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Angelina
Jolie (born June 4,
1975) is an Academy
Award-winning American
actress and model. She
is known for her exotic
looks, her tumultuous
off-screen life, and her
humanitarian work with
refugees. She has
received three Golden
Globes as well as an
Oscar for Best
Supporting Actress for
her performance in the
film Girl,
Interrupted.
Biography
Born
Angelina Jolie Voight in
Los Angeles, California,
Jolie is the daughter of
actors Jon Voight and
Marcheline Bertrand. She
is the niece of Chip
Taylor and the
goddaughter of
Jacqueline Bisset and
Maximilian Schell. She
is also the sister of
James Haven. In a 2004
article in Vogue she
stated that her mother
is from Chicago. At the
Premiere Magazine "Women
in Hollywood" Awards,
she said her mother was
born in a bowling alley
and has stated that
because of her name
people often assume that
her mother is French.
Jolie's grandparents
were French-Canadian.
Her paternal grandfather
was from Czechoslovakia.
Her mother also studied
with Lee Strasberg. She
is of Czech and English
descent on her father's
side; and
French-Canadian and
Iroquois on her
mother's. As a teenager,
Jolie dreamed of
becoming a funeral
director. She attended
the Lee Strasberg
Theatre Institute from
the age of 11, later
attending Beverly Hills
High School. Though she
enrolled at the film
school at New York
University after
finishing Gia, she did
not complete her
studies.
Jolie
has been long estranged
from her father, though
a reconciliation was
attempted by his
appearing with her in
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
In the October 2004
issue of Premiere
Magazine, Jolie
indicated that she was
no longer interested in
pursuing a relationship
with her father, but
that she did not hate
him because she realised
that "...we only have so
much energy in this
life". Soon afterwards,
he claimed that she has
"serious emotional
problems" on Access
Hollywood, and she
legally dropped Voight
as her last name, taking
"Angelina Jolie" as her
legal name.
Websites:
Angelina
Jolie
- Filmography, awards,
biography,
etc.
News:
Angelina
Jolie Completes Vietnam
Adoption
22 March 2007
Angelina
Jolie Sorry For Media
Exposure
17 March 2007
Angelina
Jolie Arrives For
Vietnam
Adoption
15 March 2007
Angelina
Jolie To Adopt For Third
Time
03 March 2007
Angelina
Jolie Causes Stir On
Mumbai
Train
14 November
2006
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