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Angelina Jolie

Biography

Birth Name :                   Angelina Jolie Voight (Jolie is actually her middle name).
Father :                           Academy Award winning actor Jon Voight.
Date of Birth :                 4 June 1975.
Mother :                         Marcheline Bertrand.
Place of Birth :               Los Angeles, California, USA.
Brother:                          James Haven
Size :                             Angelina's 5'7"

Personal information about Angelina's background :

*Trained and performed at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. She acted in five student films for the USC School of Cinema, (all of them directed by her brother James Haven Voight). She also worked as a professional model in London, New York and Los Angeles. Angelina appeared in music videos of such artists as: Meat Loaf, Lenny Kravitz, Antonello Venditti, the Rolling Stones and also for The Lemonheads.

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She was married to Jonny Lee Miller who was Angelina's co-star in the movie Hackers, (in 1995 and divorced 3 February 1999). She married in a black leather pants and a white shirt. On the white shirt across the back, she painted her husband's name in her own blood. She is collecting Knives and has an interest in mortuary science. She had childhood dream of becoming a funeral director. Angelina is a left handed. She dated Timothy Hutton in 1999. Now married to Billy Bob Thornton since the 5th may 2000. Also in 2000 she was one of Peoples Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People and named the world's sexiest woman in Swedish magazine Caf? She is extremly close and protective to her brother Jamie. He often accompanies her to awards shows, and she used his name, or at least his memory, as inspiration in the "Where's Jamie?!" scene in Girl Interupted. In 2000 Angelina and her brother to whom she is very close publicly spoke out to deny false rumors that the two were having an incestuous love affair. She is now on the cover of the HardBook Hothouse by the editors of Rolling Stone, a very nice artist's pictures book (detail $30.00 US)

Her personnal Quotes:
"You're young, you're drunk, you're in bed, you have knives; shit happens."
"Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy."
"And my dad, you're a great actor but you're a better father."
"Because I am a bad girl, people always automatically think that I am a bad girl. Or that I carry a dark secret with me or I'm obsessed with death. The truth is that I am probably the least morbid person one can met. If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do."

Her Tatoos:
One of her tatoos says : " QUOD ME NUTRIT ME DESTRUIT " which means : " THAT WHICH FEEDS ME, DESTROYS ME. "
Has the letter 'H' tattooed on the inside of her left wrist, which is a reference to two people she is close to who have this letter in their names: her brother, James Haven, and Timothy Hutton. She got the tatoo when she was dating Timothy but since their brake up she now say it's only for James.
Has a tatoo of the Tennesee Williams quote, "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" on her left forearm, wich she got with her mother present.
Has a tatoo of a dragon on her upper arm. Tatoos include the Japanese sign for death, two pointy black American Indian symbols, and a large black cross. Now also the name of her usband Billy Bob on top of the dragon.

Movies information
Filmography:
*Beyond Borders (2001)
*Tomb Raider (2001) - Action - playing Lara Croft
*Gone in Sixty Seconds (June 2000) - Action & Crime - playing Sara "Sway" Wayland.
*Original Sin (2000) - Thriller.
*Girl Interrupted (1999) - Drama - playing Lisa.
*The Bone Collector (1999) - Mystery, Drama & Thriller - playing Amelia Donaghy.
*Pushing Tin (1999) - Comedy - playing Mary Bell.
*Playing by Heart (1998) - Drama - playing Joan.
*Hell's Kitchen (1998) - Drama - playing Gloria McNeary.
*Gia (1998) (TV Movie) - Drama (biography) - playing Gia Carangi (Top model).
*PLaying God (1997) aka Playing Hero - Crime, Thriller - (1997) playing Clair.
*George Wallace (1997) (TV) - Drama - playing Cornelia Wallace.
*True Women (1997) (mini TV series) - Drama, Romance - playing Georgia Lawshe (adult).
*Love is All There Is (1996) - Comedy - playing Gina Malacici.
*Foxfire (1996) - Drama - playing Margaret "Legs" Sadovsky.
*Mojave Moon (1996) - Comedy - playing Ellie.
*Hackers (1995) - Thriller - playing Kate Libby (Acid Burn).
*Without Evidence (1995) - Thriller, Drama.
*Cyborg 2 : Glass Shadow (1993) - Action, Sc-Fiction - playing Cash.
*Lookin, to Get Out (1982) - Comedy - playing Tosh.

