So today is Angelina Jolie's 45th Birthday. Born in L.A. on 4th June 1975. Angelina's first movie was back in 1982, she played Tosh Warner, along side her dad, Jon Voight in Lookin' To Get Out. It wasn't really until she took the roles of Kate in the movie Hackers in 1995 and Gia Carangi in the 1998 movie Gia, that people started to see her potential. This propelled her forward and she got roles in late 90/early noughty movies, Pushing Tin, playing Mary Bell with Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett and John Cusack, The Bone Collector playing Amelia Donaghy, with Denzel Washington, Gone In 60 Seconds, playing Sway with Nicolas Cage. Then came her break as a lead role in the 2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, she would also make the sequel in 2003 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle. The roles then kept flow during the noughties as she played Jane Smith opposite Brad Pitt in Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The early 10's started and now Angelina was Maleficent in the Disney movie of the same name and again the sequel as recently as 2019, Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil.
It was During the movie Hackers that Angelina met her first husband, British actor Jonny Lee Miller. getting married in 1996 but divorced in 1999. The marriage was over in a year! by this point Angelina had become romantically involved with another fellow actor on the set of Firefox. Angelina has said that she fell instantly in love with model-actress Jenny Shimizu. Billy Bob Thornton was next to marry Angelina, again meeting on set, of Pushing Tin. They were married in 2000, this marriage again was a short lived affair only lasting 2 years. They had announced the adoption of a child from Cambodia only 3 months prior. Next up was the well publicised scandal, where Angelina was accused of causing a rift and causing the divorce between Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. They met on set (pattern emerging) of the movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith and yet again said she fell instantly in love with him. She has always stated, that no affair took place. in 2006 she announced that she was having Brad Pitt's child. This was the first time the couple had made anything public about their relationship. The combined brand name then hit the media "Brangelina" was born! They were together for 12 years, had 5 children plus that Brad had adopted Maddox, making 6 in total, of which 3 were adopted, . They were know as Hollywood's Glam Couple, then in 2014, they were married. The marriage was not to last long, within 2 years the golden couple were separated and 2 years later, divorce was filed. The 3 adopted children were born in Cambodia, Ethiopia and Vietnam. Even the 3 biological children that the couple had were also born away from America, their first child being born in Namibia and then the twins born in Nice, France.
in 2013, at the age of 37 she underwent a preventative double mastectomy after she was informed that she had an 87% chance of getting breast cancer due to a defective gene. Angelina's maternal family history was dominated by the deadly disease, being the cause of her mother, her aunt and her grandmother's deaths. Again in 2015, a decision was made to undergo preventive salpingo-oophorectomy, as tests proved that she had 50% chance of getting ovarian cancer, due to the same gene, BRCA1 gene. both of these high profile things that she has done, has alerted the world and now testing has become more common. She is also accredited for the amount of humanitarian work that she takes on in all forms, sexual violence, refugees, etc. She has a whole host of accolades for this including being presented the the insignia of her honorary damehood by Queen Elizabeth II.
She has won
1 Oscar - Best Supporting Actress - Girl, Interrupted
3 Golden Globes - Best Supporting Actress - Girl, Interrupted
Best Actress - Gia
Best Supporting Actress In A Series - George Wallace
On top of this 1 Oscar nomination, 3 Golden Globe nominations, 2 Emmy nominations and 4 BAFTA nominations.
She is a very adaptable actress too, as you can see, the movies, the series, the mini series and also has used her voice in Shark Tale as Lola and Tigress in the Kung Fu Panda series too. She has also produced a host of films too including Unbroken, both Maleficent movies and Breadwinner. This is set to continue along with Directing.
The future is also looking like Angelina is going to be gracing our screens more
2020
Come Away
Those Who Wish Me Dead
The One And Only Ivan
2021
The Eternals
Couple of fun Facts
1) Performed her own stunts in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2) Set fire to her PJ's while doing bungee jumps in the house
3) Has an interest in mortuary, and collects knives
4) Became Goodwill Ambassador in 2001
5) 1 of Hollywood's highest paid actress's
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