/ 27 July 2000

The Angelina Jolie File

Personal details

Full names: Angelina Jolie Voight

Birth date: June 04, 1975

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California

First name: Angelina

Family: Father: Jon Voight, actor; separated from Jolie’s mother 1976

Mother: Marcheline Bertrand, former actress; born 1950; part Iroquois Indian

Brother: James Haven Voight, director; born 1973; studied filmmaking at University of Southern California; directed sister in five student films

Marriage: Billy Bob Thornton

Was married to: Jonny Lee Miller

Career:

Training: Lee Strasberg Theater Institute; enrolled at age 11

New York University; studied Film; attended night classes, 1997

First job ever: Made stage debut playing a German dominatrix in Room Service.

Film

2000: Gone in 60 Seconds

1999: Girl, Interrupted

1999: The Bone Collector

1999: Pushing Tin

1999: Playing by Heart

1998: Hell’s Kitchen

1997: Playing God

1996: Love Is All There Is

1996: Foxfire

1996: Mojave Moon

1995: Hackers

1995: Without Evidence

1993: Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow

1982: Lookin’ to Get Out

TV

1998: Gia

1997: George Wallace

1997: True Women

Career highlights:

1999: Oscar: Best Supporting Actress, Girl, Interrupted

Awards:

1997: Golden Globe: Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Made-for-TV Movie, George Wallace

1998: National Board of Review: Breakthrough Performance Award, Playing by Heart; cited with Billy Crudup (Without Limits)

1998: Golden Satellite: Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TV, Gia

1998: Golden Globe: Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TV, Gia

1998: Screen Actors Guild: Female Actor (Television Movie or Miniseries), Gia

1999: Golden Globe: Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Girl, Interrupted

1999: Screen Actors Guild: Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Theatrical Motion Picture), Girl, Interrupted

1999: Oscar: Best Supporting Actress, Girl, Interrupted

2000: ShoWest: Supporting Actress of the Year

Trivia:

Star sign: Sun in Gemini and moon in Aries

Nickname/s: Angie, Jellybean, and Bunny

Hobbies/favourite pastimes: She collects knives and blades, which started when she was a girl when she went to a Renaissance Faire. Learning to play the drums.

Likes: She loves lizards and snakes, and used to have a pet lizard named Vladmir, and a snake named Harry Dean Stanton.

Loathes/Fears: Being buried alive and becoming the type of person who dresses their dog in clothes.

Quote: “There’s something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.” -Angelina Jolie

Role models: Her mother and Susan Sarandon