Friday, December 28, 2007

Angelina Jolie


Biography
Born June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles, Angelina Jolie Voight is one of the 'in' women in Hollywood. Jolie meaning "pretty little girl" in French, catapulted from being model daughter of a famous acting pair Mircheline Bertrand and Jon Voight, to a top billed actress winning three Golden Globes and an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in the film "Girl ,Interrupted".
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She is Extraordinary not only for her exotic looks but also for her first screen debut the age of five with her father. At the age of 11, she began studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. At the age of 16, she started to work as a professional model in London, New York and Los Angeles and appearing in music videos for the likes of Meatloaf, the Lemonheads, Lenny Kravitz and the Rolling Stones. However her love for acting and theatre brought her back to New York where she followed film studies before moving to Los Angeles to study acting in a more formalized setting at the Met Theatre Group amongst esteemed actors such as Ed Harris and Holly Hunter. Films like "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow", "Alexander" and "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" make big headlines in 2004-2005 and remind us why we love Angelina. During filming of the latter she met actor Brad Pitt and the two started dating. It was rumored that they finally tied the knot in November 2005 with a secret Buddhist ceremony; Angelina is a devout Buddhist. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are now proud parents of baby girl Shiloh .

Jolie has also been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees since 2001. She is very committed in helping others and frequently travels to Third World countries in order to bring media attention to the problems of the Third World.