Name: Angelina Jolie
Jobs: An actress
Date of Birth: 4 June 1975
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Family Data: Jolie is the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. After her parents' separation in 1976, Jolie and her brother lived with their mother.
Interest: As a child, she often watched movies with her mother and explained this had inspired her interest in acting.
Work Records: 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 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).
Interesting Information: 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, 2011, and 2013.
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