She has been cited as one of the world's most attractive people, as well as the world's "most beautiful" woman, titles for which she has received substantial media attention. Though she made her screen debut as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in the film Lookin' to Get Out, Jolie's acting career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2 Her first leading role in a major film was in Hackers She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical films George Wallace and Gia , and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted Jolie achieved wider fame after her portrayal of video game heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider , and since then has established herself as one of the best-known and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood.
She has had her biggest commercial successes with the action-comedy Mr. Smith and the animated film Kung Fu Panda 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.
On her father's side, Jolie is of Czechoslovak and German descent, and on her mother's side she is French Canadian and is said to be part Iroquois. However, Voight has claimed Bertrand was "not seriously Iroquois", and they merely said it to enhance his ex-wife's exotic background.
After her parents' separation in , Jolie and her brother were raised by their mother, who abandoned her acting ambitions and moved with them to Palisades, New York. As a child, Jolie regularly saw movies with her mother and later explained that this had inspired her interest in acting; she had not been influenced by her father. When she was eleven years old, the family moved back to Los Angeles and Jolie decided she wanted to act and enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where she trained for two years and appeared in several stage productions.
At the age of 14, she dropped out of her acting classes and dreamed of becoming a funeral director. During this period, she wore black clothing, dyed her hair purple and went out moshing with her live-in boyfriend. Two years later, after the relationship had ended, she rented an apartment above a garage a few blocks from her mother's home. She returned to theatre studies and graduated from high school, though in recent times she has referred to this period with the observation, "I am still at heart—and always will be—just a punk kid with tattoos".
She later recalled her time as a student at Beverly Hills High School later Moreno High School , and her feeling of isolation among the children of some of the area's more affluent families. Jolie's mother survived on a more modest income, and Jolie often wore second-hand clothes. She was teased by other students who also targeted her for her distinctive features, for being extremely thin, and for wearing glasses and braces.
Her self-esteem was further diminished when her initial attempts at modeling proved unsuccessful. She started to cut herself; later commenting, "I collected knives and always had certain things around. For some reason, the ritual of having cut myself and feeling the pain, maybe feeling alive, feeling some kind of release, it was somehow therapeutic to me. The two tried to reconcile and he appeared with her in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider In July , 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, In August of the same year, Voight claimed that his daughter had "serious mental 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.
In February, Jolie again reunited with her father. Career Early work: — Jolie began working as a fashion model when she was 14 years old, modeling mainly in Los Angeles, New York and London. At the age of 16, Jolie returned to theatre and played her first role as a German dominatrix. 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 Jolie realizing that they were both "drama queens".
Jolie appeared in five of her brother's student films, made while he attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts, but her professional movie career began in , 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. 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. In the road movie Mojave Moon she was a youngster, named Eleanor Rigby, who falls for Danny Aiello's character, while he takes a shine to her mother, played by Anne Archer. In , Jolie also portrayed Margret "Legs" Sadovsky, one of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond in the film Foxfire after they beat up a teacher who has sexually harassed them.
The Los Angeles Times wrote about her performance, "It took a lot of hogwash to develop this character, but Jolie, Jon Voight's knockout daughter, has the presence to overcome the stereotype. Though the story is narrated by Maddy, Legs is the subject and the catalyst. The movie was not received well by critics and Roger Ebert noted that "Angelina Jolie finds a certain warmth in a kind of role that is usually hard and aggressive; she seems too nice to be [a criminal's] girlfriend, and maybe she is.
Jolie met Pitt during the making of Mr. Smith in At the time, Pitt was married to Friends star Jennifer Aniston , and his affair with Jolie prompted their divorce, resulting in a Hollywood scandal that dominated tabloids for years. Referred to as "Brangelina," Jolie and Pitt became one of the most sought after Hollywood couples.
In , Jolie adopted a son from Cambodia and named him Maddox. Three years later, she adopted a daughter, Zahara. In , Pitt filed paperwork to adopt both of Jolie's children. The couple's first biological daughter, Shiloh, was born in Namibia in Jolie, Pitt and their children had traveled there to avoid the media frenzy that seemed to follow them wherever they went.
In March , Angelina Jolie added a new member to her family. She adopted a 3-year-old boy from a Vietnamese orphanage and named him Pax Thien. Jolie then gave birth to twins, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, on July 12, , in a seaside hospital in southern France. The rights for the first images of the twins were sold to People and Hello! Pitt and Jolie became engaged in Slipping under the paparazzi radar, they quietly tied the knot in a private ceremony surrounded by their family and friends on August 23, , in France.
In September , Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt and requested sole physical custody of their six children, sparking another tabloid frenzy. The Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services and the FBI launched an investigation but found no signs of abuse; the couple followed with a joint statement that they were working together to resolve their divorce. Jolie opened up about their separation in a September cover story in Vanity Fair.
That is and will remain one of the wonderful opportunities we are able to give our children. A few months later, it was revealed that Jolie was in danger of losing primary custody of her six children after preventing them from seeing Pitt during their ongoing divorce.
According to court documents, the judge in their case declared the kids' lack of a healthy relationship with their father "harmful," and threatened to award Pitt primary custody if things didn't change.