Music Videos:
The Rolling Stones: "Has Anybody seen My Baby"
Meat Loaf: "Rock 'n' Roll Dreams Come Through"
Lenny Kravitz: "Stand By My Woman"

Available on DVDs Canada & USA:
Pushing Tin
Playing God
Playing by Heart
Hackers
The Bone Collector
Without Evidencev Cyborg 2
Hell's Kitchen
FoxFire
Gia
Girl Interrupted
Gone in 60 seconds (Out december 5th 2000)

Available on VHS:
Pushing Tin
Playing God
Playing by Heart
Mojave Moon
Hackers
Gia
George Wallas
FoxFire
Cyborg 2
True Women
The Bone Collector
Girl Interrupted
Hell's Kitchen
Love is All There Is
Without Evidence

Awards
Won:
Sho West Award: (Sho West Convention, USA)
*Supporting Actress of the Year.
BlockBuster Entertainment Award: (Blockbuster Entertainment Awards)
*For Girl Interrupted (2000) / Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama.
Oscar: (Academy Awards, USA)
*For Girl Interrupted (2000) / Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
SAG Award: (Screen Actors Guild Awards)
*For Girl Interrupted (2000) / Outstanding Performance Actor in a Supporting Role.
*For Gia (1999) / Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Mini-series.
Glaubber: (BSB Movie Brazil Awards)
*For Girl Interrupted (2000) / Best Actress in a supporting Role.
BFCA Award: (Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards)
*For Girl Interrupted (2000) / Best supporting Actress.
Golden Satellite: (Golden Satellite Awards)
*For Gia (1999) / Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for television.
Golden Globe: (Golden Globe, USA)
*For Girl Interrupted (2000) / Best supporting Actress.
*For Gia (1999) / Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV.
*For George Wallace (1998) / Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV.
Grand Jury Award: (L.A. Outfest)
*For Gia (1998) / Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film.
NBR Award: (National Bord of Review, USA)
*For Playing by Heart (1998) / Breakthrough Performance by an Actress.
Actress of the Year: (Hollywood Film Festival)
*For the Hollywood Film Festival (2000) / Award was Actress of the Year.
Nominated:
Golden Globe: (Golden Globe, USA)
*For Girl Interrupted (2000) / Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture.
BlockBuster Entertainment Award: (Blockbuster Entertainment Awards)
*For The Bone Collector (2000) / Favorite Actress - Suspense.
CFCA Award: (Chicago Film Critics Association Awards)
*For Girl Interrupted (2000) / Best Supporting Actress.
Actress of the Year: (Hollywood Film Festival)
*For the Hollywood Film Festival (1999) / Award was Actress of the Year.
Emmy: (Emmy Awards)
*For Gia (1998) / Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini-series or a Movie.
*For George Wallace (1998) / Outstanding Actress in a Mini-series or a Movie.

Acceptance Speech:
Angelina's acceptance speech of her Oscar for best actress in a supporting role (Girl interrupted):
I'm surprised nobody's ever fainted up here, I'm... I'm in shock, and I'm so in love with my brother right now, he just held me and said he loved me, and I know he's so happy for me, and thank you for that, and thank you to Columbia, Wiona, you're amazing, and thank you for supporting all of us through this, and Whoopi, everybody, and my family for loving me, Janina Shrier and your sister Michelle, we love you, Eric, my mom who is the most brave, beautiful woman I've ever known, and my dad, you're a great actor, but you're a better father, and Jamie, you're just the strongest, most amazing man I've ever known, and I love you, and thank you so much.

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By a true fan and admirator who think Angelina is a good source of inspiration for young actors like me. Thank you Angelina for your good work and for being yourself... We love you, and wish you the best, fondly Sylvano.

last update november 2000