Angelina Jolie was born in the family of an almost unknown actress Michelle Bertrand and Voight on June 4, 1975. By that time, their marriage was already at an end, and when the girl was a year old, they divorced. Angie and his elder brother James Haven lived with their mother, but Voight took an active part in their upbringing. As a child, Angelina Jolie learned to manipulate her parents, but when they understood what was happening, it was too late, since Angie became uncontrollable.
At school, the girl’s relations with teachers also did not work out. She was enrolled in a group of children who need the help of a psychotherapist. In 1982, she made her film debut - Angelina Jolie starred in the movie "In Search of a Way Out", where her father was co-producer and co-author of the script. At the age of twelve, Angie signed up for acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, which she attended on an equal basis with adults. Even during her studies, she felt a craving for an eccentric and strange. The father was astonished when he saw his daughter at the next theatrical premiere, as part of the courses, not in the role of a fatal beauty or a pretty fool, but a crazy little girl who everyone chuckles at.
Angelina Jolie - the beginning of a stellar career
Angelina Jolie decided that her life should be devoted to cinema at the age of eighteen. The first film in which she received a prominent role was called Cyborg 2. In it, Angie played the beauty cyborg in love with her hand-to-hand trainer. After that, there was a slight respite, as the actress was waiting for more spectacular roles. In 1995, Angelina Jolie starred in “Hackers”, in 1997 - “Depicting God”, where Timothy Hatton and David Duchovny became her partners.
Angelina Jolie - gaining popularity
Despite all her eccentricity, Jolie manages to play the most diverse roles. She has on her account the wife of the Alabama Governor bedridden in the movie “George Wallace” and the AIDS drug addict in the film “Gia”, the policewoman in the film “Power of Fear” and the grumpy wife in the comedy “Managing Flights”, the tear-off hijacker in the movie “Gone in 60 Seconds” and the violent patient of the psychiatric clinic in the movie drama “Interrupted Life” ... For several of these works, Angelina Jolie received the Golden Globe, and for the role of the sociopath Fox in the movie “Interrupted Life” - “Oscar” .
Angelina Jolie - The Most Notable Roles
Now, an entire series of invitations to shoot in very successful films rained down on the actress. In 2001, she managed to star in the first episode of the movie "Lara Croft - Tomb Raider". This picture has collected at the box office 270 million dollars. The next picture, “Lara Croft - Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life”, did not cause such a stir and gathered a much smaller cash register. Angelina Jolie gained the greatest popularity after filming in the film "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," which was released in 2005. This tape has grossed more than $ 480 million worldwide.
Angelina Jolie - personal life
Angelina Jolie was married twice, but both of these marriages broke up. When she was 20, she married British movie partner Johnny Lee Miller in the movie Hackers. They managed to live together for only a year and both remained good friends. According to Jolie herself, the reason was youth and rashness of actions.
In 2000, she again began an affair with a filming partner. When working on the movie "Managing Flights," Angelina Jolie met Billy Bob Thornton and they soon signed. In May 2003, the couple divorced, after which both removed tattoos with the name of the former half from their bodies.
Around the personal life of Angelina, there was always a rumor that she was bisexual. Well-known was her romance with a partner in the film "False Fire", whose name is Jenny Shimitsu.
In 2005, Angelina Jolie found herself at the very epicenter of the Hollywood scandal, as she became the wrestler of the marriage of Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt. Having met on the set of the movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," they could no longer live without each other. For some time, Angelina Jolie denied the affair with married Brad, but soon after his divorce from Aniston, she no longer concealed her affection.
Six months later, they were increasingly seen together and Angelina Jolie publicly announced her pregnancy. Since then, their adopted children from Ethiopia Zahara, the adopted son from Vietnam Pax Thien and the adopted boy Madox from Cambodia, have added their own children - in 2006, the girl Shailo Nouvel was born, and in 2008 - gay twins Vivien Marcheline and Knox Leon.
Angelina Jolie - interesting facts
- At the wedding with Johnny Lee Miller, the actress was dressed in a white T-shirt and black leather pants. On a T-shirt, Angelina Jolie wrote the name of her future spouse with her own blood.
- Her body has many tattoos, including a dragon (the Japanese symbol of death) and a large black cross on her stomach.
- The actress is licensed to fly an airplane. Angelina has a pilot on staff, but she herself can perfectly control the flight.
- She is left-handed.
- Angelina Jolie is actively involved in humanitarian assistance around the world.
Angelina Jolie - today
In January 2007, her mother died of cancer. The actress maintains the warmest relations with her brother. More recently, she made her debut as a director with the movie "In the Land of Blood and Honey", and in the summer the shooting of the film "Consultant" will begin, where Angelina Jolie will play a secondary role, as she will simultaneously be involved in Tim Burton's Maleficent project.
