Angelina Jolie, the most popular Hollywood actress, was born on June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles. Currently, in addition to filming in the next super-action movie, Jolie is engaged in humanitarian projects. The rest of the time, the actress devotes to writing scripts, directing, working as a model and raising children, of whom she already has six.
First movie role
Angelina Jolie, whose biography can serve as an example of an active and successful woman, began her career at the age of seven, starring in the movie "In Search of a Way Out" directed by Hal Ashby. The main role in the film was played by John Voight, the girl’s father. It was he who initiated the debut of his daughter.
Model Agency
When Angelina was 11 years old, she began a period of dissatisfaction with herself. The girl entered the school of Lee Strasberg, where she studied art for two years, then her studies continued in Beverly Hills, at High School. All this time, she tried to rise above her own image, but the habit of wearing second-hand clothes and the boyish manner of behavior took their toll. Soon, Angelina was completely disappointed in herself, after she did not go through a competition organized by a large modeling agency. Casting was announced for teenagers, teenagers from all over Los Angeles gathered at it, and the timid Jolie somehow got lost among self-confident American girls. And although she was always tall (today Angelina Jolie's height is 173 centimeters), she did not pass the competition because of her thinness.
New shootings
The next film starring Jolie was the fantastic thriller Glass Shade, directed by Michael Schroeder, staged in 1993. Eighteen-year-old Angelina coped with the role of Casella Reese, a cyborg woman, and since then she has regularly starred in films with a tense, often fantastic story, full of extreme adventures.
Angelina Jolie, whose biography meanwhile opened one page after another, quickly became popular. Beautiful appearance, natural quick wit and easy sociable character helped her in this. The growth of Angelina Jolie also played an important role. However, the appearance parameters by Hollywood standards were not limited to growth alone. For the actress, her weight category was also important. Angelina Jolie, whose weight in different years ranged from 47 to 56 kilograms, could not worry about anything, since this data met the most stringent Hollywood standards.
TV movies
In 1997, Jolie took part in the television production of George Wallace, which gave her an Emmy nomination for her role as Cornelia, wife of Governor Wallace.
Then Angelina played in the television movie "Gia", which tells the story of the top model Gia Carangi, incredibly popular in the 70s of the last century. The sad fate of the famous model, who died from AIDS and drugs, was presented by Angelina Jolie with frightening reliability. She received the Golden Globe for this role, critics unanimously argued that if it were not a television film, but a full-fledged film version, then instead of the Globe there would certainly be an Oscar. Nevertheless, television films with Angelina Jolie were as popular as full-length films, which were on the big screen.
Great movie
After the exhausting role of Gia, the actress needed a rest, Jolie went to New York, where she entered the scriptwriting courses at the University. The young actress felt the need for self-expression, she wanted to express her innermost thoughts from the screen, all that it was impossible to keep silent about.
Engaged in scriptwriting courses, Angelina Jolie, whose biography was ready for new turns, appeared in between films in the meantime, one of which became her high point. It was a movie "Interrupted Life" directed by James Mangold, where the actress played Lisa Rove, an unbalanced psychopath, a patient in a psychiatric clinic. The main role was played by actress Winona Ryder, however, the film turned into a real triumph for Jolie, who received an Oscar for the female best supporting role. The actress instantly became a recognized Hollywood star, and films with Angelina Jolie did not even need advertising, the audience was waiting for their appearance on the screen and never missed. Many moviegoers went "to Angelina Jolie."
Commercial projects
Immediately after the triumphant role in "Interrupted Life", Angelina Jolie (Oscar did not become a reason for her complacency) starred in a commercial film with Nicolas Cage called "Gone in 60 Seconds." The film raised over $ 230 million at the box office. Over the entire career of Angelina Jolie in the cinema, she repeatedly brought Hollywood multimillion-dollar profits. The highest-grossing films with the participation of the actress include:
- "Mrs. and Mr. Smith" - $ 478 million.
- "Tourist" - 278 million
- Salt - 293 million
- "Particularly dangerous" - 341 million
- Lara Croft - 274 million
and others.
Lara Croft
In the early 2000s, Angelina Jolie, whose biography was replenished with the next page, starred in a multi-part film, set on the plot of the popular game Tomb Raider. The first series, released under the title "Tomb Raider", created a sensation among connoisseurs of extreme sports. Jolie herself performed all the tricks, and these were super combinations with weapons at the level of a higher school of martial arts. However, film critics sluggishly scolded the film for lack of spirituality, a weak idea, lack of moral components. In contrast to these arguments, a weighty argument was put forward - $ 270 million at the box office.
2004 year
In the acting environment, and Hollywood is no exception, it is customary to participate in the creation of animated films. Cartoon characters suddenly begin to speak with the voices of familiar actors and actresses. The animated film "Underwater Brothers" gathered for its voice acting such masters of cinema as Robert De Niro and Will Smith. Angelina Jolie took part in this project - her voice says the fish Lola, which even looks like an actress.
