Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975) is an American 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 attractive and beautiful women and her off-screen life is widely reported. She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Academy Award.
Though she made her screen debut as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film â€Lookin' to Get Outâ€, Jolie's acting career began in earnest a decade later with the low budget production “Cyborg 2†(1993). Her first leading role in a major film was in “Hackers†(1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical film “George Wallace†(1997) and “Gia†(1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama “Girl Interrupted†(1999). Jolie achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of videogame heroine Lara Croft in “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider†(2001), and since then has established herself as one of the best-known and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. She had her biggest commercial success with the action-comedy “Mr. & Mrs. Smith†(2005).
Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, Jolie currently lives with actor Brad Pitt, in a relationship that has attracted worldwide media attention. Jolie and Pitt have three adopted children: Maddox Chivan (adopted from Cambodia, 2002), Zahara Marley (adopted from Ethiopia, 2005) and Pax Thien (adopted from Vietnam, 2007), as well as a biological daughter, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie - Pitt. Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with refugees through UNHCR.
