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| '''Angelina Jolie''' (born ], ]) is an ] ] ], a former fashion ] and a ] for the ]. She is often cited by popular media as one of the world's most beautiful women<ref name="Most Beautiful">, People Magazine.</ref> and her off-screen life is widely reported. She has received three ], two ] and an ]. | |||
| After appearing as a child alongside her father ] in the 1982 film '']'', Jolie's acting career began in earnest a decade later with the ] production '']'' (1993) and she played her first leading role in a major film in '']'' (1995). She appeared in the critically acclaimed ]s '']'' (1997) and '']'' (1998), and won an ] for her performance in the drama '']'' (1999). She achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of ] heroine ] in '']'' (2001), and since then has established herself as one of the best known and highest paid actresses in ]. She had her biggest commercial success with the action-comedy '']'' (2005).<ref name="Angelina Jolie Movie Box Office Results"> Box Office Mojo</ref> | |||
| Divorced from actors ] and ], Jolie currently lives with actor ], in a relationship that has attracted worldwide media attention.<ref name="The Brangelina fever">, theage.com.au</ref> Jolie and Pitt have two adopted children, Maddox and Zahara, and a biological child, Shiloh. Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with ] through ]. | |||
| ==Early life and family== | |||
| Born '''Angelina Jolie Voight''' in ], ], she is the daughter of actors ] and ]. Jolie is the niece of ], sister of ] and the god-daughter of ] and ]. People often assume that Jolie's mother is French, because of her name, but Jolie's grandparents were ].<ref name="Wild at heart"> Allure, November 2004</ref> She is of ] descent on her father's side, and French-Canadian and ] on her mother's side.<ref name="Inside the Actors Studio"> Bravo. June 5, 2005</ref><ref name="News from Elsewhere: The glamour of Swindon: Billie Piper, Melinda"> The Independent. July 18, 2005</ref> | |||
| After her parents' divorce in 1976, Jolie and her brother were raised by their mother, who abandoned her acting ambitions and moved with them to ].<ref name="Angelina Jolie: Body Beautiful">, Vogue, April 2002 issue</ref> As a child Jolie collected snakes and lizards and had a crush on ]. She regularly saw movies with her mother and later explained that this had inspired her interest in ]; she had not been influenced by her father.<ref name="Angelina Jolie Biography">, tiscali.film & TV</ref> When she was 11, the family moved back to Los Angeles and Jolie decided she wanted to act and enrolled at the ], where she trained for two years and appeared in several stage productions. She later recalled her time as a student at ] (later Moreno High School), and her feeling of isolation among the children of some of the area's more affluent families. Jolie's mother survived on a more modest income, and Jolie often wore ] clothes. She was teased by other students who also targeted her for her distinctive features, for being extremely thin, and for wearing glasses and ].<ref name="Angelina Jolie Biography">, tiscali.film & TV</ref> Her ] was further diminished when her initial attempts at ] proved unsuccessful. As her despondency grew, she started to ]; later commenting during an appearance on ], "I collected knives and always had certain things around. For some reason, the ritual of having cut myself and feeling the pain, maybe feeling alive, feeling some kind of release, it was somehow therapeutic to me."<ref name="Paula Zahn Now">, CNN.com - Transcripts</ref> At 14, she dropped out of her acting classes and dreamed of becoming a ].<ref>. Rolling Stone. July 2001. Retrieved 8 April 2006.</ref> Her self-loathing led her to embark on a rebellious period in her life; she wore black, dyed her hair purple and went out ] with her live-in boyfriend.<ref name="Angelina Jolie Biography">, tiscali.film & TV</ref> Two years later, after the relationship had ended, she rented an apartment above a garage a few blocks from her mother's home.<ref name="Angelina Jolie: Body Beautiful">, Vogue, April 2002 issue</ref> She returned to ] studies and graduated from ], though in recent time she has referred to this period with the observation, "I am still at heart just a punk kid with tattoos".<ref name="Angelina Jolie: Quotes">, Angelina Jolie Community</ref> | |||
| Jolie has been long estranged from her father, blaming his infidelity for the break-up of the family, though a reconciliation was attempted, and he appeared with her in '']''. In July 2002, Jolie filed a request to legally change her name to "Angelina Jolie", dropping Voight as her surname; the name change was made official on ], ].<ref name="Angelina Jolie's Name Interrupted"> E! Online. September 17, 2002</ref> In August of the same year, Voight claimed that his daughter had "serious emotional problems" on '']''. In the October 2004 issue of '']'', Jolie indicated that she no longer wished to pursue a relationship with her father, and said, "My father and I don’t speak. I don’t hold any anger toward him. I don’t believe that somebody’s family becomes their blood. Because my son’s adopted, and families are earned." She stated that she did not want to publicize her reasons for her estrangement from her father, but because she had adopted her son, she did not think it was healthy for her to associate with Voight.<ref name="Premiere Magazine - Angelina Jolie">, Premiere Magazine, October 2004</ref> Voight has not met his grandchildren.<ref name="News for Angelina Jolie"> IMDb.com</ref> | |||
| ==1993–1997: Early work== | |||
| Jolie began working as a ] at 14. She was signed with ] and modeled in both the ] and ], working mainly in ], ] and ]. She also appeared in numerous ], including those of ] ("Rock'n'Roll Dreams Come Through"), ] ("Alta Marea") and ] ("Stand by My Woman"). At the age of 16 Jolie returned to theatre, and played her first role as a German ]. She began to learn from her father, as she noticed his method of observing people to become like them. Their relationship during this time was less strained, with Jolie realizing that they were both "drama queens".<ref name="Angelina Jolie Biography">, tiscali.film & TV</ref> ] in '']''.]] | |||
