | "We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." - Angelina Jolie - Angelina Jolie Bio: Actress, model and humanitarian Angelina Jolie is the daughter of 70's movie star Jon Voight and actress Marcheline Bertrand. Her first movie was her father's Lookin' To Get Out with Burt Young in 1982, but curious Angelina fans are advised that, she was only 6 years old and while she was the best part in the otherwise droll film, she appeared only in the movie's last few minutes. Her parents divorced in 1976, Angelina and her brother were raised by their mother who abandoned her acting ambitions and moved with them to Sneden Landing, New York. When Angelina was 11 the family moved back to Los Angeles where she enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute(where she trained for 2 years appearing in several stage productions) and attended Beverly Hills High School. Her mother survived on a modest income so Angelina felt isolated among the children of the area's more affluent families, who often teased her about her distinctive features, being extremely thin and wearing glasses, braces and second-hand clothes. Her confidence was further diminished when her attempts at modeling were unsuccessful. At 14 and desperately low on self-esteem Angelina dropped out of her acting classes and dreamed of becoming a funeral director, she started to cut herself, wore black, dyed her hair purple and went out moshing with her live-in boyfriend. During those years she couldn't stand to be touched and in severe depression she once tried to hire a hitman to kill her. AJ: "This is going to sound insane, but there was a time I was going to hire somebody to kill me. The person spoke very sweetly to me, he made me think about it for a month. And after a month, other things changed in my life and I was surviving again." 2 years later when her relationship ended at age 16 Angelina had grown into the name 'Jolie'. She returned to theatre studies and graduated high school, she appeared in music videos by Meat Loaf and Lenny Kravitz, and at 17 she played a near-human in the low-budget movie Cyborg 2. Her first semi-hit was Hackers which failed to make a profit at the box-office but developed a cult following after its video release, and got Angelina a good review from the New York Times. In 1996 she appeared in several movies, such as Foxfire for which the LA Times gave her a positive review. She also had a widely publicized affair with co-star model Jenny Shimizu. Angelina's career prospects improved after her performance in 1997's biographical film George Wallace for which she won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy, and her performance in 1998's HBO film Gia, where she portrayed supermodel Gia Carangi. For the second consecutive year she won a Golden Globe, was nominated for an Emmy and won her first Screen Actors Guild Award. After Gia, Angelina moved to New York and stopped acting for a short period of time because she felt she had "nothing else to give." She studied film making and attended writing classes at NYU. Angelina returned to film in 1998's Hell's Kitchen and Playing By Heart, and in 1999 she appeared in Pushing Tin and The Bone Collector. Angelina's breakthrough role was in 1999's Girl Interrupted where she portrayed the chronically depressed mental patient Lisa Rowe, based of Susanna Kaysen's memoir. Winning her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2001 Angelina starred as Lara Croft in the adaption of the popular Tomb Raider video game, this made her an international superstar and launched her global reputation as a female action hero. Filming Tomb Raider in Cambodia is what sparked her work as a humanitarian and it is where she adopted her first child, son Maddox. Since then Angelina has starred in many other movies including 2003's Tomb Raider sequel The Cradle of Life, 2004's Taking Lives and Alexander, and her biggest commercial success to date 2005's Mr. & Mrs. Smith. More recently 2008's Kung Fu Panda(voice), Wanted and Changeling. Angelina has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees since 2001, and seems to take her UN work very seriously. Angelina got her pilot's license in 2004 and flies a Cirrus SR22 one of the safest single-engine planes which includes a parachute that will carry the entire plane to safety.She is now one of the highest paid, highly sought after actresses in Hollywood today. Relationships: Jenny Shimizu: 1994 - 1995 and 1999 - 2000 Jonny Lee Miller: Married: March 28 1996 Divorced: Feb 4 1999 Billy Bob Thornton: Married: May 5 2000 Divorced: May 27 2003 Brad Pitt: Together: 2005 - present Children: Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt: Adopted from a local orphanage in Battambang, Cambodia on March 10 2002. Born August 5 2001 as Rath Vibol. Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt: Adopted from Wide Horizons For Children orphanage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on July 6 2005. Born January 8 2005 as Yemsrach, later given the legal name Tena Adam in an orphanage. Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt: Born in Swakopmund, Namibia on May 27 2006. Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt: Adopted from Tam Binh orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on March 15 2007, his name means 'peaceful sky'. Born November 29 2003 as Pham Quang Sang. Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt: Born in the Santa Maria clinic of the Lenval Foundation in Nice, France on July 12 2008. Middle name Marcheline to honor Angelina's mother. Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt: Born in the Santa Maria clinic of the Lenval Foundation in Nice, France on July 12 2008. Knox because it was Brad's grandfather's middle name. Angelina Jolie's Tattoos *numbers on pictures correspond to descriptions Buddhist Pali Incantation - on her left shoulder blade written in Khmer script, Cambodian. To protect her and Cambodian son Maddox. Done by Noo Kanhphaiin in Pathum Thani (north of Bangkok). It translates as, "May your enemies run far away from you. If you acquire riches, may they remain yours always. Your beauty will be that of Apsara. Wherever you may go, many will attend, serve and protect you, surrounding you on all sides." Know Your Rights - on the back of her neck, favorite song by The Clash. Latin Phrase and Cross - on her left hip, the cross covers a tattoo of a little dragon with a blue tongue she had done while drunk in Amsterdam. The latin phrase is "Quod me nutrit me destruit." meaning, "What nourishes me, destroys me." Tribal - on her lower back just below the Bengal tiger. Roman Numerals XIII and V MCMXL - underneath her left forearm, XIII is 13 in roman numerals to show she doesn't believe in superstitions. V MCMXL is 13 May 1940, the date Winston Churchill gave his famous speech, he said "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." Rune style Letter H - on her left wrist, reminder of brother James Haven. Letter M - on the palm of her right hand, to remember and honor her mother Marcheline Bertrand who passed away January 27 2007 (faded). Arabic Script - underneath her right forearm, meaning "Strength of Will" or "Determination". It covers up the abstract line tattoo that she had done and created with ex husband Billy Bob Thornton. Tennessee Williams Quote - on her left arm, it says "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages." Done together with her mother. Bengal Tiger - on her lower back, 12" long 8" wide Bengal tiger done in Bangkok July 8 2004 by the same artist who did the Buddhist Pali Incantation (1.) The tiger's tail covers her blue window tattoo. Geographical Coordinates - upper left arm, latitudes and longitudes of the locations where all of her children entered her life. This tattoo covers the Asian dragon tattoo and Billy Bob's name although it's still slightly visible. Removed/Covered Up Tattoos: Asian Dragon & Billy Bob's name now covered by geographical coordinates. Tribal Dragon which is now partly covered by the Bengal Tiger. Blue Window now covered by Bengal tiger's tail, this represented the fact that she always found herself looking through the window, wishing she was somewhere else, she had it covered because she is now where she wants to be. Blue Tongued Dragon now covered by the cross. Abstract Lines now covered by Arabic phrase. Kanji Symbol for Death now removed and covered by Khmer Script. Japanese Symbol for Courage now removed as ex husband Johnny Lee Miller has a matching tattoo. Energy Waves below naval, perhaps removed and tattoo in pubic area referring to Billy Bob. Now: Angelina, Brad and their 6 children will be moving to a mansion in the sprawling waterfront Sassafras estate on Long Island's Gold Coast, NY, they will stay there for several months while Angelina films her new movie 'Edwin A. Salt'.

