pp-move-indef
Angelina Jolie ( , born
Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress and director. She has received an
Academy Award, two
Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three
Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by
Forbes in 2009 and 2011.
Jolie promotes humanitarian causes, and is noted for her work with refugees as a
Special Envoy and former
Goodwill Ambassador for the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She has been cited as the world's "most beautiful" woman, a title for which she has received substantial media attention.
Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father
Jon Voight in
Lookin' to Get Out (1982), but her film 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 the cyber-thriller
Hackers (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical television 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).