| Jolie appeared in five of her brother's student films, made while he attended the ], but her professional movie career began in 1993, when she played her first leading role in the ] '']'', as Casella "Cash" Reese, a near-human ], designed to seduce her way into a rival manufacturer's headquarters and then self-detonate. Following several undistinguished projects she starred as Kate "Acid Burn" Libby in her first ] picture, '']'' (1995), where she met her first husband ]. '']'' wrote, "Kate (Angelina Jolie) stands out. That's because she scowls even more sourly than and is that rare female hacker who sits intently at her keyboard in a see-through top. Despite her sullen posturing, which is all this role requires, Ms. Jolie has the sweetly cherubic looks of her father, Jon Voight."<ref name="Hackers - Review">, The New York Times, September 15, 1995</ref> The movie failed to make a profit at the ], but developed a cult following after its video release.<ref name="How Hollywood portrays hackers">, CNN.com. May 4, 2001</ref> | |||
| She appeared as Gina Malacici in the 1996 comedy '']'', a modern-day loose adaptation of '']'' set among two rival Italian family restaurant owners in Bronx, New York. In the ] '']'' she was a youngster, named Eleanor Rigby, who falls for ], while he takes a shine to her mother, ]. Still in 1996 she played Margret "Legs" Sadovsky, one of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond in the film '']'' after they beat up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. The '']'' wrote about Jolie's performance, "It took a lot of hogwash to develop this character, but Jolie, Jon Voight's knockout daughter, has the presence to overcome the stereotype. Though the story is narrated by Maddy, Legs is the subject and the catalyst."<ref name="calendarlive.com: Movie Review - Foxfire">, The Los Angeles Times, August 23, 1996</ref> | |||
| In 1997 Jolie starred with ] in the thriller '']'', a film portraying a famed L.A. surgeon who is stripped of his medical license and is lured deep into the criminal world where he meets Jolie’s character, Claire. The movie was not received well by critics and ] noted that "Angelina Jolie finds a certain warmth in a kind of role that is usually hard and aggressive; she seems too nice to be girlfriend, and maybe she is."<ref name="Reviews : Playing God">, Chicago Sun-Times, October 17, 1997</ref> She then appeared in the ] '']'', a historical romantic drama set in the ], and based on the book by ]. | |||
| ==1997–2000: Breakthrough== | |||
| Jolie's career prospects began to improve after her performance as Cornelia Wallace in the 1997 ] '']'' for which she won a ] and was nominated for an ]. The film was highly praised by ] and, among other awards, received the Golden Globe for "Best Miniseries/Motion Picture made for TV". She played the second wife of the segregationist Governor of Alabama who was shot and paralyzed while running for President. The film starred ] and was directed by ]. | |||
| In 1998 Jolie starred in ] '']'', as the ], ]. The film depicted a world of sex, drugs and emotional drama, and chronicled the destruction of Carangi's life and career as a result of her drug addiction, and her decline and death from ]. Vanessa Vance from ''Reel.com'' noted, "Angelina Jolie gained wide recognition for her role as the titular Gia, and it's easy to see why. Jolie is fierce in her portrayal – filling the part with nerve, charm, and desperation – and her role in this film is quite possibly the most beautiful train wreck ever filmed."<ref name="Gia (1998)">, Reel.com</ref> For the second consecutive year, Jolie won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy. She also won her first ]. In accordance with ] ] Jolie reportedly prefers to stay in character in between scenes during many of her films, and as a result has gained a reputation for being difficult to deal with. While shooting ''Gia'', she told her then-husband ] that she wouldn't be able to phone him. "I'd tell him: 'I'm alone; I'm dying; I'm gay; I'm not going to see you for weeks.'"<ref name="Angelina Jolie interviews featuring Jonny Lee Miller"> jonnyleemiller.co.uk</ref> | |||
| Following ''Gia'', Jolie moved to ] and stopped acting for a short period of time, because she felt that she had "nothing else to give". She enrolled at ] to study filmmaking and attended writing classes. She described it as "just good for me to collect myself" on '']''.<ref name="Inside the Actors Studio"> Bravo. June 5, 2005</ref> | |||
| Jolie returned to film as Gloria McNeary in the 1998 gangster movie '']'', and later that year was part of an ensemble cast that included ], ], ] and ] in '']''. The drama tells the story of several seemingly unconnected characters, with Jolie playing a young club-scene hipster, Joan. The film received predominantly positive reviews and Jolie was praised in particular. The '']'' wrote, "Jolie, working through an overwritten part, is a sensation as the desperate club crawler learning truths about what she's willing to gamble."<ref name="`Heart' Barely Misses a Beat, Small life stories come together">, San Francisco Chronicle, January 22, 1999</ref> Jolie won the Breakthrough Performance Award by the ]. | |||
| In 1999 she starred in the ] comedy-drama '']'', about two air traffic controllers who engage in macho conflict, co-starring alongside ], ], and ]. Jolie played Thornton's seductive wife Mary Bell. The film received a lukewarm reception from critics and Jolie's character was particularly criticized. The '']'' wrote, "Mary (Angelina Jolie), a completely ludicrous writer's creation of a free-spirited woman who weeps over hibiscus plants that die, wears lots of turquoise rings and gets real lonely when Russell spends entire nights away from home."<ref name="'Pushing Tin' (R)">, Washington Post, April 23, 1999 </ref> She then worked with ] in '']'', an adapted crime novel written by ]. Jolie played Amelia Donaghy, a police officer haunted by her cop father's suicide, who is reluctant to help Washington tracking down a serial killer. The movie grossed $151 million worldwide,<ref name="Angelina Jolie Movie Box Office Results"> Box Office Mojo</ref> but was a critical failure; the '']'' concluded, "Jolie, while always delicious to look at, is simply and woefully miscast."<ref name="The Bone Collector">, Rotten Tomatoes</ref> | |||