Angelina Jolie Vital Stats: Full Name: Angelina Jolie Voight (Voight legally dropped in 2002) Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Hair: Brown (natural blonde) AJ: "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 that look then. So I'm basically a natural blonde." Eyes: Blue/Green Notable feature(s): Husky voice, full lips Nickname(s): Angie, Ange, AJ Star Sign: Western - Gemini Chinese - Rabbit Heritage: Czech, German, French-Canadian and Iroquois. Education: William O. Schaefer School Beverly Hills High School (later Moreno High School) Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute Film Major at New York University. Family: Father: Jon Voight Mother: Marcheline Bertrand Brother: James Haven Partner: Brad Pitt Sons: Maddox Chivan, Pax Thien and Knox Leon, Daughters: Zahara Marley, Shiloh Nouvel and Vivienne Marcheline. Resides in: France, New Orleans and Beverly Hills Religious affiliations: No indication of commitment to any one faith, she seems to take a United-Nations approach to her family, and perhaps her religion. AJ: “Brad got me this great thing for Christmas. It’s a bookshelf that has a book on every religion. That’s how we plan to raise our kids. Teach them about all religions. They can pick one or be a student of all of them. We’ll celebrate Kwanzaa for our girl. We’ll celebrate moon and water festivals for our boys. We’ll take them to temples in certain countries. Also to church.” - Vanity Fair June 2008 Political affiliation: Independant "I think people assume I'm a Democrat. But I'm registered Independent." Charities/Causes: Goodwill Ambassador for the UNHCR On board of advisers for Yéle Haiti Foundation Co-chairs the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict Cambodian Vision in Development Daniel Pearl Foundation Doctors Without Borders Reporters Without Borders Member of the Council on Foreign Relations Patron of Adopt a Minefield Jolie/Pitt Foundation ONE Campaign UNICEF Peace One Day Global Action for Children Afghanistan Relief Organisation Alliance for the Lost Boys Cancer Schmancer Movement Clinton Global Initiative Direct Change Human Rights Watch Kids in Need of Defense Millenium Promise Alliance Millenium Villages UN Millenium Project Sophie's Gift Causes: Fostering/Adoption Orphans AIDS Cancer Creative Arts Peace Refugees Women Economic/Business Support Disaster Relief Education Environment Health Human Rights Hunger Poverty Water AJ: "I do what I want to do, because I love it. I got into the field years ago because I wanted to understand what was happening in the world and I love spending time with refugees. Selfishly, it's the most I've ever grown, the most I've ever learned and some of the best times I've ever had speaking with other human beings." - on her work as a UN Goodwill Ambassador *Harper's Bazaar December 2008 Issue Personal interests & hobbies: Reading, traveling, being a mom, other cultures, humanitarianism Awards: 80 - 33 Wins & 47 Nominations.....See all *these include Humanitarian awards