The judge suggested some steps the estranged couple could take, including providing Pitt with the cell phone number of each child, and outlined a summer visitation schedule to follow with Jolie in London to film Maleficent 2. In August, Jolie's legal team filed court documents that claimed her estranged husband had "paid no meaningful child support since separation," an accusation that Pitt's side disputed.
She has made headlines for her work to obtain aid for refugees in Cambodia, Darfur and Jordan, to name just a few. She has continued to draw attention to global issues. The live-action adaptation is based on one of the most successful interactive video games featuring the titular character Lara Croft. Lara must retrieve the mysterious artifact, the Triangle of Light from the Illuminati and their agent Manfred Powell. She has to destroy it before they can use its power. The Bone Collector is a crime-thriller that revolves around a paraplegic detective and a newly recruited patrol officer, with great forensic skills, who set about solving a series of grisly murders committed by a psychopath who leaves gruesome clues at every crime scene.
Starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie, this film has a lot of drama and gory violence too. Serial killer, Martin Asher, has been impersonating his victims as he makes his way across North America.
His aircraft crash lands into ocean and survives an attack by a Japanese plane. After 47 days on the raft, he and his friend Phil are captured by Japanese Navy and sent to separate prison camps as POW.
A ruthless prison guard Mutsuhiro Watanabe tortures and tries to break Louis, but he is far stronger. When Frank Tupelo meets a beautiful woman, Elise, on board a train to Venice, he takes it as a chance encounter. However, soon he finds himself being chased by Inspector John Acheson as well as a mobster, Reginald Shaw, both of who believe that he is the wanted Alexander Pearce who has undergone a surgery to change his face.
Reformed car thief Memphis Raines is forced out of retirement after crime lord Raymond Calitri threatens to kill his brother following a botched car theft. Tasked with stealing 50 luxury cars within 3 days, he must assemble his former associates and pull off the perfect heist while fending off the police and a rival gang.
She is in a race against time to stop criminals Jonathan Reiss and Chen Lo from finding and using the box for evil. Beyond Borders is a romantic adventure drama film which tells the story of a married woman who meets a renegade doctor and decides to help him in his relief mission in war-torn Africa.
They soon find themselves in a dangerous mission to help humanity from poverty and war. Maleficent alienates herself from her goddaughter Aurora as she is opposed to her engagement with Prince Philip.
But they are unaware of the fact that an enemy is lurking nearby who wants to take advantage of their quarrel and destroy everything dear to them.
Playing by Heart is a romantic comedy drama film which revolves around eleven different characters, who are all related as they create a story of love, heartbreak, hope, acceptance and forgiveness. The film tells the story of a young boy Dade, who is banned from using computers till the age of 18, due to this childhood pranks. However, he eventually discovers a sinister plot of an evil genius to unleash a lethal virus.
Unfortunately, his dedication to duty will test his dedication to his family. Based on real events, A Mighty Heart is a historical suspense drama film, which tells the story of Mariane, a pregnant woman married to a journalist named Daniel Pearl. Pearl, who worked for the Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped by supporters of terrorist Omar Saeed Sheikh, after which Marianne starts trying to find him.
When giant robots start attacking his city, Sky Captain Joe Sullivan fights them off using his private air force called the Flying Legion. But with the looming threat of the mysterious scientist, Dr. Totenkopf, and his robots, Joe has to team up with reporter Polly Perkins to stop Totenkopf from destroying all of humanity. An air traffic controller is known to be the best in the business, but his status is threatened when there is a newcomer.
Their feud eventually goes beyond their workspace and it also threatens their personal lives and relationships. The movie follows Alexander the Great from his childhood and continues till his adventurous life comes to end with his death at the age of thirty two. When he becomes the King of Macedonia, he starts off an expedition to conquer the world — Persia, Egypt, Afghanistan and India. His relationships with his parents Philips and Olympias; friend Hephaistion and wife Roxana are also explored.
Realizing that he cannot pay it back, he moves to Las Vegas with his friend Jerry, hoping to amass enough cash so that he can pay back his debtors, Joey and Harry. During the Bosnian War, Daniel, a soldier who is fighting for the Serbs, meets his former lover Ajla, a Bosnian, as a captive in the camp that he is overseeing. Set in a fictional version of ancient China populated by talking animals, the computer-animated wuxia film follows the adventures of a panda named Po, who is a kung fu enthusiast, and his fight with an evil kung fu warrior named Tai Lung.
For a year, Dragon Warrior Po had a quiet life in the Valley of Peace surrounded by his friends, kung fu masters known as the Furious Five, and his mentor Shifu. However, Lord Shen, a villainous peacock with links to Po's past, has emerged to threaten his inner peace and conquer entire China with his secret weapon.
Dragon Warrior Po finds his long lost biological father Li, while a supernatural threat arises in the form of Kai, who is stealing chi by defeating other kung fu masters. Li offers to teach Po how to use chi, but he must first travel to a hidden peaceful panda village and adapt to their way of life.
This 3D animated film is based on an epic poem. Mighty warrior Beowulf takes up the challenge and slays the demon. Years later, Beowulf faces the consequences of those past deeds. Violent shark Frankie is accidentally killed while trying to convince his vegetarian brother Lenny to become a killer like the rest of the family by eating the small fish Oscar. Oscar exploits the situation by claiming to have killed the shark himself, only to find out that he was the son of fearsome crime lord Don Edward Lino.
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