Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975) is an American actress and Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award. Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with refugees through UNHCR. She has been cited as one of the world's most beautiful women and her off-screen life is widely reported.
Though she made her screen debut as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film Lookin' to Get Out, Jolie's acting career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2 (1993). Her first leading role in a major film was in Hackers (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical films George Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999). Jolie achieved wider fame after her portrayal of video game heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), and since then has established herself as one of the best-known and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. She has had her biggest commercial successes with the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) and the animated film Kung Fu Panda (2008).
Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, Jolie currently lives with actor Brad Pitt, in a relationship that has attracted worldwide media attention. Jolie and Pitt have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, as well as three biological children, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne.
Filmography
Though she made her screen debut as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film Lookin' to Get Out, Jolie's acting career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2 (1993). Her first leading role in a major film was in Hackers (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical films George Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999). Jolie achieved wider fame after her portrayal of video game heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), and since then has established herself as one of the best-known and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. She has had her biggest commercial successes with the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) and the animated film Kung Fu Panda (2008).
Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, Jolie currently lives with actor Brad Pitt, in a relationship that has attracted worldwide media attention. Jolie and Pitt have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, as well as three biological children, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Lookin' to Get Out | Tosh | |
| 1993 | Cyborg 2 | Casella "Cash" Reese | |
| 1995 | Without Evidence | Jodie Swearingen | |
| Hackers | Kate "Acid Burn" Libby | ||
| 1996 | Mojave Moon | Eleanor "Elie" Rigby | |
| Love Is All There Is | Gina Malacici | ||
| Foxfire | Margret "Legs" Sadovsky | ||
| 1997 | True Women (TV) | Georgia Virginia Lawshe Woods | |
| George Wallace (TV) | Cornelia Wallace | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series/Miniseries/TV Movie Nominated – Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | |
| Playing God | Claire | ||
| 1998 | Gia (TV) | Gia Marie Carangi | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries Nominated – Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| Hell's Kitchen | Gloria McNeary | ||
| Playing by Heart | Joan | National Board of Review Award – Breakthrough Performance | |
| Pushing Tin | Mary Bell | ||
| 1999 | The Bone Collector | Amelia Donaghy | |
| Girl, Interrupted | Lisa Rowe | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 2000 | Gone in Sixty Seconds | Sara "Sway" Wayland | |
| 2001 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Lara Croft | Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Fight |
| Original Sin | Julia Russell | ||
| 2002 | Life or Something Like It | Lanie Kerrigan | |
| 2003 | Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life | Lara Croft | |
| Beyond Borders | Sarah Jordan | ||
| 2004 | Taking Lives | Illeana Scott | |
| Shark Tale | Lola | Voice | |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Francesca "Franky" Cook | People's Choice Award – Favorite Female Action Star | |
| The Fever (TV) | Revolutionary | Cameo | |
| Alexander | Olympias | ||
| 2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Jane Smith | MTV Movie Award for Best Fight Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss Nominated – People's Choice Award – Favorite Female Movie Star Nominated – People's Choice Award – Favorite Female Action Star Nominated – People's Choice Award – Favorite On-Screen Match-Up (with Brad Pitt) |
| 2006 | The Good Shepherd | Margaret Russell | |
| 2007 | A Mighty Heart | Mariane Pearl | Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female Nominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture |
| Beowulf | Grendel's mother | Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Villain | |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | Master Tigress | Voice |
| Wanted | Fox | People's Choice Award – Favorite Female Action Star Nominated – People's Choice Award – Favorite Female Movie Star Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best WTF Moment | |
| Changeling | Christine Collins | Saturn Award for Best Actress Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture | |
| 2010 | Salt | Evelyn Salt | (in production) |
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | George Wallace | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Award | Best Supporting Actress – Series/Miniseries/TV Movie | Won | ||
| National Board of Review Award | Breakthrough Performance – Female | Playing by Heart | Won | |
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Gia | Nominated | |
| 1999 | Golden Globe Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV | Won | |
| Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries | Won | ||
| 2000 | Golden Globe Award | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Girl, Interrupted | Won |
| Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Won | ||
| Academy Award | Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Won | ||
| 2004 | People's Choice Award | Favourite Female Action Star | Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow | Won |
| 2008 | Golden Globe Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | A Mighty Heart | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | Golden Globe Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Changeling | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated | ||
| BAFTA Award | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated | ||
| Academy Award | Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
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