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| Jolie next took the supporting role of Lisa Rowe alongside ] in '']'', a film that tells the story of a mental patient ], and which was adapted from Kaysen's original memoir '']''. The movie was supposed to be a return to dramatic form for Ryder, but instead became the "welcome-to-] coronation" for Jolie.<ref name="'IMDb Movie of the Day"> IMDb.com. March 7, 2003</ref> Jolie won her third Golden Globe, her second Screen Actors Guild Award and an ] for Best Supporting Actress. '']'' noted, "Jolie is excellent as the flamboyant, irresponsible girl who turns out to be far more instrumental than the doctors in Susanna's rehabilitation"<ref name="Variety.com - Reviews - Girl, Interrupted">, Variety, Dec. 10, 1999</ref> and ] wrote about her performance: | |||
| {{cquote|Jolie is emerging as one of the great wild spirits of current movies, a loose cannon who somehow has deadly aim.<ref name="Reviews : Girl, Interrupted">, Chicago Sun-Times, January 14, 2000</ref>}} | |||
| In 2000 Jolie appeared in her first summer ] '']'', in which she played Sarah "Sway" Wayland, ex-girlfriend of car-thief ]. The role was small, and the '']'' criticized that "all she does in this movie is stand around, cooling down, modeling those fleshy, pulsating muscle-tubes that nest so provocatively around her teeth."<ref name="'Gone in 60 Seconds': Lost in the Exhaust">, Washington Post, June 9, 2000 </ref> She later explained that the film was a welcome relief after the heavy role of Lisa Rowe, and it became her highest grossing movie up until then, with $237 million internationally.<ref name="Angelina Jolie Movie Box Office Results"> Box Office Mojo</ref> | |||
| ==2001–present: International success== | |||
| Although highly regarded for her acting abilities, Jolie's films to date had often not appealed to a wide audience, but '']'' (2001) made her an international ]. An adaptation of the popular ''] '' ], Jolie was required to master a British accent and undergo extensive ] training to play the title role of ]. She was generally praised for her physical performance, but the movie generated mostly negative reviews. '']'' commented, "Angelina Jolie was born to play Lara Croft but ] makes her journey into a game of ]."<ref name="'Film Review - Lara Croft: Tomb Raider">, slant magazine, 2001. </ref> The movie was a huge international success nonetheless, earning $275 million worldwide,<ref name="Angelina Jolie Movie Box Office Results"> Box Office Mojo</ref> and started her reputation as a female action star. | |||
| Jolie then starred alongside ] as the mail-order bride Julia Russell in '']'', a thriller based on the novel ''Waltz into Darkness'' by ]. The film was a major critical failure, with '']'' noting, "The story plunges more precipitously than Ms. Jolie's neckline."<ref name="Original Sin - Review ">, The New York Times, August 3, 2001</ref> In 2002, she played Lanie Kerrigan in '']'', a film about an ambitious TV reporter who is told that she will die in a week. The film was poorly received by critics, though Jolie's performance received positive reviews. ] ] wrote, "Jolie is excellent in her role. Despite some of the ludicrous plot points in the middle of the film, this Academy Award-winning actress is exceedingly believable in her journey towards self-discovery and the true meaning of fulfilling life."<ref name="Jolie shines in up-and-down 'Life'">, CNN.com, April 25, 2002</ref> | |||
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| Jolie reprised her role as Lara Croft in '']'' in 2003. The ], while not as lucrative as the original, earned $156 million at the international box-office.<ref name="Angelina Jolie Movie Box Office Results"> Box Office Mojo</ref> Later that year Jolie starred in '']'', a film about ] in Africa. Although reflecting Jolie's real-life interest in promoting humanitarian relief, the film was critically and financially unsuccessful. The '']'' wrote, "Jolie, as she did in her Oscar-winning role in ''Girl, Interrupted'', can bring electricity and believability to roles that have a reality she can understand. She can also, witness the ''Lara Croft'' films, do acknowledged cartoons. But the limbo of a hybrid character, a badly written cardboard person in a fly-infested, blood-and-guts world, completely defeats her."<ref name="'Beyond Borders' turns out to be an unreal film about a too-real situation">, Los Angeles Times, October 24, 2003</ref> | |||
| In 2004, Jolie starred alongside ] in the thriller '']'', as Illeana Scott, an ] ] summoned to help ] law enforcement hunt down a ]. The movie received mixed reviews and '']'' concluded, "Angelina Jolie plays a role that definitely feels like something she has already done, but she does add an unmistakable dash of excitement and glamour."<ref name="Taking Lives">, The Hollywood Reporter, March 15, 2004</ref> She also provided the voice of Lola, an ] in the animated ] movie '']''; the cast included ], ], ], ] and ]. Also in 2004, Jolie had a brief appearance as Franky in ] '']'', a ] adventure film shot with actors entirely in front of a ], with all the ] and nearly all of the props ]. Jolie then played ] in '']'', ] biopic about the life of ]. The film failed domestically, with Stone attributing its poor reception to disapproval of the depiction of Alexander’s homosexuality,<ref>. film.guardian.co.uk</ref> but it succeeded internationally, with revenue of $139 million outside the United States.<ref name="Angelina Jolie Movie Box Office Results"> Box Office Mojo</ref> '']'' wrote of Jolie's performance, "Jolie is the only one in the picture who seems to be having any fun with her role, and one misses her whenever she's off-screen."<ref name="'Alexander' lacks greatness">, Newsday, November 24, 2004</ref> | |||
