The Actress Angelina Jolie, Part Two

In 1998, Angelina Jolie starred in a HBO film Gia, about the life of supermodel Gia Carangi.
If George Wallace got the critics attention, Gia won their respect.
Gia netted Angelina a Golden Globe award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries.
Angelina was also nominated for an Emmy Award.

After Gia, Angelina stopped acting for a bit and enrolled in New York University to study film making and she attended writing classes.
I think maybe part of the reason for her short break, was that she put so much of herself into the role of Gia.
Angelina used method acting and totally immersed herself in the part. That technique can give a great performance, but it can take a toll on the actor.

But Angelina came back in the 1998 gangster movie Hell's Kitchen.
Angelina played Gloria McNeary, and co-starred with Rosanna Arquette, William Forsythe, Angelina Jolie, Mekhi Phifer, and Johnny Whitworth.
And later in 1998, she appeared in the comedy-drama film, Playing by Heart with Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson, Dennis Quaid, Ryan Phillippe and Jon Stewart.
For her role as Joan in the film, Angelina won "Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress" from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.

1999 brought Pushing Tin, another comedy-drama that Angelina starred in along with John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett.
In the film, Angelina played the wife of Billy Bob Thornton's character.
That was followed by The Bone Collector with Denzel Washington.
The film didn't do well with critics, but grossed $151 million worldwide.
Also in 1999 came the role of Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted.
Even though the film starred Winona Ryder as the main character, Angelina's performance stole the show.
She pulled in her third Golden Globe Award, her second Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Then in 2000, Angelina got her first summer blockbuster, Gone In 60 Seconds with Nicolas Cage, Giovanni Ribisi, Christopher Eccleston (Dr. Who!), Robert Duvall and Will Patton.
A remake of the 1974 movie, the film wasn't loved by critics, but pulled in $987 million worldwide.
Thanks in some small part to Angelina Jolie as "Sway" I'm sure.



posted to http://angelina-jolie-pitt.blogspot.com/, Sept 16th, 2009