Angelina Jolie: biography, filmography, personal life

Angelina Jolie, the most popular actress of Hollywood, was born June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles. Currently, in addition to shooting in the next super-shooter, 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, which she already has six.

The first film 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 film "In Search of an Outlet" by director Hal Ashby. The main role in the picture was played by John Voight, the girl's father. He was the initiator of his daughter's debut.

Model agency

When Angelina was 11 years old, she began a period of discontent with herself. The girl entered the Lee Strasberg School , where she studied art for two years, then her studies continued in Beverly Hills, at the Graduate School. All this time she tried to rise above her own image, but the habit of wearing clothes from the second hand and boyish manner of behavior took their toll. Soon, Angelina was completely disappointed in herself, after she did not pass through a contest arranged by a large modeling agency. Casting was announced for teenagers, it was attended by teenagers from all over Los Angeles, and timid Jolie somehow lost among confident American girls. And although it has always been high (Angelina Jolie's current height is 173 centimeters), she did not pass through the competition due to thinness.

New Shooting

The next film, which starred Jolie, was a fantastic thriller "Glass Shadow", directed by Michael Schroder, delivered in 1993. Eighteen-year-old Angelina perfectly coped with the role of Kazella Reese, a cyborgian woman, and has since regularly began to appear in films with a tense, often fantastic plot full of extreme adventures.

Angelina Jolie, whose biography opened one page after another, quickly became popular. Beautiful appearance, natural wit and easy sociable nature 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 fluctuated from 47 to 56 kilograms in different years, could not worry about anything, since these data corresponded to the strictest standards of Hollywood.

TV Movies

In 1997, Jolie took part in the television production "George Wales", which gave her the Emmy nomination for the role of Cornelia, the wife of Governor Walesa.

Then, Angelina played in the television movie "Gia", telling the story of the top model of Gia Karandzhi, 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 got the Golden Globe for this role, critics unanimously asserted that if it was not a television movie, but a full-fledged film version, then instead of the "Globe" there would certainly be an "Oscar." And yet television movies with Angelina Jolie enjoyed the same popularity as the full-length films that were on the big screen.

A great movie

After the exhausting role of Gia, the actress needed a rest, Jolie went to New York, where she entered the scriptwriters' courses at the University. The young actress felt the need for self-expression, she wanted to express her innermost thoughts from the screen, everything that it was impossible to keep silent about.

Engaged in courses for scriptwriters, Angelina Jolie, whose biography was ready for new twists and turns, appeared in several films, one of which became her star hour. It was the movie "The Interrupted Life" directed by James Mangold, where the actress played Lisa Rove, an unbalanced psycho, a patient of a psychiatric clinic. The main role was played by the actress Vainona Ryder, but the film turned out to be a real triumph for Jolie, who received an Oscar for women's best supporting role. The actress suddenly became the recognized star of Hollywood, and the films with Angelina Jolie did not even need advertising, the public waited for their appearance on the screen and never missed it. Many moviegoers went to Angelina Jolie.

Commercial projects

Immediately after the triumphant role in "Interrupted Life" Angelina Jolie ("Oscar" did not become for her reason for complacency) starred in a commercial film with Nicolas Cage , entitled "Gone in 60 seconds." The film has collected more than 230 million dollars at the box office. In the career of Angelina Jolie in the movie, she repeatedly brought Hollywood multi-million dollar profits. The most cash films with the actress include:

• "Mrs. and Mr. Smith" - 478 million dollars.
• "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 this next page, starred in a multi-series film, based on the story of the popular game Tomb Raider. The first series, published under the title "Tomb Raider", made a sensation among lovers of extreme sports. Jolie herself performed all the tricks, and these were supercombinations with weapons at the level of the higher school of martial arts. However, film critics began to languishly criticize the film for lack of spirituality, a weak idea, a lack of moral components. In contrast to these arguments, a weighty argument was put forward - $ 270 million at the box office.

2004

In the acting environment, and Hollywood is not an exception, it is accepted to participate in the creation of animated films. The characters of the cartoons suddenly start talking with the voices of familiar actors and actresses. Animated film "Underwater Brotherhood" has collected for its voice acting masters of motion picture art like Robert De Niro and Will Smith. Angelina Jolie took part in this project too - her voice is spoken by a small fish Lola, who even looks like an actress.

