Angelina Jolie (born
Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American
actress and
Goodwill Ambassador for the
UN Refugee Agency. She has received three
Golden Globe Awards, two
Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an
Academy Award. Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with refugees through
UNHCR. She has been cited as one of the world's most beautiful women and her off-screen life is widely reported.
Though she made her screen debut as a child alongside her father
Jon Voight in the 1982 film
Lookin' to Get Out, Jolie's acting career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production
Cyborg 2 (1993). Her first leading role in a major film was in
Hackers (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical films
George Wallace (1997) and
Gia (1998), and won an
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama
Girl, Interrupted (1999). Jolie achieved wider fame after her portrayal of video game heroine
Lara Croft in
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), and since then has established herself as one of the best-known and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood.
[Grabicki, Michelle. Witherspoon is Hollywood's highest-paid actress. Reuters. November 30, 2007. Accessed September 8, 2008.] She has had her biggest commercial successes with the action-comedy
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) and the animated film
Kung Fu Panda (2008).
[Angelina Jolie Movie Box Office Results. Box Office Mojo. Accessed September 8, 2008.]