| Jolie's only movie of 2005, the action-comedy '']'', is also her biggest commercial success to date. The film, directed by ], tells the story of a bored married couple who find out that they're both secret assassins. Jolie starred as Jane Smith alongside ]. The film was well received and was generally lauded for the chemistry between the two leads. The '']'' noted, "While the story feels haphazard, the movie gets by on gregarious charm, galloping energy and the stars' thermonuclear screen chemistry."<ref name="Mr. & Mrs. Smith">, Rotten Tomatoes</ref> The movie earned over $478 million worldwide, one of the biggest hits of 2005.<ref name="Angelina Jolie Movie Box Office Results"> Box Office Mojo</ref> | |||
| Jolie next appeared in ]'s '']'' (2006), a movie about the early history of the ], as seen through the eyes of Edward Wilson, played by ]. Jolie co-stared as Margaret Russell, Wilson's neglected wife who becomes increasingly discontented by the effects of his work. The '']'' commented on her role, "Jolie ages convincingly throughout, and is blithely unconcerned with how her brittle character is coming off in terms of audience sympathy."<ref name="Movie review: 'The Good Shepherd'">, Chicago Tribune</ref> | |||
| Jolie's confirmed future projects include the animated movies '']'' (playing ]) and '']'', as well as '']'', a film based on the life of ], the '']'' reporter who was kidnapped and murdered in ]; she will star as Pearl's wife, ].<ref>. MSNBC.com</ref> She will also appear in the movie adaptation of '']'' and is rumored to be involved in '']''.<ref name="News for Angelina Jolie"> IMDb.com</ref> | |||
| ==Humanitarian work== | |||
| Jolie first became personally aware of worldwide humanitarian crises while filming '']'' in ]-stricken and widely ] ]. According to Jolie, "I discovered things about what's happening in the world... Cambodia was really eye opening for me."<ref name="Angelina Jolie on Filling Lara Croft's Shoes and D-size Cups ">, NY Rock Interview</ref> Deeply affected by these experiences, she eventually turned to ] for more information on international trouble spots. In the following months she agreed to visit different ] around the world to learn more about the situation and the conditions in these areas. In February 2001, Jolie went on her first field visit, an 18-day mission to ] and ]; she later expressed her shock at what she had witnessed.<ref name="Angelina Jolie named UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador for refugees">, UNHCR.org</ref> In the coming months she returned to Cambodia for two weeks and later visited ] ] in ] where she donated $1 million for Afghan refugees in response to an international ] emergency appeal.<ref>. UNHCR.org</ref> She insisted on covering all costs related to her missions and shared the same rudimentary working and living conditions as UNHCR field staff on all of her visits.<ref name="Angelina Jolie named UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador for refugees">, UNHCR.org</ref> | |||
| Impressed by her interest and devotion in the subject, UNHCR named her a ] on ] ] at UNHCR ] in ], despite her warning that her controversial public image might shed a negative light on the ]<ref name="Bad Girl Interrupted">, Forbes, June 12, 2006</ref> In a press conference Jolie explained her motives for joining the refugee agency: | |||
| {{cquote|We cannot close ourselves off to information and ignore the fact that millions of people are out there suffering. I honestly want to help. I don't believe I feel differently from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning. All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation someone would help us.<ref name="Angelina Jolie named UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador for refugees">, UNHCR.org</ref>}} | |||
| ] children in Ardamata camp, West ].]] | |||
| During her first three years as Goodwill Ambassador Jolie concentrated her efforts on field missions, visiting refugees and ] (IDPs) all around the world. Asked what she hoped to accomplish, she stated, “Awareness of the plight of these people. I think they should be commended for what they have survived, not looked down upon.”<ref> UNHCR.org</ref> In 2002, Jolie visited Tham Hin refugee camp in ] and ] refugees in ] to take a closer look at the “] most severe humanitarian crisis”.<ref>. UNHCR.org</ref> She and ] ] opened events to celebrate ] 2002 on ] in Washington, D.C.<ref name="Celebrating World Refugee Day in Washington, D.C.">, UNHCR.org, 4 July 2002</ref> Jolie then went to various UNHCR facilities in ] and paid a visit to ] refugee camp in ] with refugees mainly from ]. UNHCR's Representative to Kenya, George Okoth-Obbo, praised her “presence, just to bring some joy into what is undoubtedly a hard life for many of the people here”.<ref>. UNHCR.org</ref> She also visited ] refugees while she was filming '']'' in ]. | |||
| In 2003, Jolie embarked on a six-day mission to ] where she traveled to western border camps, hosting ] refugees and she paid a week-long visit to ], where she saw the post–war conditions in northern Sri Lanka. Jolie again attended World Refugee Day on June 20 in Washington, D.C., and later concluded a four-day mission to ] as she traveled to ] to learn about all aspects of UNHCR's operations in the region. Concurrently with the release of her movie ''Beyond Borders'' in October 2003 she published '']'', a collection of ] entries that chronicle her early field missions (2001-2002). All her proceeds from the book went to UNHCR. During a private stay in ] in December 2003 she asked to visit Ruwaished camp in Jordan's remote eastern desert, 70 km from the ] border. The camp hosted some 800 people who had fled Iraq during the ]-led ] and later that month she visited Sudanese refugees near the ] capital in ]. | |||
