Born: 04-06-1975
Birthplace: Los Angeles (California)
Country: USA
Nicknames: Angie/Ange/AJ
Height: 5' 6½" (1,69 m)

American actress Angelina grew up in Los Angeles together with her brother James Haven who is also actor. Her father is actor/oscar-winner Jon Voight and her mother is actress Marcheline Bertrand who studied acting under the legendary Lee Strasberg. She's of German and Slovak descent from her father's side and French-Canadian, Dutch and German descent from her mother's side. Her mother died from ovarian cancer in Los Angeles on january 27, 2007 after a battle of 7,5 year. She is the niece of singer-songwriter Chip Taylor and her godparents are actors Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilian Schell.

She was named after costume designer Angela Alexander who designs costumes for the film The All-American Boy (1973), where her father Jon Voight starred in. They name her Angelina a year after her parents' divorce, her originally name is Angelica. Her original Greek name was "Angeliki", which in Greek means "Angelic Messenger of God".

She had an friendly relation with actress Jenny Shimizu from 1994 until 2000. She married theatre actor Jonny Lee Miller on 28th march, 1996 and their marriage lasts until the moment they divorce on 3rd february, 1999. She started to dating with actor/director Timothy Hutton in 1996, after their meeting at the set of ''Playing God''. The couple starts an relation in 1996 and lasts until 1999. She had an relation with musician Mick Jagger from 1997 until 1999. She had an relation with Irish actor Colin Farrell from 2003 untill 2004 and had a short-term relation with actor Val Kilmer in 2004. She married with actor Billy Bob Thornton on 5th may, 2000 and their marriage lasts until their divorce on 27 may, 2003. The pair adopted the adorable Cambodian orphan Maddox Chivan, who was born on 5 august, 2001. She started an relation with actor Brad Pitt in january 2005, after their meeting on the Set of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith". The couple is engaged in april 2012 and marries on 23 august 2014. Their adopted son Pax Thien is born on 29-11-2003 and their adopted daughter Zahara Marley is born on 08-01-2005. Their daughter Shiloh Nouvel is born on 27-05-2006 and their twins, son Knox Léon and daughter Vivienne Marcheline are born on 12-07-2008. The couple currently lives in Los Angeles together with their five adopted children.

She went to the William O. Schaefer elementary School in New York and graduated at the El Rodeo elementary school in Beverly Hills in 1989. She studied on the same school as Michael Klesic, Bahar Soomekh and Lenny Kravitz at the Beverly Hills High School where she graduated at her sixteen. She studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where she was seen in several stage productions when she was eleven. She undertook some film studies at New York University and becomes member of the renowned Met Theatre Group in Los Angeles.

There are covershoots and articles about her in magazines as The Sun-Herald, The Washington Post, Grazia, Reader's Digest, Metro, USA Weekend, Total Film, Empire, Cinema, Premiere, Rolling Stone, Hello!, Stars Tv Magazine and many more.

Charities

She was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva on august 27, 2001 after her visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Pakistan. She visits Tham Hin refugee camp in Thailand to check on conditions of 9,000 refugees from the border area of Myanmar in may 2002, in her role as goodwill ambassador. She was the first recipient of the Citizen of the World Award from the UN Correspondents' Association for her work as a goodwill ambassador with the UNHCR in 2003. She was made official citizen of Cambodia by the King for her ongoing efforts to help the environment there in august 2005. Was cover girl for the much anticipated june 2006 issue of Forbes magazine and appeared in the infamous Celebrity 100 list. She donated many items to Rocky Stone in order to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign. She visits more then 20 countries in her role as Goodwill Ambassador.

Action Movie Career

She made her action movie debut in the lead role as almost-human cyborg Casella 'Cash' Reese who is specifically designed by the PinWheel corporation,in order to sneak in a rival manufacturer's headquarters with the plan to detonate herself in the year 2074 in ''Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow'' (1993). Human martial arts instructor Colton Ricks (played by Elias Koteas) gets feelings for her. They both want to escape out the PinWheel Corp. facility with help of Mercy (played by Jack Palance). The corporation sends cyborg tracker Danny Bench (played by Billy Drago) in order to destroy them.

She plays Sara "Sway" Wayland in this story where retired master car thief, Memphis Raines (played by Nicolas Cage) is making a comeback in ''Gone in Sixty Seconds'' (2000). He must steal 50 cars in one night with his crew in order to save his brother's life.

She plays tomb raider Lara Croft who is also member of a rich British aristocratic family in ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). She enjoys collecting ancient artifacts from ruins of temples, cities, etc. worldwide. She is skilled in hand-to-hand combat, weapons training and doesn't mind to go through death-defying dangers, in order to get artifacts. An secret society called the Illuminati is seeking for an ancient talisman which gives the possessor the ability to control time, because the planets of the solar system are going into planetary alignment (Which occurs every 5,000 years). They must find a certain clock/key in one week time or wait until the next planetary alignment to find it again. Lara finds the clock/key hidden in a wall of her mansion and the Illuminati steal it, after a big raid in her mansion. She is determined to find the key, before the Illuminati can use it during the planetary alignment.

