Actress Angelina Jolie full name was Angelina Jolie Voight. She was an American actress, humanitarian & filmmaker. Angelina Jolie was a former Special Envoy to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. She had been named as a Hollywood’s highest paid actress in multiple times.
Angelina Jolie was born in 4th June 1975 at Los Angeles city, California State, USA. She had born to the actors Jon Voight (father) and Marcheline Bertrand (mother).
Angelina Jolie was the sister of actor James Haven. She was also the niece of singer-songwriter Chip Taylor. In addition, She was the niece of geologist and volcanologist Barry Voight.
Angelina Jolie was of German and the Slovak descent on her father’s side. Her mother was of French-Canadian ancestry. She had claimed to have the partial Indigenous ancestry. In 1976, her parents are separated. After that, Angelina Jolie and her brother had lived with their mother. Due to her responsibility, the mother had abandoned her acting ambitions during this time.
Angelina Jolie’s mother had raised her as the Catholic. As a child, she often watched movies with her mother and became interested in acting.
After sometime, Angelina Jolie had decided to pursue acting. Then, she found and enrolled at the “Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute” for acting. She trained there for 2 years. She participated in multiple stage productions while she was there.
In this time, Angelina Jolie was teased for being extremely thin by other students. They also made fun of her for wearing glasses and braces. In early life, she was attempted in modeling because of her mother’s insistence, but she proved unsuccessful.
Angelina Jolie studied at an alternative Moreno High School. There, she became a punk outsider. She wore all black clothing and went moshing. She also engaged in knife play with her live-in boyfriend.
Once upon a time, Angelina Jolie aspired as become a funeral director. To pursue this she studied embalming coursed at-home.
Actress Angelina Jolie was struggled with the insomnia and an eating disorder. She had begun using the drugs at the age of 20. She used every drug possible and mainly heroin.
Angelina Jolie had some episodes of depression. She attempted to commit suicide twice at the ages of 19 & 22. During her 2nd attempt she tried to hire a Hit man to kill her.
In the age of 24, Angelina Jolie experienced a nervous breakdown. In this time, she was admitted into the psychiatric ward at UCLA Medical Center. There she stayed for 72 hours.
2 years later after her treatment Angelina Jolie adopted her 1st child. After the adoption, she found stability in her life. She has stated that adopting Maddox, helped her to realize that she would never be self-destructive again.
As a child, Angelina Jolie made her screen debut. She did this alongside with her father “Jon Voight”.
In 1995, Angelina Jolie got leading role in the film “Hackers”.
In 1997 & 1998 she starred the films “George Wallace & Gia”. Both films were critically acclaimed.
In the year 1999, Angelina Jolie won an Academy Award as a Best Supporting Actress for her performances in the movies of “Drama Girl, Interrupted”.
In 2001, she played a role in the movie “Lara Croft Tomb Raider”. As a result, she became a leading Hollywood actress. After that, she continued her career as an action star. She directed several war dramas.
In the year 2014, Angelina Jolie had biggest commercial success had come with the fantasy picture “Maleficent”.
Angelina Jolie some of the major movies are mentioned below.
- In 2005, Angelina Jolie had done as an actress in “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” movie.
- In 2007, Angelina Jolie had done as an actress in “A Mighty Heart” movie.
- In 2008, Angelina Jolie had done as an actress in “Wanted & Challenging” movies.
- In 2010, Angelina Jolie had done as an actress in “Salt & The Tourist” movies.
- In 2011, Angelina Jolie had written a story “In the Land of Blood and Honey” movie.
- In 2014 & 2017, Angelina Jolie had directed the movies of “Unbroken & First They Killed My Father” movies.
- In 2021, Angelina Jolie portrayed Thena role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Superhero film “Eternals”.
