Angelina Fast-Facts
FULL NAME: Angelina Jolie Voight
BIRTHDAY: June 4, 1975 (Born at 9:09AM PST)
STAR SIGN: Gemini
HOMETOWN: Angelina was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA
CURRENTLY LIVING: Still in Los Angeles
FAMILY DETAILS: Dad, actor John Voight, who separated from Angelina's mom in 1976; mom, Marcheline Bertrand, former actress, born in 1950 and is part Iroquois Indian; older brother, James Haven Voight, director, studied film at University of California and has directed Angelina in 5 student films; son, Maddox Jolie, born in Cambodia as Rath Vibol, and was adopted by Angelina in 2002; godmother is actress Jacqueline Bisset; godfather is actor Maximilian Schell; uncle is Chip Taylor.
RELATIONSHIPS: Married Jonny Lee Miller, actor, in March 1996 and divorced him in 1999; dated actor Timothy Hutton between 1998 and 1999; eloped with actor, director, and screen writer Billy Bob Thornton, whom Angelina acted with in 1999s film Pushing Tin, on May 5, 2000 in Las Vegas, and filed for divorce from him July 18, 2002.
WANTED TO BE WHEN SHE GREW UP: A funeral director
PREVIOUS OCCUPATION: Model in London, New York, and Los Angeles; has appeared in music videos for such artists as Meatloaf, Lenny Kravitz, Antonello Venditti and The Lemonheads.
EDUCATION: Enrolled in Lee Strasberg Theater Institute at age 11; Graduated from Beverly Hills High School at age 16; attended night classes studying film at New York University in 1997.
MEASUREMENTS: 36C-28-36
FAVE COLOR: Black, because "It goes with everything!"
FAVE FOOD: Red meat and Cheerios
PETS: Used to have a lizard named Vladmir and a snake named Harry Dean Stanton; now has a rat named Harry
HOBBIES: Reading self-help books, collecting knives
CAR: Black Ford truck
GOALS: learn to cook; learn to speak French
PERFUME: Herrera. "I've worn it forever. I like it because it's not spicy or flowery. It's nice."
INSPIRATION: Actress Gena Rowland, who Angelina got to act with in Playing By Heart
TATTOOS: a box design on her hip; a chinese dragon on her left arm; two tribal designs on her backside; the Chinese symbol for "death" on her shoulder, which she said she got so that when ever she looked at it, it would remind her to live; the letter 'H' on the inside of her left wrist, which is a reference to two people she has been close to who have this letter in their names: her brother, James Haven, and ex-boyfriend Timothy Hutton; she had the Tennesee Williams quote, "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages," on her left forearm, which is now gone; a large black side-ways cross on her stomach; in the process of removing a tattoo that said "Billy Bob" on her left arm above the dragon; a dragon and a blue window tattooed in the middle of it on her lower back; she had a chinese symbol to match ex-husband Jonny Lee Miller but got it removed because she felt it didn't suit her; and the Latin words "Quod me nutrit me destruit" on her stomach meaning "What nourishes me also destroys me."
ACTING PORTFOLIO: Made acting debut in 1982's Lookin' to Get Out in the role of Tosh; made stage debut playing a German dominatrix in the pay Room Service; played the role of Casella "Cash" Reese in the 1993 film Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow; acted as Angela in Angela and Viril in 1993; snagged the role of Kate Libby aka "Acid Burn" in the 1995 film Hackers; acted in 1995's Without Evidence as Jodie Swearingen; played the role of Gina Malacici in Love Is All There Is in 1996; had the part of Margret "Legs" Sadovsky in the 1996 film Foxfire; had the part of Eleanor "Ellie" Rigby in Mojave Moon in 1996; played the part of Georgia Viginia Lawshe Woods in the 1997 made-for-TV movie True Women; had the role of Cornelia Wallace in another 1997 made-for-TV movie called George Wallace; had the part of Claire in 1997's Playing God; played the starring role of Gia Marie Carangi in the 1998 made-for-TV movie Gia; had the part of Gloria McNeary in the 1998 film Hell's Kitchen N.Y.C.; acted as Joan in Playing by Heart in 1998; played the part of Mary Bell in 1999's Pushing Tin; starred in the role of Amelia Donaghy in 1999's The Bone Collector; had part of supporting actress as Lisa Rowe in 1999's Girl, Interrupted; acted in 2000's Gone in 60 Seconds as Sara "Sway" Wayland; snagged the starring role of Lara Croft in 2001's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider; had starring role of Julia Russell in 2001's Original Sin; played starring role of Lanie in Life, or Something Like It in 2002; will star in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, due to hit theaters in Summer of 2003 (in post-production stages); will act as Sarah Jordan in 2003's film Beyond Borders (in pre-production stages); will supply the voice of Lola for 2004's animated film Sharkslayer (filming); will play the role of Frankie in 2004's The World of Tomorrow (filming); will play the part of Grace Vanderholt in Taking Lives in 2004 (filming).
AWARDS: Won the 1997 Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actress in a Serires, Miniseries, or Made-for-TV Movie for her part as Cornelia Wallace in George Wallace; won the 1998 National Board of Review: Breakthrough Performance Award for her part as Joan in Playing by Heart; won the 1998 Golden Satellite award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TV for her part as Gia Carangi in Gia; won the 1998 Golden Glode award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TV for her part as Gia Carangi in Gia; won the 1998 Screen Actors Guild award for Female Actor (Television Movie or Miniseries) for her part as Gia Carangi in Gia; nominated for the 1999 Hollywood Film Festival Actress of the Year award; nominated for the 1999 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress for her role as Gia Carangi in Gia; nominated for the 1999 Outstanding Supporting Actress award for her role as Cornelia Wallace in George Wallace; won the 1999 Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her part as Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted; won the 1999 Screen Actors Guild award for Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Theatrical Motion Picture) for her role as Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted; won the 1999 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her part as Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted; nominated for the 2000 Blockbuster Award for Favorite Actress for her role as ___ in The Bone Collector; nominated for the Blockbuster Award for Favorite Supporting Actress for her role as Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted; nominated for the Chicago Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted; won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted; won the Broadcast Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted; won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted; won the SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted; won the 2000 ShoWest award for Supporting Actress of the Year.
OTHER NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Angelina was appointed on August 27, 2001 as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland after her visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Pakistan. In her role as goodwill ambassador, she visited the Tham Hin refugee camp in Thailand in May 2002 to check on the conditions of 9,000 refugees from bordering country of Myanmar.
OTHER INTERESTING FACTS: Angelina is bisexual; she is left-handed; she is very fond and protective of her brother and had to fend off rumors that she and James were having an incestual affair; her nickname is Catwoman; she is of Czecholslovakian, English and Native American descent; she loves to drink tequila and tea; she knows how to tango; she reads Vlad the Impaler books.