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 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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Angelina Jolie at the MOCA NEW 30th Anniversary Exhibition

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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.

Angelina Jolie makes low-profile visit to Haiti

06/22/2010

Angelina Jolie has quietly returned to Haiti for meetings with Haitian and U.N. officials.

The weekend visit by the "goodwill ambassador" for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was not announced to keep it low-profile.

U.N. officials confirmed the visit when asked by The Associated Press. They agreed to discuss the trip only if not quoted by name because they were asked not to share details of Jolie's visit.

Jolie has visited Haiti ... (read more)

Angelina Jolie-Funded School Opens In Afghanistan

03/17/2010

Thanks to UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, a new primary school for girls in Tangi, Afghanistan is ready to welcome 800 students, according to a UNHCR statement. (See more photos of Jolie with her kids at PopSugar.com.)

Following a 2008 visit to a refugee settlement in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, Jolie donated ,000 toward the school's construction; the facility features eight classrooms, a well and eight latrines, and is set to begin classes next Monday, ... (read more)

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