Angelina Jolie - First Films

At the age of 14, Angelina Jolie started working as a fashion model.
Finesse Model Management signed her and she modeled in both the United States and Europe, working mainly in Los Angeles, New York and London.
During that time, she also appeared in several music videos, including those of Meat Loaf ("Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through"), Antonello Venditti ("Alta Marea"), Lenny Kravitz ("Stand by My Woman"), and The Lemonheads ("It's About Time").
At the age of 16, Jolie returned to theatre.
She began to learn from her father, as she noticed his method of observing people to become like them.
Their relationship during this time was less strained, with Angelina realizing that they were both "drama queens".

While her brother attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Angelina appeared in five of his student films. But her professional movie career really began in 1993, when she played her first leading role in the low budget film Cyborg 2, as Casella "Cash" Reese, a near-human robot, designed to seduce her way into a rival manufacturer's headquarters and then self-detonate. She starred as Kate "Acid Burn" Libby in her first Hollywood picture, Hackers (1995), where she met her first husband Jonny Lee Miller.
The New York Times wrote, "Kate (Angelina Jolie) stands out. That's because she scowls even more sourly than her co-stars and is that rare female hacker who sits intently at her keyboard in a see-through top. Despite her sullen posturing, which is all this role requires, Ms. Jolie has the sweetly cherubic looks of her father, Jon Voight."
The movie failed to make a profit at the box-office, but developed a cult following after its video release.


Angelina in "Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through"

Angelina and Jon Voight

Jolie has been long estranged from her father, though a reconciliation was attempted, and he appeared with her in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. In July 2002, Jolie filed a request to legally change her name to "Angelina Jolie", dropping Voight as her surname; the name change was made official on September 12, 2002. In August of the same year, Jon Voight claimed that his daughter had "serious emotional problems" on Access Hollywood. Jolie later indicated that she no longer wished to pursue a relationship with her father, and said, "My father and I don't speak. I don't hold any anger toward him. I don't believe that somebody's family becomes their blood. Because my son's adopted, and families are earned." She stated that she did not want to publicize her reasons for her estrangement from her father, but because she had adopted her son, she did not think it was healthy for her to associate with Voight.

Angelina's early years

The daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, Angelina Jolie was born in Los Angeles, California.
Her ancestry is Slovak, German and French Canadian.
Angelina's god-parents are Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilian Schell.
When her parents were separated in 1976, Angelina nad her brother James Haven were raised by her mother.
Angelina says today that watching movies with her mother was what inspired her to become an actress.
At the age of 11, Angelina enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, where she trained for two years and appeared in several stage productions.
She went to Beverly Hills High School and was often the target of teasing and abuse my her fellow students.
Angelina's mother survived on a modest income, and Jolie often wore second-hand clothes which was looked down upon by the children of some of the area's more affluent families.
As a child she was extremely thin, and for wore glasses and braces which did not help any.
Angelina was also despondent because her early attempts at modeling failed.
At the age of 14, she dropped out of her acting classes and wanted to become a funeral director. At this point she also dyed her hair purple and started wearing all black.
Angelina did eventually return to theater studies and graduated from high school.

Angelina

Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, Jolie currently lives with actor Brad Pitt, in a relationship that has attracted worldwide media attention. Jolie and Pitt have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, as well as a biological daughter, Shiloh. Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with refugees through UNHCR.

Angelina...Early on.....

Angelina made her onscreen debut with her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film "Lookin' to Get Out".
Her actual acting career didn't start till almost a decade later in the B movie "Cyborg 2".
Angelina's first major role was in "Hackers" in 1995.
She went on to star in the critically acclaimed films "George Wallace" (1997) and "Gia" (1998).
Angelina won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Girl, Interrupted" (1999).
But even with an Oscar, she really didn't hit superstar status until her role as Lara Croft in "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (2001).
That film established her as one of the best-known and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood.
Angelina's biggest commercial success came with the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), in which she co-starred with her significant other, Brad Pitt.

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie was born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles, California.
Angelina is a film actress and she was appointed the Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency in 2001.
She is often called by the media, "one of the world's most beautiful women" and her off-screen life is widely reported in the news and tabloids. Especially her adoptions and her relationship with Brad Pitt.
So far in her career, she has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award.
She is nominated again this year for an Academy Award for Best Actress, for her role in "Changeling".