She plays tomb raider Lara Croft again who made perhaps the most important archaeological discovery in history: an orb that leads to the mythical Pandora's Box in ''Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life'' (2003). Unfortunately, the orb falls into hands of Jonathan Reiss (played by Ciarán Hinds), an evil scientist who deals in killer viruses. He wants to sell the secrets of the box as the ultimate weapon to the highest bidder. The British Intelligence gives her the assignment to recruit Terry Sheridan (played by Gerard Butler), a British marine turned mercenary who is also her former lover. They both embark on an adventure that spans continents, in an attempt to regain the orb back from Jonathan Reiss.

She plays Franky next to Gwyneth Paltrow, Bai Ling and Jude Law in this story where intrepid reporter Polly Perkins (played by Gwyneth Paltrow) from New York City a connection makes between the story which she writes about a famous scientists who suddenly disappears around the world, and a recent attack on the city by giant robots in 1939 in ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow'' (2004). She seeks help of her ex-boyfriend Sky Captain (played by Jude Law) who the captain of a pilots mercenary legion is in order to find the solution of these happenings. The two are investigating the case when the robots attack the city again and Sky Captain's right hand man is able to locate the source. They go on an adventure in search of the evil mastermind behind these schemes, who creates a utopia in order to destroy the current world.

She plays Olympias in this story about Alexander the Great (played by Jessie Kamm) who led his armies against the mighty Persian Empire, drove west to Egypt, made his way finally east to India and conquers 90% of the known world when he was twentyfive in ''Alexander'' (2004). He led his armies through 22,000 miles of sieges and conquests in just eight years. This film will concentrate on those eight years of battles, as well as his relationship with his boyhood friend and battle mate Hephaestion (played by Patrick Carroll).

She plays Jane Smith in this story where she lives a normal and bored life in a normal suburb with normal jobs together with her husband John Smith (played by Brad Pitt) in ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (2005). They both have a secret life as assassin, but neither she nor John knows their spouse's secret. Their secret is uncovered when the couple discovers that they are hired by competing agencies to kill each other. The couple decides to fight both for their lives, when mercenaries are sent by the agencies to catch them.

She plays Grendel's Mother in this story where warrior Beowulf (played by Anthony Hopkins) must fight against monster Grendel who is terrorizing Denmark in ''Beowulf'' (2007).

She plays Fox in this story about frustrated office worker Wesley (played by James McAvoy) who finds out that he is the son of a professional assassin in ''Wanted'' (2008). The son is recruited by his father's old organization in order to do assignments for them. He's trained by a man named Sloan (played by Morgan Freeman), in order to follow in the footsteps of his dad.

She plays highly respected CIA agent Evelyn Salt who has been set up by the Russians in ''Salt'' (2010). Her office gets a vital piece of information from an Russian spy who tells that the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City, in order to attend the funeral of the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt. Her boss Ted Winter (played by Liev Schreiber) refuses to accept that she is a mole or double agent, but her actions begin to raise doubts. She goes on the run while she is being hunted by mercenaries when she determined is to clear her name.

She plays extraordinary woman Elise Clifton-Ward who sits next to American tourist Frank (played by Johnny Depp) in a train to Venice in ''The Tourist'' (2010). Frank visits Italy to mend a broken heart but she chooses him as decoy, in order to make him believe that he her lover is who is wanted by police in an dangerous game. 

She plays the beautiful pure-hearted young woman Maleficent who is grown up in a peaceable forest kingdom in ''Maleficent'' (2014). The people lives happy until one day when the harmony of the land is threatened by an invading army. Maleficent is the fiercest protector of the kingdom, who battles against the men of the invading king's successor. She is the only person who can restore peace in her troubled land.