| On her first U.N. trip within the United States, Jolie went to ] in 2004, visiting detained ] at three facilities and the Southwest Key Program, a facility for unaccompanied children in ]. With the humanitarian situation in ] worsening, she flew to ] in June 2004, paying a visit to border sites and camps for refugees who had fled fighting in western Sudan's ] region. Four month later she returned to the region, this time going directly into West Darfur to learn about the situation of thousands of ]. She stressed the need for security and access to displaced people's home villages at a press conference in the Sudanese capital, ]. On ], ] she and US Secretary of State Colin Powell met again in Washington to launch the three day events of World Refugee Day.<ref name="Jolie, Powell launch World Refugee Day celebrations in Washington, D.C">, UNHCR.org, 18 June 2004</ref> Also in 2004 Jolie visited ] refugees in ] and on a private stay to ] during the Christmas holidays she visited UNHCR's regional office in ], as well as some young refugees and cancer patients in the Lebanese capital. | |||
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| With increasing experience, Jolie became more involved in promoting humanitarian causes on a ] level. Since 2005 she has attended the ] in ], announcing the formation of a ''Council of Business Leaders'' with UNHCR's Deputy High Commissioner, Wendy Chamberlin, in 2005, and participated in the panel discussion ''Human Rights: Reduced to Charity?'' in 2006. Jolie also began lobbying humanitarian interests in ] where she met with ] and ] at least 20 times from 2003.<ref name="Bad Girl Interrupted">, Forbes, June 12, 2006</ref> She explained in '']'': | |||
| {{cquote|As much as I would love to never have to visit Washington, that's the way to move the ball.<ref name="Bad Girl Interrupted">, Forbes, June 12, 2006</ref>}} | |||
| Among others, she pushed for ''The Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act'' in reaction to her previous visit to facilities for ] in Arizona. On ], ] Jolie took part at a ] luncheon in Washington, D.C. where she promoted the bill and in support of it announced the founding of the ''National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children'', an organization that provides free legal-aid to ] children with no legal representation which Jolie personally funded with a donation of $500,000 for its first two years.<ref name="Angelina Jolie launches centre for unaccompanied children">. UNHCR.org. March 9, 2005. </ref> ''The Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act'' eventually passed in December 2005. Jolie also pushed for a bill to aid 70 million vulnerable children in the Third World which was signed by ] in November 2005, but so far no funding has been granted.<ref name="Bad Girl Interrupted">, Forbes, June 12, 2006</ref> In addition to her political involvement, Jolie began using the public’s interest in her to promote humanitarian causes through the ]. In May 2005 Jolie filmed a ] special, ''The Diary Of Angelina Jolie & Dr. Jeffrey Sachs in Africa'', portraying her and noted economist ] on their trip to ], a remote group of villages in Western ]. There, Sachs's ] team is working with locals to end poverty, hunger and disease. In September 2005 Jolie was named the new ] for the clothing line ] starting in the Spring of 2006. The deal includes the start-up of a ] headed by Jolie which will focus on children's issues and causes. On ], ] Jolie attended the First Annual Benefit Gala for the Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO), where she pledged to partner with the WWO to treat children in ] who have been orphaned by ] and are ]. She also announced her plan to support the WWO's Pediatric HIV/AIDS Clinic in ], Ethiopia and pledged an initial grant.<ref name="Worldwide Orphans Foundation First Benefit Raises Awareness, Funds">. Business Wire. Octcober 25, 2005.</ref> In September 2006 Jolie announced the founding of the ''Jolie/Pitt Foundation'' which made initial donations to Global Action for Children and ] of $1 million each.<ref name="Brad & Angelina Start Charitable Group">, People.com, September 20, 2006</ref> | |||
| Jolie visited ] camps containing ] refugees, in May 2005 and she also met with Pakistan's ] ] and ] ]. She returned to Pakistan with ] during the ] weekend in November to see the impact of the ] ]. They met many quake victims as well as President Musharraf. In 2006 Jolie and Pitt flew to ] and visited a school supported by ], a charity founded by Haitian-born hip hop musician ]. Jolie also arranged a deal with '']'' allowing them to print the first picture showing her visibly pregnant in exchange for a $500,000 donation to Yéle Haïti.<ref>. NBC10.com</ref> During a two-month stay in ], as she awaited the birth of her daughter, Jolie promoted the ''Global Education Week'' in an interview with ] and she also took part in a conference call with ] ] ] who has pledged an extra $16 billion towards universal free education. Jolie has worked with ] ] since 2005 to get the ''Education for All'' bill approved by the ].<ref>. Global AIDS Alliance</ref> In November 2006, while filming '']'' in ], she visited Afghan and ] refugees in ] and met the Minister of State for External Affairs, Anand Sharma, praising India's longstanding hospitality to refugees. Jolie spent Christmas Day with ] refugees in ], ] where she handed out presents and met with Costa Rican officials. | |||
| Jolie has received wide recognition for her humanitarian work. On ], ] she was the first recipient of the new created ] by the ]. ] King ] awarded Jolie Cambodian ] for her ] work in the country on ], ]; she has pledged $5 million to set up a wildlife sanctuary in the north-western province of ] and owns property there.<ref>. news. BBC.co.uk</ref> On ], ], Jolie was awarded the ''Global Humanitarian Award'' by the ].<ref>. news. BBC.co.uk </ref> | |||
| ==Relationships== | |||
| On ], ], Jolie married ] actor ], her co-star in the film '']''. She attended her wedding in black leather trousers and a white shirt, which had her groom's name painted in her blood on the back.<ref name="News for Angelina Jolie"> IMDb.com</ref> Jolie and Miller separated one year later and subsequently divorced on ], ]. They remained on good terms and Jolie later explained, "It comes down to timing. I think he's the greatest husband a girl could ask for. I'll always love him, we were simply too young."<ref name="Angelina Jolie interviews featuring Jonny Lee Miller"> jonnyleemiller.co.uk</ref> | |||
