ANGELINA JOLIE BIOGRAPHY:
Growing up in Los Angeles,
Jolie was no stranger to the film industry, being the daughter of Academy
Award-winning actor Jon Voight. She later trained and performed at the Lee
Strasberg Theatre Institute, where she was seen in several stage productions.
She worked as a professional
model in London, New York and Los Angeles, and has also appeared in music
videos for such artists as 'Meatloaf', Lenny Kravitz, Antonello Venditti and
The Lemonheads. In addition, she has acted in five student films for the USC
School of Cinema, all directed by her brother, James Haven.
ANGELINA JOLIE BIOGRAPHY
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Angelina Jolie Voight
was born in Los Angeles on the 4th of June 1975, apparently at 09:09, and
growing up there Angelina was no stranger to the film industry, being the
daughter of her Academy Award-winning father Jon Voight and of model Marcheline
Bertrand.
Although her dream as
a child was actually to become a funeral director, a 16 year-old Jolie worked
as a professional model in London, New York and Los Angeles. Musical groups
such as the Rolling Stones, Lemonheads, Meatloaf, Lenny Kravitz had her cast
in their music videos, and even brother James Haven Voight directed Jolie
in his student films for USC School of Cinema.
Jolie's first foray into
films were more of a sci-fi nature, with a supporting role in the 1993 Cyborg
II: Glass Shadows, which didn't even make it to the big screen, and a lead
role in Hackers, where she met her future husband, the British actor Jonny
Lee Miller of Trainspotting fame. It should be noted that Jolie's performance
was the only redeeming factor of the movie. Jolie and Miller's morbid wedding
reception, where Jolie wore black and had Jonny's name written across the
back of her shirt in blood, could have foreshadowed that their marriage would
not live too long - they were separated within the year and filed for divorce
in 1999.Her marriage to Miller may be the only failure Jolie has yet to experience,
since her career as an actress is flying high.
Jolie's television roles
were what gained her ultimate respect among critics. She was honored with
a 1997 Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award and an Emmy nomination for
her role as Cornelia Wallace in the TV movie George Wallace, co-starring Gary
Sinise.On the big-screen, Jolie was well received by audiences for her role
in 1998's Playing By Heart, with Sean Connery, Gillian Anderson and Ryan Phillippe.
