ANGELINA
JOLIE BIOGRAPHY
Born June 4th, 1975, Angelina Jolie Voight, daughter of Oscar winning actor
Jon Voight and actress Marcheline Bertrand, used her middle name as her
last name (the French translation of beautiful), probably in order to succeed,
independent of her father's success as an actor. At age 11, Jolie began
studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, six years after
making her film debut in Lookin' to Get Out, starring her father.
Although her dream as a child was actually to become a funeral director,
16-year-old Jolie worked as a professional model in London, New York and
Los Angeles. Musical groups and singers such as the Rolling Stones, Lemonheads,
Meatloaf, and Lenny Kravitz would cast her in their music videos, and
even brother James Haven Voight directed Jolie in his student films for
the USC School of Cinema.
Wanting to get even closer to pursuing an acting career, Jolie studied
at the Met Theatre group in L.A., whose alumni include Ed Harris and Holly
Hunter.
There are very few actors who match her controversial nature. Her speech
at the Oscars thanking her brother launched rumors abound of their "romantic
involvement." She is full of talent and has already won three Golden
Globes, one Oscar, and she's not even thirty.
Jon Voight is her father and actress Marcheline Bertrand is her mother.
Angelina's lifelong goal was to be a funeral director. But, at the age
of 11, she had realized that acting was right up her alley. She enrolled
at the Lee Stratsberg Theater Institute and her career began from there.
At the tender age of 16, Angelina moved out on her own and began modeling.
She also began film studies at the New York University (also where Adam
Sandler had just graduated). She soon gave up on school and began working
with the Met Theatre Group in Los Angeles. Angelina was still not certain
that acting was what she wanted out of life.
In 1993, Angelina had decided to pursue acting full time. A forgetable
first role in Cyborg II: Glass Shadow followed, but soon thereafter Angelina
nabbed a role in Hackers, alongside Matthew Lillard and Jonny Lee Miller.
She and Jonny Lee hit it off on the set of Hacker and were married soon
after. After two year, the two were separated, but their divorce wasn't
finalized until 2000. But, it was for Girl Interrupted, a film that was
supposed to relaunch Winona Ryder, that in fact catapulted Angelina into
superstardom. She won an Oscar and was quickly established as a lead actress
in Hollywood. Then, she married actor Billy Bob Thorton after an alleged
mental institution stay
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