Other films with the participation of Jolie, released this year, were not as successful. For example, the film "Alexander" directed by Oliver Stone, in which the actress played the queen Olympics, failed at the box office. The film, entitled "Heavenly Captain", where Jolie appeared in the role of the main character's lover, also had no success.

However, the failures of some films, in which Angelina Jolie played secondary roles, did not in any way affect her personal financial situation, the actress was one of the highest paid in Hollywood. After the release of the movie "Mr and Mrs. Smith," she became the third member of the club of actresses (after Cameron Diaz and Julia Roberts), earning in one movie more than $ 20 million.

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) succumbs to a boring and unnecessary marriage with Mr. Smith (Brad Pitt). However, not everything is so simple in this, at first sight, ordinary family. Mrs. Smith is a cold-blooded killer for hire. And Mr. Smith is a professional killer who receives a considerable amount for every murder.

Nevertheless, the community of interests in no way brings them together, Mr. and Mrs. Smith continue to quietly hate each other. This continues until Mrs. Smith receives an order for the murder of Mr. Smith, and he, in turn, orders the physical removal of his wife.

The shooting of the film lasted long enough for Jolie to better recognize her counterpart. The secret romance soon became apparent, followed by the divorce of Pitt with his wife Jennifer Aniston, and then the 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 a long time thinking, got married. However, the marriage, concluded by youth, did not last long, and after a year 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 Flight". The novel was unusual, worn ritual character, young people exchanged their own blood, which was stored in everyone in special vessels, made tattoos on the body as a sign of loyalty to each other. The wedding of Angelina Jolie and Thornton took place in Las Vegas in May 2000. However, three years later, a divorce was followed, neither blood nor tattoos helped.

Angelina Jolie's third marriage was called "Brangelina," because the actress's husband was the popular Brad Pitt. Currently, the couple live happily and are bringing up six children.

The actress's activity as a UN Goodwill Ambassador

For the first time signs of a humanitarian disaster, Angelina saw in Cambodia, where the film was filmed with her participation. Poverty of the population, the suffering of young children, defenseless, constantly hungry, horrified the actress. She immediately contacted the UN mission, and Jolie's trip to Sierra Leone and Tanzania was soon held. All the expenses the actress took on herself, besides, shocked by what she saw, Angelina without hesitation contributed a donation of one million dollars for the purchase of food for starving children.

On August 27, 2001, Jolie was appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador. The mandate was given to her 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 in Russia, in the North Caucasus.

As a result of her active work in identifying regions close to the humanitarian catastrophe, Jolie gained political weight and gained respect from the population of the countries she visited. In 2005, Angelina was invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where she was to make a report on the world problems of a humanitarian nature.

Support for the husband

In some trips of a humanitarian nature, the husband of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, also became involved in the importance of the problem and was entirely on the side of the spouse, helping her in everything. There was a lot of work, around the legendary Hollywood actors a circle of volunteers was formed. Soon Jolie Angelina and Brad Pitt Became inseparable, performing a common, interesting for both the cause of rescuing defenseless children. Compassion and desire to help obscured all other feelings. During one such mission in Namibia, the daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Shiloh Nouvel , was born . It was the first common child of a stellar couple. The second daughter of Angelina Jolie and Bred Pitt, Vivien Marchelin, was born in 2008. This time, the birth took place in Nice, the French resort town, Brad Pitt was present at the same time.

The funds of Jolie and Brad Pitt

Together they created several charitable foundations, whose activities were aimed at providing humanitarian processes in the poorest regions. The charitable organization Jolie & Pitt Foundation finances the world-wide program "Doctors Without Borders". The Education Partnership for Children jf Conflict Foundation, organized in 2007, assists children affected by natural and man-made disasters.

November 16, 2013 for an active humanitarian work Angelina Jolie was awarded an honorary "Oscar". And in 2014, the actress received from the hands of the Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II the title of lady cavalry. The ceremony was held at Buckingham Palace.

Angelina Jolie, filmography

During her 20-year career in film, the actress starred in more than 40 films. Many of these films are based on fantasy stories and created in the genre of dangerous adventures, such is the role of Jolie, the superstar of Hollywood, working without doubles. Angelina Jolie, whose filmography continues to replenish with new paintings, is full of energy and, I think, will continue to please its fans for a long time.

The most famous films are:

• "George Wallace", - 1997;
• "Interrupted life", 1999;
• "Tomb Raider: Lara Croft", 2001, 2003;
• "Taking lives", 2004;
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 2005;
• "Salt", 2010 year.