| She then married ] actor ], who she had met on the set of '']'', on ], ]. As a result of their frequent public declarations of passion and gestures of love (most famously wearing one another's blood in vials around their necks), their relationship became a favorite topic of the entertainment media.<ref name="News for Angelina Jolie"> IMDb.com</ref> Jolie and Thornton divorced on ], ]. Asked in '']'' about the sudden dissolution of their marriage, Jolie stated, "It took me by surprise, too, because overnight, we totally changed. I think one day we had just nothing in common. And it's scary but... I think it can happen when you get involved and you don't know yourself yet."<ref name="Learning To Fly"> Vogue, March 2004</ref>] in the ], in January 2006.]] | |||
| Jolie has said in interviews that she is ] and has long acknowledged that she had a sexual relationship with her '']'' co-star ], "I would probably have married Jenny if I hadn't married my husband. I fell in love with her the first second I saw her."<ref name="Angelina Quotes">, Jolie web</ref> In an interview with ] in 2003, asked if she was bisexual, Jolie responded, "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!"<ref name="Angelina, saint vs. sinner">. Daily News, L.P. 2 February 2006</ref> | |||
| In early 2005, Jolie was involved in a well-publicized Hollywood scandal when she was accused of being the "other woman" in the divorce of actors ] and ]. The allegation was that she and Pitt had started an ] during filming of '']''; however, she has denied this in several interviews. In an interview with ] in 2005, she explained, "To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife."<ref name="Angelina, saint vs. sinner">. Daily News, L.P. 2 February 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2006.</ref> | |||
| While Jolie and Pitt never publicly commented about the nature of their relationship, speculations continued throughout 2005. The first intimate ] photos emerged in April, one month after Aniston had filed for divorce; they show Pitt, Jolie and her son Maddox at a beach in ]. During the summer Jolie and Pitt were seen together with increasing frequency and most of the entertainment media considered them a couple, dubbing them "Brangelina". On ], ] Jolie confirmed to '']'' that she was ] with Pitt's child and thereby confirmed their relationship for the first time in public.<ref name="News for Angelina Jolie"> IMDb.com</ref> | |||
| ==Children== | |||
| On ], ], Jolie adopted her first child, Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt (originally Maddox Chivan Thornton Jolie<ref name="Angelina Jolie's Name Interrupted"> E! Online. September 17, 2002</ref>). He was born on ], ] as Rath Vibol in ] and he initially lived in a local orphanage in ].<ref name="Maddox Jolie-Pitt Got His Own Stalker">, Toronto Fashion Monitor</ref> Jolie decided to apply for adoption after she had visited Cambodia twice, while filming '']'' and on a ] field trip in 2001. After her divorce from her second husband, ], Jolie received sole custody of Maddox. | |||
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| Maddox's name is ] in origin, usually translated as "beneficent".<ref name="Name Meaning of Maddox">, pickbabynames.com</ref> Jolie developed several nicknames for him, normally she calls him "Mad". Maddox, like Jolie's two other children, has gained a considerable celebrity and appears regularly in the ] media; he was named the "cutest celebrity kid",<ref name="Maddox cutest kid">, Life Style Extra, 20 July 2006</ref> his clothes have been described as trendsetting for children's wear<ref name="Maddox Jolie-Pitt Got His Own Stalker">, Toronto Fashion Monitor</ref> and he is known for this ] hairstyle, which Jolie gave him because "he had this crazy hair that stuck straight up. I had to do something with it."<ref name="Maddox Jolie-Pitt Got His Own Stalker">, Toronto Fashion Monitor</ref> | |||
| On ], ], Jolie adopted a six-month-old girl from ], Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt (originally Zahara Marley Jolie), who was orphaned by ]. Zahara was born on ], ] as Tena Adam.<ref name="Angelina's Baby Zahara: Her touching family story">, movies.yahoo.com</ref> Jolie picked her up at a ''Wide Horizons For Children'' orphanage in ]. Shortly after they returned to the United States Zahara had to spend time in a hospital for ] and ]. Jolie stated that "she was six months and not nine pounds. Her skin, you could squeeze it, it stuck together."<ref name="News for Angelina Jolie"> IMDb.com</ref> Zahara's name means "flower" in Swahili,<ref name="First Name Meanings — Zahara">, NameCentral.com</ref> the second name "Marley" comes from late Jamaican ] superstar ]. Zahara's nickname is "Zee". | |||
| In the months following Zahara's adoption news reports emerged in which several women either claimed to be her birth mother or her grandmother. While making an appearance on ] '']'' Jolie stated that her daughter is an "AIDS orphan." By that she means her birth mother died from AIDS, but her daughter does not have the disease. The birth father of Zahara is not known. Her statement made it clear that the birth mother is indeed dead. In late October 2005, an Ethiopian judge ruled that there is no evidence to suggest that Jolie would have to file for re-adoption of her daughter. The judge also ruled that a woman claiming to be her mother is not the birth mother.<ref name="News for Angelina Jolie"> IMDB.com</ref> | |||
| ] was reportedly present when Jolie signed the adoption papers and collected her daughter;<ref name="News for Angelina Jolie"> IMDb.com</ref> later Jolie indicated that she and Pitt made the decision to adopt Zahara together.<ref name="Anderson Cooper 360 - Angelina Jolie: Her Mission and Motherhood">, CNN.com - Transcripts</ref> In December 2005 it was confirmed that Pitt was seeking to legally adopt Jolie's two children. In support of this bid (and as part of legal requirements), Jolie took out ] in the ] paper ''Daily Commerce'' announcing the name change request, and on ], ], a judge in California approved this request. The children's legal surnames were formally changed to "Jolie-Pitt".<ref>. AP. 19 January 2006</ref> | |||
| On ], ], Jolie gave birth to a daughter named Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, at night at the Cottage Medi-Clinic Hospital in ], ]. Shiloh was born by a scheduled ], due to ], and Pitt was there to cut her ]. The couple's ] ] was assisted by local staff. ], according to a long-standing translation from the ], has come to mean "the peaceful one." | |||
