Angelina Jolie Biography

Angelina Jolie (born June 4, 1975) is an American film actress, a former fashion model, and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. She is often cited by popular media as one of the world's most beautiful women and her off-screen life is widely reported. She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award.

After appearing as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film Lookin' to Get Out, Jolie's acting career began in earnest a decade later with the low budget production Cyborg 2 (1993) and she played her first leading role in a major film in Hackers (1995). She appeared in the critically acclaimed biographical films George Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999).

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Angelina Jolie at a meeting in Islamabad

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Angelina Jolie at Salt Premiere

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Angelina Jolie Takes A Break From Salt

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Angelina Jolie Attends The UNICEF Ball

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Jolie-Pitt Kids Start School in Budapest

10/05/2010

 School is in session for the Jolie-Pitt kids.

On Monday morning, Shiloh, 4, Pax, nearly 7, and Maddox, 9, began school in Budapest (no sign of Zahara, 5).

A source tells UsMagazine.com parents and teachers have been ordered to sign security agreements stating that they won't chat to the press. If they disobey, they may be subject to a fine; if the contact with the media continues, their child could even be suspended from the school until further notice, the source ... (read more)

Angelina Jolie To Release Memoirs

09/28/2010

Angelina Jolie is reportedly going to write an autobiography which will discuss her parenting and future family plans with her partner Brad Pitt.

Jolie has allegedly been offered m for the book that will reveal details of her private life.

A source told the National Enquirer: "Angie will use the book as a platform to promote the joys of raising adoptive kids, and she'll reveal details about her future family plans with Brad.

"For the first time ... (read more)

Angelina Jolie Book Hits NYT Bestseller List

08/13/2010

"Angelina," Andrew Morton's unauthorized biography of Angelina Jolie, has hit No. 3 on The New York Times' bestseller list for hardcover nonfiction for the week of Aug. 22.

Published by St. Martin's Press, the book was released July 31 with a first printing of 150,000 copies. Only "**** My Father Says" and "Obama Diaries" are higher on the list.

"Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography" fared well despite a virtual silence by syndicated ... (read more)

Angelina Jolie Buys Manicure Kit For Her Son

08/05/2010

They shopped 'til they dropped!

Angelina Jolie and three of her kids -- Pax, 6, Zahara, 5, and Shiloh, 4 -- patronized Rockridge Kids toy store in Berkeley, Calif. on Tuesday.

An eyewitness tells UsMagazine.com that the gang of four's excursion began at Oakland Stadium, where they watched Brad Pitt shoot his baseball flick Moneyball  for three hours. (Shiloh left sporting a brand-new Oakland A's cap -- backwards!)

After arriving at Rockridge Kids (escorted by ... (read more)

Angelina Jolie Wanted To Be James Bond

07/19/2010

In a role written for Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie turns Salt into Hollywood's ultimate female fighting machine. Sony chairman Amy Pascal suggested over lunch four years ago that Jolie play a Bond girl, Jolie responded that she didn’t want to play a Bond girl - she wanted to play James Bond.

Jolie didn’t ultimately play a Bond girl, but in 2008, Sony called with a script that would possibly provide Jolie her own espionage franchise along the lines of Bond or the Bourne trilogy. The ... (read more)

Angelina Jolie Confirmed for Comic-Con

07/16/2010

Angelina Jolie will definitely be in attendance at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con 2010 to promote her new action/spy film Salt. Jolie will appear at the convention during Sony’s 1:00pm Hall H presentation on Thursday, July 22. Along with Salt, Sony is promoting the Aaron Echkart sci-fi film Battle: Los Angeles.

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