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Trivia
Birth name: Angelina Jolie Voight
Date of birth: 4 June 1975
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Nickname: Angie, Ange, AJ
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Spouse: Billy Bob
Thornton (5 May 2000 - 27 May 2003) (divorced), Jonny Lee Miller (28 March 1996 - 3 February 1999) (divorced).
Niece of Chip Taylor.
One of People Magazine's "50 Most
Beautiful People." [2000]
She is extremely close to and protective of
her brother James Haven. He often accompanies her to awards shows, and
she used his name, or at least his memory, as inspiration in the
"Where's Jamie?!" scene in Girl, Interrupted (1999).
Has the letter "H" tattooed on the
inside of her left wrist, which is a reference to two people she is
close to who have this letter in their names: her brother, James Haven,
and Timothy Hutton. She got the tattoo when she was dating Timothy but
since their break up she now says it's only for James.
Has a tattoo of the Tennessee Williams
quote, "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages." on her
left forearm.
Jolie is actually her middle name.
Was married to Jonny Lee Miller in a black
leather pants and a white shirt. On the white shirt she painted her
husband's name in her own blood (across the back).
Tattoos include the Japanese sign for death,
two pointy black American Indian symbols, a dragon, and a large black
cross.
Mother is Marcheline Bertrand.
Father is Jon Voight.
Majored in film at New York University.
Collects knives and has an interest in
mortuary science.
Angelina and her brother, to whom she is
very close, publicly spoke out to deny false rumors that the two were
having an incestuous love affair. [2000]
Sister of James Haven.
Had childhood dream of becoming a funeral
director.
Named the world's sexiest woman in Swedish
magazine Café.
"Jolie" means "pretty"
in French.
Goddaughter of actress Jacqueline Bisset.
Graduated from Beverly Hills High School at
age 16.
Has the Latin phrase "Quod me nutrit me
destruit" ("What nourishes me also destroys me") tattooed
across her stomach.
Appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland after her
visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Pakistan. [27 August 2001]
Born at 9:09 AM PST
"Introducing Angelina Jolie" in
opening credits of Love Is All There Is (1996) suggests delayed release
as Jolie already had at least two major screen roles by 1996.
She is of Czechoslovakian and American
descent on her father's side and French and Haudenosaunee (Iroquian
Indian) heritage on her mother's side.
Jolie and Thornton have adopted a Cambodian
baby boy, named Maddox. Jolie took custody of the baby in Africa, where
she is shooting Beyond Borders (2003). [10 March 2002]
Performed her own stunts in Lara Croft: Tomb
Raider (2001) and received cuts from the chandelier scene as a result.
Ranked #87 in Premiere's 2002 annual
"Power 100" list.
In role as goodwill ambassador, visited Tham
Hin refugee camp in Thailand, May 2002, to check on conditions of 9,000
refugees from bordering Myanmar.
July 2002 - confirms break up with actor Billy
Bob Thornton.
Measurements: 36C-27-36.
Announced in late 2002 that she is "in
talks" to portray the late porn star Linda Lovelace. Eventually,
she lost the role to Courtney Love.
Goddaughter of actor Maximilian Schell.
Voted the 3rd Sexiest Female Movie Star in
the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.
Her adopted son, Maddox Chivan Thornton
Jolie, was born on August 5th, 2001.
Her favorite Disney character is Dumbo the
flying elephant, she has said that she cried when he was able to fly.
She is the woman most American males would
like to date on New Year's Eve, according to a survey by movie rental
chain Blockbuster Inc. Results of the survey showed her in the top spot
with 35 percent of respondents saying she would be their number one pick
for a hypothetical New Year's Eve candle-lit dinner. Rival star Catherine
Zeta-Jones gained second spot in the online survey conducted by
Blockbuster November 11-24, 2003. The survey had 31,969 responses.
Started modelling at the age of 14.
Was named "The sexiest woman
alive" by the Swedish evening newspaper "Aftonbladet."
[2003]
She was voted the ninth sexiest woman in FHM
UK's top 100 sexiest in 2004.
Is planning to give up her acting career to
settle in England with her son Maddox and become a full time mum. She
says she wants to "Quit movies, be a great mum to Maddox and join
the Parents and Teachers Association".
Favorite music: Madonna, Elvis Presley,
Frank Sinatra, The Clash, Matchbox 20
Favorite TV shows: "King of the
Hill" (1997), the Game Show Network and Animal Planet.
Voted as #6 on the "Top 100 Sexiest
Women" 2004 in FHM [DK].
She was voted #2 on VH1's "100 Hottest
Hotties."
Attended same high school as Lenny Kravitz.
She and Egyptian actor Adel Imam are
goodwill ambassadors for the UNHCR.
Went to High School with Michael Klesic.
Has a tattoo of a blue window on her
lowerback. She claims it's because no matter where she was at any point
in her life she always found herself looking out a window wishing to be
elsewhere.
Ranked #6 in Stuff magazine's "102
Sexiest Women in the World." [2002]
Speaks French.
Voted #1 star most men would like to kiss
under the mistletoe in a poll for Sky Movies.
Used to own a pet rat snake. Therefore had
no problem shooting the snake scene in Alexander (2004).
Went to elementary school at William O.
Schaefer School in Tappan, New York.
Her father starred with her godmother
Jacqueline Bisset in Richter und sein Henker, Der (1975), which was
directed by her godfather Maximilian Schell.
Voted Hollywood's Sexiest Single Mother, in
a poll for website Date.com.
Was consulted by real-life FBI profiler
Robert Ressler for her role in Taking Lives (2004)
Shares a birthday with Amelia Warner, Izabella
Scorupco, Prince Michael of Kent and John Drew
Barrymore, Noah Wyle and Scott Wolf.
In 2003 was first recipient of the Citizen
of the World Award from the UN's Correspondents' Association for her
work as a goodwill ambassador with the UNHCR.
In 2004 was made an honorary citizen of
Cambodia by the Prime Minister of Cambodia for her humanitarian work
there.
Became the third actress to join the coveted
$20 Million Club (after Julia
Roberts and Cameron
Diaz), when she signed to do Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) for $25
million.
She adopted a newborn baby girl from
Ethiopia who was thought to be orphaned by AIDS. But it was later
revealed that the child's mother did not have the money to care for her.
She named the girl Zahara Marley Jolie. July 6th 2005
She ranked #2 in 2000 on Mr. Blackwell's
Worst Dress List.
Named Esquire Magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive
in 2004.
Named Most Beautiful Woman in People
Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People 2005 issue. More than 500,000
readers were polled.
In August, 2005 was made an official citizen
of Cambodia by the King for her ongoing efforts to help the environment
there.
The King of Cambodia has signed legal papers
giving her Cambodian Citizenship (August 2005)
Was nominated for Worst Actress at the
Razzie Awards for four straight years from 2002 to 2005, but each time
was beaten by another of her fellow nominees. She has still yet to
"win" an award.
When filming the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider she
set fire to her silk pajamas on the chandelier while she was doing her
'bungee jumps' in the house. She was taken to a hospital with minor
burns but resumed filming the next day.
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