| Pitt confirmed that their newly-born daughter will have a Namibian passport while speaking to local journalists.<ref> , Yahoo - News </ref> Jolie decided to offer the first pictures of Shiloh through the distributor ] herself, rather than allowing ] to make these extremely valuable snapshots. '']'' paid more than $4.1 million for the North American rights, while British magazine '']'' obtained the international rights for roughly $3.5 million; the total rights sale earned up to $10 million worldwide – the most expensive celebrity image of all time.<ref> , NYPost.com </ref> All profits were donated to an undisclosed charity by Jolie and Pitt. On ], ] ] in ] unveiled a ] of two-month-old Shiloh; it is the first infant re-created in wax by Madame Tussauds.<ref name="NYC Wax Museum Shows Off Jolie-Pitt Baby">, USATODAY.com. July 27, 2006</ref> In August 2006, 41 percent of all 18- to 24-year-old American adults knew Shiloh's correct first name according to an ] survey.<ref name="New Survey Finds That Majority of Young Adults Know 'American Idol' Winner">PR Newswire </ref> | |||
| == Jolie in the media == | |||
| Jolie appeared in the media from an early age due to her famous father ]. At 7 she had a small part in '']'', a movie co-written by and starring her father, and in 1986 and 1988 she attended the ] as a teenager with him. However, when she started her acting career, Jolie decided not to use “Voight” as a stage name, because she wished to establish her own identity as an actress.<ref name="News for Angelina Jolie"> IMDB.com</ref> Jolie was never shy about controversy and integrated her teenage "wild girl" image into her public persona in the first years of her career. During her acceptance speech at the ], Jolie declared "I'm so in love with my brother right now" which, combined with her affectionate behavior towards him that night, sparked rumors in the ] media of an incestuous relationship with her brother ]. She has denied those rumors and said while appearing on '']'' “the world is a lot sicker than I thought”.<ref name="Inside the Actors Studio"> Bravo. June 5, 2005</ref> Jolie and Haven later explained in interviews that after their parents' divorce they relied on one another and because of that they hold on to each other as a means of emotional support.<ref name="News for Angelina Jolie"> IMDb.com</ref> | |||
| Jolie is noted as "the one ] celebrity without a ]",<ref name="Angelina, saint vs. sinner">. Daily News, L.P. 2 February 2006</ref> and she quickly became a tabloid's favorite, since she presented herself as very outspoken in interviews, once claiming to be "most likely to sleep with a female fan."<ref name="Angelina Quotes">, Jolie web</ref> Her love life, especially her interest in ], has often been featured in the media. In 2004 she stated in '']'', "S&M sex can be misinterpreted as violence. It's really about trust. I like to push boundaries, both emotional and sexual, with another person. That's when I've felt the sexiest. I've been in both submissive and dominant roles because I want more."<ref name="Wild at heart"> Allure, November 2004</ref> As one of her most distinctive physical features, Jolie's lips have attracted notable media attention. Her lips were mentioned among the "world's sexiest things" in a 2006 '']'' poll,<ref name="Jolie's Sexy Lips">, askmen.com</ref> and they top the list of body parts most wished for by plastic surgery patients.<ref name="Celebrities are nipping at plastic surgery">, USAToday.com</ref> She also created headlines with her much publicized marriage to ] and her subsequent change into an advocate for global humanitarian problems. As she took on the role of ] she started to use her celebrity to highlight humanitarian causes worldwide, e.g. promoting ] 2006 in a two hour ] interview with ] which attracting more than double the audience of his typical newscast.<ref name="CNN defends Jolie interview"> HeraldNet. June 28, 2006</ref> Jolie has been taking flight lessons since 2004 and she has a student pilot and private pilot (UK based) license.<ref name="Celebrity Pilots, Famous Pilots, Darren Smith, Flight Instructor">, CFI Homepage</ref> The media speculated that Jolie is a Buddhist, but she said that she teaches ] to her son Maddox because she considers it part of his culture. Jolie has not stated definitively whether or not she believes in ]. When asked in an interview with '']'' in 2000 if there was a God, she said, "For the people who believe in it, I hope so. There doesn't need to be a God for me."<ref name="Angelina Jolie and Religion"> ReligionFacts.com</ref> | |||
| Starting in 2005, her relationship with ] became one of the most reported celebrity stories worldwide. After Jolie confirmed her pregnancy in early 2006, the unprecedented media hype surrounding them "reached the point of insanity" as ] described it in their story "The Brangelina fever";<ref name="The Brangelina fever">, theage.com.au</ref> among others, there were several false wedding rumors including an alleged imminent wedding in ], ] that was even further ignited by the local mayor and was picked up by many noted news services like the ] and the ].<ref name="Pitt and Jolie 'to wed in Italy'">, BBC News</ref> Trying to avoid the media attention, the couple went to ] for the birth of “the most anticipated baby since Jesus Christ”, as it has been described.<ref name="Namibia Shielding Pitt and Jolie">, washingtonpost.com</ref> | |||
| Today, Jolie is one of the best known celebrities around the world. According to the ] survey by Marketing Evaluations Inc., in 2000, subsequent to her Oscar win, 31% of respondents in the United States said Jolie was familiar to them, by 2006 she was familiar to 81% of Americans.<ref name="Bad Girl Interrupted">, Forbes, June 12, 2006</ref> In a 2006 global industry survey by ] in 42 international markets Jolie, together with Brad Pitt, was found to be the favorite celebrity endorser for brands and products worldwide.<ref name="Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt top the charts, as favourite celebrity endorsers: AC Nielsen survey">, agencyfaqs.com </ref> Also in 2006, Jolie was among the ], a list of the 100 most influential people in the world by '']'',<ref name="The TIME 100">, time.com</ref> she was featured on the cover of '']'' "The Celebrity 100" edition, ranking at No. 35,<ref name="The Celebrity 100">, Forbes Magazine.</ref> and she was described as the world's most beautiful woman in the "100 Most Beautiful" issue of '']''.<ref name="Most Beautiful">, People Magazine.</ref> | |||