Achievements And Awards

• She won the Golden Globe for ''Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV'' at the Golden Globes (1998).
• She won the Grand Jury Award for ''Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film'' at the L.A. Outfest (1998).
• She won the NBR Award for ''Breakthrough Performance - Female'' at the National Board of Review (1998).
• She won the Golden Globe for ''Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV'' at the Golden Globes (1999).
• She won the Golden Satellite Award for ''Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television'' at the Satellite Awards (1999).
• She won the Actor for ''Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries'' at the Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999).
• She won the Oscar for ''Best Actress in a Supporting Role'' at the Academy Awards (2000).
• Ranked #2 in 2000 on Mr. Blackwell (aka Richard Selzer)'s Worst Dressed List.
• One of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (2000).
• She won the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for ''Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama'' at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000)
• She won the Critics Choice Award for ''Best Supporting Actress'' at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2000).
• She won the Golden Globe for ''Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture'' at the Golden Globes (2000).
• She won the Actress of the Year Award at the Hollywood Film Festival (2000).
• She won the Actor for ''Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role'' at the Screen Actors Guild Awards (2000).
• She won the ShoWest Award for ''Supporting Actress of the Year'' at the ShoWest Convention (2000).
• She won the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for ''Favorite Actress - Action'' at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2001)
• Ranked #87 in Premiere magazine's 2002 annual "Power 100" list.
• Announced in late 2002 that she was "in talks" to portray the late porn star Linda Lovelace.
• Voted as the 3rd Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine (2002).
• Ranked #6 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
• Was named "The sexiest woman alive" by the Swedish evening newspaper "Aftonbladet" (2003).
• Voted #9 in the 2004 FHM UK list of 100 Sexiest Women in the World.
• Named Esquire magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive (2004).
• She won the Teen Choice Award for ''Choice Movie Actress: Action/Adventure/Thriller'' at the Teen Choice Awards (2005).
• Women in the World 2005" special supplement.
• Named Most Beautiful Woman in People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (2005).
• Named #7 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2005 list.
• She won the Teen Choice Award for ''Choice Movie Liar'' at the Teen Choice Awards (2005).
• She won the Teen Choice Award for ''Choice Movie Rumble'' at the Teen Choice Awards (2005).
• She won the People's Choice Award for ''Favorite Female Action Movie Star'' at the
• People's Choice Awards (2005).
• She won the MTV Movie Award for ''Best Fight'' at the MTV Movie Awards (2006).
• Ranked #1 in E! Television's 2006 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies.
• Ranked and voted #3 by Ask men.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2006.
• One of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in the World (2006).
• Was on the "Time 100" list which is ment for the world's 100 most influential people in the world by "Time" magazine (2006).
• Named #4 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2006 list.
• Named #2 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.
• She won the NRJ Ciné Award for ''Best Kiss (Meilleur baiser)'' at the NRJ Ciné Awards (2006).
• Chosen as the greatest sex symbol of all time in the British television show "The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols" (2007).
• Ranked #12 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2007 list.
• Ranked #33 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood (2007).
• Forbes magazine estimated her earnings for the year 2007 at $20 million.
• Ranked #3 in the 2008 Forbes Celebrity 100 list.
• She won the Outstanding Performance Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2008).
• She won the Satellite Award for ''Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama'' at the Satellite Awards (2008).
• She won the Oscar for ''Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role'' at the Academy Awards (2009).
• She won the  Saturn Award for ''Best Actress'' at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2009).
• She was voted in first place in a poll to find the 100 Greatest Sex Symbols for Britain's Channel 4, with the legendary Elvis Presley as runner-up in 2009.
• She won the People's Choice Award for ''Favorite Female Action Star'' at the
• People's Choice Awards (2009).
• She won the Rembrandt Award for ''Best International Actress (Beste Buitenlandse Actrice)'' at the Rembrandt Awards (2011).
• She won the Heart of Sarajevo for ''Honorary Award'' at the Sarajevo Film Festival (2011).
• She won the Teen Choice Award for ''Choice Movie Actress: Action'' at the Teen Choice Awards (2011).
• Ranked #10 in Men's Health 100 Hottest Women of All Time (2011).
• She won the PGA Award for ''Stanley Kramer Award'' at the PGA Awards (2012).
• She won the Stanley Kramer Award at the PGA Awards (2012).
• She won the Cinema for Peace Award for ''Most Valuable Movie of the Year'' at the Cinema for Peace Awards (2012).
• She won the Oscar for ''Best Writing, Original Screenplay'' at the Academy Awards (2012).
• She won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy Awards (2014).
• She won the Cinema for Peace Award for ''Most Valuable Movie of the Year'' at the Cinema for Peace Awards (2015).
• She won the Blimp Award for ''Favorite Villain'' at the Kids' Choice Awards (2015).
• Ranked #90 in the 2011 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World" and was previously ranked #70 in 2010, #14 in 2009, #9 in 2008, #8 in 2007, #4 in 2006, #3 in 2005, #9 in 2004, #32 in 2003, #32 in 2002, #61 in 2001, and #68 in 2000.
• Voted as Hollywood's Sexiest Single Mother, in a poll for website Date.com.
• Named the world's sexiest woman in Swedish magazine Café.
• More than 500,000 readers were polled.
• Named #1 in FHM's "100 Sexiest.
• Voted #1 star most men would like to kiss under the mistletoe in a poll for Sky Movies
• She was voted #2 on VH1's "100 Hottest Hotties".

Action Movie Filmography

• Maleficent 2 (2017)
• Maleficent (2014)
• The Tourist (2010)
• Salt (2010)
• Wanted (2008)
• Beowulf (2007)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
• Alexander (2004)
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
• Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
• Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow (1993)