Angelina Jolie Trivia

Appeared in music videos for:
Antonello Venditti - "Alta Marea"
Lenny Kravitz - " Stand By My Woman" (1991)
The Lemonheads - "It's About Time"
Meat Loaf - "Rock 'N' Roll Dreams Come Through" (1994)
The Rolling Stones - "Anybody Seen My Baby" (1997)
Korn - "Did My Time" (2003)
(see them in the video gallery)

Uncle: Chip Taylor
Godfather: Maximilian Schell
Godmother: Jacqueline Bisset

She is left handed.

Angelina's favourite colour is black, she says "It goes with everything".

Her favourite painter is Egon Schiele

She loves snakes and lizards, when she was younger she had a pet snake called Harry Dean Stanton and a lizard called Vladimir.

Angelina has admittedly dabbled with cocaine, LSD, E and heroine but she has vowed never to touch them again.

She enjoys surrealism and self-help books and her favourite author is Ayn Rand.

She enjoys watching King of the Hill, Animal Planet and the
Game Show Network.

Favourite fast food restaurant is McDonalds and she has
said that Cheerios are the "greatest food in the world."

Her favourite feature about herself are the veins on her
forearms, but she has always felt that she looked like
a muppet. "I am odd-looking. I sometimes think I look like
a funny muppet."

Her favourite movies of her Dad's are "Anaconda" and "Conrack".

Openly bisexual - (when asked if she was bisexual), "Of course. If
I fell in love with a woman tomorrow, would I feel that it's okay
to want to kiss and touch her? If I fell in love with her?
Absolutely! Yes!"

The perfume she wears is 'Herrera' she says "I've worn it forever" and she likes it "because it's not spicy or flowery. It's nice."

One of her favourite singers is Madonna, in 2001 she went to
see Madonna's Drowned World Tour live in London.

She knows how to tango, briefly demonstarted in Mr. & Mrs. Smith

She never goes anywhere without her Blistex.

In 2004, she was made an honorary citizen of Cambodia by
the Prime Minister of Cambodia because of her social work
there.

Her favourite lipstick is by 'Urban Apothecary' and she wears a colour called 'charm'.

After playing Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider
movies she would sometimes unknowingly adopt an English
accent while speaking.

Used to collect knives and had an interest in mortuary science.

She was considered for the roll of Kelly Kapowski in
"Saved By the Bell" (1989).

Angelina's favourite Disney character is Dumbo, she said that her family says everyone has a favourite Disney character that says something about them. She said "maybe Dumbo was always laughed at for the things that were strange about him and eventually was proud of that and that's what made him fly" which is why she can relate to him.

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