| ==Tattoos== | |||
| Jolie's inventory of ] has become the subject of much media attention and has often been addressed by interviewers. Jolie stated that, while she is not opposed to film nudity, the large number of tattoos on her body has forced filmmakers to become more creative when planning nude or love scenes.<ref name="The new Angelina Jolie"> jam! Showbiz. October 19, 2003</ref> Make-up has been used to cover up the tattoos in many of her productions. She frequently adds or even changes existing tattoos and has said that all the tattoos she possesses have a special meaning. Jolie currently has twelve known tattoos, such as a ] quote "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" which she got together with her mother, the ] phrase "العزيمة" (strength of will), the ] proverb "quod me nutrit me destruit" (what nourishes me also destroys me) and a prayer consisting of Buddhist ] symbols for her son Maddox. Over time she covered or lasered several of her tattoos, including "Billy Bob", the name of her former husband ], a ] for death (死) and a window on her lower back;<ref name="Angelina Jolie's tattoos">, wutheringjolie.com</ref> she explained that she removed the window, because, while she used to spend all of her time looking out through windows wishing to be outside, she now lives there all of the time.<ref name="Inside the Actors Studio"> Bravo. June 5, 2005</ref> | |||
| ==Filmography== | |||
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| | ] || '']'' || Tosh || | |||
| |- | |||
| | ] || '']'' || Casella "Cash" Reese || | |||
| |- | |||
| | ] || '']'' || Kate "Acid Burn" Libby || | |||
| |- | |||
| | rowspan="3"|] || '']'' || Eleanor "Elie" Rigby || | |||
| |- | |||
| | '']'' || Gina Malacici || | |||
| |- | |||
| | '']'' || Margret "Legs" Sadovsky || | |||
| |- | |||
| | rowspan="3"| ] || '']'' || Claire || | |||
| |- | |||
| | '']'' (TV) || Georgia Virginia Lawshe Woods || | |||
| |- | |||
| | '']'' (TV) || Cornelia Wallace || ] - Best Supporting Actress | |||
| |- | |||
| | rowspan="4"| ] || '']'' (TV) || Gia Marie Carangi || ], ]- Best Leading Actress | |||
| |- | |||
| | '']'' || Gloria McNeary || | |||
| |- | |||
| | '']'' || Joan ||] - Breakthrough Performance Actress | |||
| |- | |||
| | '']'' || Mary Bell || | |||
| |- | |||
| | rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Amelia Donaghy || | |||
| |- | |||
| | '']'' || Lisa Rowe || ], ], ] - Best Supporting Actress | |||
| |- | |||
| | ] || '']'' || Sara 'Sway' Wayland || | |||
| |- | |||
| | rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Lara Croft || | |||
| |- | |||
| | '']'' || Julia Russell/Bonnie Castle || | |||
| |- | |||
| | ] || '']'' || Lanie Kerrigan || | |||
| |- | |||
| | rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Lara Croft || | |||
| |- | |||
| | '']'' || Sarah Jordan || | |||
| |- | |||
| | rowspan="4"| ] || '']'' || Illeana Scott|| | |||
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| | '']'' || Lola || (voice) | |||
| |- | |||
| | '']'' || Franky || | |||
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| | '']'' || Olympias || | |||
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| | ] || '']'' || Jane Smith || | |||
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| | ] || '']'' || Clover Wilson || | |||
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| | rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Grendel's Mother || (voice) | |||
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| | '']'' || Mariane Pearl || | |||
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| |rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Dagny Taggart || | |||
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| | '']'' || Tigress || (voice) | |||
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| ==Footnotes== | |||
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| == References == | |||
| <div class="references-small"> | |||
| * Dominic Wills. Tiscali.film & TV. Retrieved August 17, 2006. | |||
| * WENN. IMDb.com. Retrieved August 20, 2006. | |||
| * UNHCR Geneva. UNHCR.org. Retrieved August 17, 2006. | |||
| * UNHCR Geneva. UNHCR.org. Retrieved August 17, 2006. | |||
| * Angelina Jolie. '']''. Pocket Books, 2003. ISBN 0-7434-7023-0. | |||
| * Chris Heath. Rolling Stone. July 2001. Retrieved August 17, 2006. | |||
| * Jonathan Van Meter. Vogue. April 2002. Retrieved August 17, 2006. | |||
| * Josh Grossberg. E! Online. September 17, 2002. Retrieved August 25, 2006. | |||
| * Bruce Kirkland. jam! Showbiz. October 19, 2003. Retrieved August 26, 2006. | |||
| * Jonathan Van Meter. Vogue. March 2004. Retrieved August 17, 2006. | |||
| * Fred Schruers. , Premiere Magazine. October 2004. Retrieved August 17, 2006. | |||
| * Kevin Sessums. Allure. November 2004. Retrieved August 20, 2006. | |||
| * Julian Kesner, Michelle Megna. . Daily News. February 2, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2006. | |||
| * Matthew Swibel. , Forbes. June 12, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2006. | |||
| *Jonathan Van Meter. Vogue. January 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2006. | |||
| </div> | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| {{Commons|Angelina Jolie}} | |||
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| * , official homepage at UNHCR.org | |||
| * , Jolie's journals (2002-2004) at UNHCR.org | |||
| * , multimedia journal, narrated by Jolie herself | |||
| * , complete list and pictures of her tattoos, past and present | |||
| * , comprehensive fan site with a large news archive | |||
| * , ''People'' special | |||
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