Angelina Jolie Biography (1975-)

Original name, Angelina Jolie Voight; name legally changed to Angelina Jolie,2002; born June 4, 1975, in Los Angeles, CA; daughter of Jon Voight (an actor) and Marcheline Bertrand (an actress); sister of James Haven Voight (an actor and director); married Jonny Lee Miller (an actor), March, 1996 (some sources cite 1995; divorced February 3, 1999); married Billy Bob Thornton (an actor, director, and writer), May 5, 2000 (divorced May 27, 2003); children: Maddox Chivan. Addresses: Manager: Geyer Kosinski, Industry Entertainment, 955 South Carrillo Dr., Third Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: June 4, 1975; Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(As Angelina Jolie Voight) Tosh, Lookin' to Get Out, Paramount, 1982
Alice, Alice & Viril (short film), 1993
Angela, Angela & Viril (short film), 1993
Casella "Cash" Reese, Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow (also known as Cyborg 2), Trimark Pictures, 1993
Kate "Acid Burn" Libby, Hackers (also known as Cybernet), United Artists, 1995
Eleanor "Ellie" Rigby, Mojave Moon, Trimark Pictures, 1996
Gina Malacici, Love Is All There Is (also known as Oh No, Not Her!), Samuel Goldwyn, 1996
Jodie Swearingen, Without Evidence, Artist View Entertainment, 1996
Margaret "Legs" Sadovsky, Foxfire, Samuel Goldwyn, 1996
Claire, Playing God (also known as Playing Hero), Buena Vista, 1997
Gloria McNeary, Hell's Kitchen (also known as Hell's Kitchen N.Y.C.), CEO Entertainment/Kushner-Locke International, 1997
Joan, Playing by Heart (also known as Intermedia), Miramax,1998
Amelia Donaghy, The Bone Collector, Universal, 1999
Lisa Rowe, Girl, Interrupted (also known as Durchgeknallt and Durchgeknallt--Girl, interrupted), Columbia, 1999
Mary Bell, Pushing Tin (also known as Turbulenzen-und andere Katastrophen), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
Sara "Sway" Wayland, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Buena Vista, 2000
Julia Russell/Bonnie Castle, Original Sin (also known as Dancing in the Dark and Peche originel), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2001
Lara Croft, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (also known as Tomb Raider), Paramount, 2001
Lanie Kerrigan, Life or Something Like It, Twentieth Century-Fox,2002
Lara Croft, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (also knownas Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Die Wiege des Lebens), Paramount, 2003
Sarah Jordan, Beyond Borders, Paramount, 2003
Captain Franky Cook, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Paramount, 2004
Illeana Scott, Taking Lives, 2004
Narrator, Trading Women, 2004
Olympias, Alexander, Warner Bros., 2004
Voice of Lola, Shark Tale (animated; also known as Sharkslayer), DreamWorks, 2004
Jane Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Twentieth Century-Fox, c. 2005
Appeared in student films directed by James Haven Voight.
Film Producer
Lovesick, Refugee Production, 2003
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Cornelia Wallace, George Wallace, TNT, 1997
Georgia Virginia Lawshe Woods as an adult, "True Women," Hallmark Hallof Fame, CBS, 1997
Television Appearance
Movies

Gia Marie Carangi (title role), Gia, HBO, 1998
The Fever, HBO, 2004
Television Appearances
Specials
Herself, The AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Stars, CBS, 1999
Herself, The Making of "Girl, Interrupted," 1999
Herself, Billy Bob Thornton, Bravo, 2000
Hollywood Salutes Nicolas Cage: An American Cinematheque Tribute,TNT, 2002
Herself, E! 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment History, E!Entertainment Television, 2003
(In archive footage) Celebrity Naked Ambition, Channel 5, 2003
Awards Presentations
Presenter, The 19th Annual CableACE Awards, TNT, 1997
Presenter, The Fifth Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, TNT, 1999
Herself, The 72nd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2000
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2000
Presenter, The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2001
Presenter, The 73rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2001
The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2002
Presenter, The 76th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2004
Episodic
Herself, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1998
Herself, The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1998
Herself, The Big Breakfast, Channel 4, 2001
Herself, Larry King Live, Cable News Network, 2001
Herself, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2001, 2003, 2004
"25 Toughest Stars," Rank, E! Entertainment Television, 2002
Herself, Banzai, Fox, 2003
Herself, Extra, syndicated, 2003
Herself, Rove Live, 10 Network (Australia), 2003
Herself, Tinseltown.TV, 2003
Herself, TRL, 2003
Herself, 20/20, ABC, 2003
"Of Tombs and Pirates," Player$, 2003
Herself, The View, ABC, 2003, 2004
(In archive footage) Herself, Celebrities Uncensored, E! Entertainment Television, 2004
Herself, Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, syndicated, 2004
Herself, Last Call with Carson Daly, NBC, 2004
Herself, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, syndicated, multiple appearances, 2004
Herself, T4, 2004
Also appeared in Revealed with Jules Asner, E! Entertainment Television; and Secrets of Superstar Fitness.
Stage Appearances
Music from Down the Hill (workshop presentation), 1999
Appeared as Mr. Wagner, Room Service, and in other productions atLee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
RECORDINGS
Music Videos
"Stand by My Woman," by Lenny Kravitz, 1991
"Rock `n' Roll Dreams Come Through," by Meat Loaf, 1994
"Has Anybody Seen My Baby?," by the Rolling Stones, 1997
"Painted on My Heart," by the Cult, 2000
"Did My Time," by KoRn, 2003
Also appeared in music videos for the Lemonheads and Antonello Venditti.
Album Executive Producer
John Trudell, Bone Days, Daemon Records, 2002
WRITINGS
Nonfiction
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan, and Ecuador (also known as Angelina Jolie's Journals and Angelina's Refugee Journals), Caspian-Tredwell Owen/Pocket Books, 2003

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Newsmakers 2000, Issue 2, Gale, 2000
Tracy, Kathleen, Angelina Jolie, ECW Press, 2001

Periodicals

Empire, June, 1999, p. 77
Entertainment Weekly, June 26, 1998, p. 24; November 5, 1999, pp.40-43; June 15, 2001, pp. 26-28, 31, 32, 34; July 18, 2003, pp. 26-34
Esquire, February, 1998, pp. 72-73
Femme Fatales, July, 2001, pp. 8-13
Interview, June, 1997, pp. 76-79; February, 2001, p. 68
Marie Claire, October, 2002, pp. 106-107, 109-10, 112
Mayfair, July, 2000, p. 52
Movieline, March, 1998, pp. 90-94; February, 1999, p. 56; March, 1999, pp. 44-51, 86; June, 2001, pp. 48-54, 91
Newsweek, March 22, 2004, p. 71
People Weekly, July 8, 1996, p. 89; November 22, 1999, p. 226; May22, 2000, pp. 71-72; July 10, 2000, p. 164; March 25, 2002, p. 122; April 8,2002, p. 113; June 3, 2002, p. 17; August 5, 2002, p. 63; August 19, 2002, p. 17; August 4, 2003, p. 84
Premiere, January, 1999, pp. 86-89; October, 1999, pp. 78-83; April, 2002, pp. 42-49, 86
Rolling Stone, August 19, 1999, pp. 59-69, 131; August 7, 2003, pp. 46-52
Time, October 27, 1997, p. 131; January 24, 2000, p. 72
TV Guide, January 31, 1998, pp. 30-32
USA Weekend, June 9, 2000, pp. 6, 7
US Weekly, April 10, 2000, pp. 64-65

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