Angelina Jolie: Quick Facts

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Academy Award-winning American actress Angelina Jolie was known for her sex appeal and edginess as well as for her humanitarian work. She won an Academy Award for her supporting role as a mental patient in "Girl, Interrupted" (1999).

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Also Known As	Angelina Jolie Voight
Born	June 4, 1975 (age 51) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (2000) • Golden Globe Award (2000) • Golden Globe Award (1999) • Golden Globe Award (1998) • Academy Award (2000): Actress in a Supporting Role • Golden Globe Award (2000): Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture • Golden Globe Award (1999): Best Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television • Golden Globe Award (1998): Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television • Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (2013) • Screen Actors Guild Award (2000): Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role • Screen Actors Guild Award (1999): Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Notable Works	“By the Sea” • “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers” • “In the Land of Blood and Honey” • “Unbroken”
Notable Family Members	spouse Billy Bob Thornton • spouse Brad Pitt • father Jon Voight • daughter of Jon Voight • daughter of Marcheline Bertrand • married to Brad Pitt (2014–present) • married to Billy Bob Thornton (2000–2003) • married to Jonny Lee Miller (1996–1999) • mother of Maddox Jolie-Pitt (b. 2001) • mother of Pax Jolie-Pitt (b. 2003) • mother of Zahara Jolie-Pitt (b. 2005) • mother of Shiloh Jolie-Pitt (b. 2006) • mother of Vivienne Jolie-Pitt (b. 2008) • mother of Knox Jolie-Pitt (b. 2008) • sister of James Haven
Education	New York University • Beverly Hills High School (Beverly Hills, California) • Moreno High School (Beverly Hills, California)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Maleficent" (2014) • "Wanted" (2008) • "Mojave Moon" (1996) • "Salt" (2010) • "Taking Lives" (2004) • "The Good Shepherd" (2006) • "Pushing Tin" (1999) • "True Women" (1997) • "By the Sea" (2015) • "Lookin' to Get Out" (1982) • "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (2001) • "Hackers" (1995) • "The Fever" (2004) • "Beowulf" (2007) • "The Tourist" (2010) • "Girl, Interrupted" (1999) • "Original Sin" (2001) • "Life or Something Like It" (2002) • "Playing God" (1997) • "Beyond Borders" (2003) • "Playing by Heart" (1998) • "Kung Fu Panda 2" (2011) • "Gia" (1998) • "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" (2003) • "The Bone Collector" (1999) • "Hell's Kitchen" (1998) • "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (2005) • "Without Evidence" (1995) • "A Mighty Heart" (2007) • "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" (2019) • "Changeling" (2008) • "Kung Fu Panda" (2008) • "Come Away" (2020) • "Gone in Sixty Seconds" (2000) • "Kung Fu Panda 3" (2016) • "Foxfire" (1996) • "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" (2004) • "George Wallace" (1997) • "Shark Tale" (2004) • "Love Is All There Is" (1996) • "Alexander" (2004)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"By the Sea" (2015) • "In the Land of Blood and Honey" (2011) • "A Place in Time" (2007) • "Unbroken" (2014) • "First They Killed My Father" (2017)

Did You Know?

Jolie made news in 2013 for having a preventive double mastectomy after discovering mutations in her BRCA1 gene, which increase the odds of developing breast or ovarian cancer.
In 2001 Jolie was named a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; she traveled to numerous poverty-stricken countries and advocated on issues related to refugees and mass displacement. Jolie remained a Goodwill Ambassador through 2012, when she was given the expanded role of Special Envoy.