Angelina Jolie-Biography  

Angelina Jolie is the daughter of Oscar winning actor, Jon Voight, and actress Marcheline Bertrand. The name Jolie, which means pretty, was given to her in case she didn't want to use her father's name when she grew up. Her parents divorced when she was just a baby and she and her brother were raised mainly by their mom.

While growing up, Angelina Jolie modeled professionally. Her very first acting gig was in her dad's film, Looking To Get Out at age five. When Angelina grew up, she settled in New York and attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. She auditioned her heart out and got her first big break when she landed a role in 1995's Hackers.

In 1998, Angelina Jolie starred in the HBO movie Gia. It was the disturbing true story of supermodel and junkie, Gia Maria Carangi. Angelina snagged a Golden Globe for the performance. Jolie also won the same award, plus an Oscar, in 1999 for her role in Girl, Interrupted.

Angie's much talked about love life grabbed headlines when she met Billy Bob Thornton while filming the flick, Pushing Tin. The two married but then divorced in 2002 after they adopted a baby boy, Maddox, from Cambodia. Most recently, Angelina has started dating Brad Pitt, whom she met on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. She is said to be the reason he divorced wife Jennifer Aniston! Brad Pitt has since made moves to adopt Angelina's two adoptive children, five year-old Maddox and one year-old Zahara.

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