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