Other films featuring Jolie, released this year, have not been as successful. For example, the film "Alexander" directed by Oliver Stone, in which the actress played the Queen of the Olympics, failed at the box office. The film, entitled "Sky Captain", where Jolie appeared in the role of the protagonist's lover, was also unsuccessful.
However, the failures of some films in which Angelina Jolie played secondary roles did not affect her personal financial situation, the actress was one of the highest paid in Hollywood. After the release of the film "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," she became the third member of the club of actresses (after Cameron Diaz and Julia Roberts), earning more than $ 20 million on one film.
Jolie Angelina and Brad Pitt
One of the most successful film projects of the actress was the film "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," filmed in 2005 by director Doug Lyman. Jane Smith (Angelina Jolie) is exhausted from a boring and unnecessary marriage with Mr. Smith (Brad Pitt). However, not everything is so simple in this, at first glance, an ordinary family. Mrs. Smith is a cold-blooded killer for hire. And Mr. Smith is a professional killer who receives a significant amount for each murder.
Nevertheless, the commonality of interests does not unite them in any way, Mr. and Mrs. Smith continue to quietly hate each other. This continues until Mrs. Smith receives an order to kill Mr. Smith, and he, in turn, orders the physical removal of his wife.
Filming continued long enough for Jolie to know her counterpart better. A secret affair soon became apparent, followed by Pitt's divorce from his wife Jennifer Aniston, and then his adoption of the children of Angelina.
Personal life
The actress was married three times . Angelina Jolie's first husband , Johnny Lee Miller, appeared on the set during the production of the movie "Hackers," in 1995. Young people, without hesitation, got married. However, a marriage concluded in his youth did not last long, and a year later the couple parted.
In the spring of 2000, also on the set, Jolie began an affair with Billy Thornton. Both participated in the production of the film "Managing Flights." The novel was unusual, had a ritual character, young people exchanged their own blood, which was stored in each special vessel, made tattoos on their bodies as a sign of fidelity to each other. The wedding of Angelina Jolie and Thornton took place in Las Vegas in May 2000. However, after three years, a divorce followed, neither blood nor tattoos helped.
The third marriage of Angelina Jolie, the journalists called "Brangelina", since the popular Brad Pitt became the husband of the actress. Currently, the couple live happily and raise six children.
Activities of the actress as UN Goodwill Ambassador
For the first time, Angelina saw signs of a humanitarian catastrophe in Cambodia, where on-site shooting of the film with her participation took place. The poverty of the population, the suffering of young children, defenseless, constantly hungry, horrified the actress. She immediately contacted the UN mission, and Jolie soon traveled to Sierra Leone and Tanzania. The actress took all the expenses, besides this, shocked by what she saw, Angelina without hesitation made a donation in the amount of one million dollars for the purchase of food for starving children.
On August 27, 2001, Jolie was appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador. She was given the mandate in Geneva, in the office of the Commissioner for Refugees. Then, for four years, Angelina made regular trips to disadvantaged countries, while visiting Ecuador, Thailand, Kenya, Angola, Sudan, Kosovo, and even Russia, the North Caucasus.
As a result of her active efforts to identify regions close to a humanitarian catastrophe, Jolie gained political weight and gained respect from the population of those countries that she visited. In 2005, Angelina was invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where she was to make a presentation on world humanitarian issues.
Husband support
In some trips of a humanitarian nature, Angelina Jolie's husband, Brad Pitt, began to participate, who also was imbued with the importance of the problem and was completely on the side of his wife, helping her in everything. There was a lot of work, a circle of voluntary assistants formed around the legendary Hollywood actors. Soon, Jolie Angelina and Brad Pitt became inseparable, performing the common, interesting for both, business of saving defenseless children. Compassion and a desire to help obscured all other feelings. During one of these missions in Namibia, the daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Shilo Nouvel , was born . This was the first common child of a star couple. The second daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Vivienne Marcheline, was born in 2008. This time the birth took place in Nice, a French resort town, Brad Pitt was present at the same time.
Jolie and Brad Pitt Foundations
Together, they created several charitable foundations whose activities were aimed at supporting humanitarian processes in the poorest regions. The charity Jolie & Pitt Foundation is funding the Doctors Without Borders global program. The Education Partnership for Children jf Conflict, organized in 2007, provides assistance to children affected by natural and man-made disasters.
On November 16, 2013, Angelina Jolie was awarded the Oscar for her active humanitarian work. And in 2014, the actress received the title of lady of cavalry from the hands of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. The ceremony was held at Buckingham Palace.
Angelina Jolie, filmography
During her 20-year career in cinema, the actress starred in more than 40 films. Many of these films are based on fantastic stories and created in the genre of dangerous adventures, such is the role of Jolie, a Hollywood superstar working without understudies. Angelina Jolie, whose filmography continues to replenish with new paintings, is full of energy and, one must think, will delight her fans for a long time to come.
The most famous films:
- "George Wallace" - 1997;
- "Interrupted Life", 1999;
- "Tomb Raider. Lara Croft", 2001, 2003;
- Taking Life, 2004;
- Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 2005;
- "Salt", 2010.