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Angelina Jolie
In the news for another baby
on the way - with recent news that she has been admitted to a
French hospital in Nice on July 1, 2008 and is
about to give birth - the Hollywood actress was born Angelina
Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975 to actor Jon Voight and actress Marcheline
Bertrand.
Inheriting
her parents' striking Hollywood looks, Jolie began a modeling
career while still in her teens and later enrolled in the Lee
Strasberg Theatre Institute and attended New York University where
she began acting in school productions.
Her
soon-forgotten first film, Cyborg 2, was followed by a
more memorable performance as a computer hacker in the 1995 film,
Hackers. Jolie finally won real recognition in 1997, and
with it a Golden Globe for her performance as George Wallace's
wife in the TV movie George Wallace, followed shortly with
an Emmy-nominated performance in Gia.
Her star continued to rise when, in 2000, the actress won an Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Girl, Interrupted
and In
2001 Jolie's career skyrocketed with a star turn in the role of
Tomb
Raider's Lara Croft in the video-game-inspired movie that
was an instant hit with audiences. Since then, other notable work
include starring roles in Beyond Borders, Sky Captain: The
World of Tomorrow and as the voice of the femme fatale Lola
in Shark
Tale.
Brad
& Angelina
As
Jolie attended the London premiere of Alexander in 2004,
rumors swirled back home linking her to the much-reported marriage
breakup of Brad
Pitt and Jennifer
Aniston. At
the time, Star magazine published a
candid photo of Jolie and Pitt in what is reported to be a
cozy moment near Naples where they had been shooting a scene for
the Mr.
and Mrs. Smith, released in June 2005.
Remaining
good friends following the film, Pitt and Jolie both steadfastly
denied having an affair, but rumors and gossip continued to swirl
until news was confirmed that the couple - now dubbed "Brangelina"
- were expecting their first child.
Following
one of the most anticipated announcements of the year, Jolie finally
gave birth to her first child in Namibia, a baby girl named Shiloh
Nouvel Jolie-Pitt.
Brangelina
Latest
In
a surprise move in early 2007, Jolie and Pitt were rumored to
be moving
to New Orleans and planning to send their three children to
school there. The movie star couple moved to the Big
Easy on January 11 and have purchased a multi-million dollar,
six-bed mansion in the city's French Quarter.
Off
the set, the Hollywood star couple also set in motion the adoption
of yet another child, a reported 3-4-year
old Vietnamese boy, whom the couple renamed Pax Thien Jolie.
Meanwhile,
Angelina Jolie fans were hotly anticipating the actress' next
movie role, playing the seductive mother of the demon Grendul
in the Dark Ages epic Beowulf
which opened in November 2007. However,
an earlier dramtic performance this year in A
Mighty Heart garnered Jolie even more critical notice.
Brangelina
Twins
Most
recently, Jolie's personal life has yet again been the subject
of tabloid attention with news of of expectant twins - fathered
by husband Brad Pitt - due in July, 2008.
Meanwhile,
Jolie can be seen on the big screen opposite Morgan Freeman and
James McAvoy in the 2008 summer action thriller Wanted
released on June 27.
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Diaz
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Johansson | Nicole
Kidman | Alyssa
Milano
Julianne Moore | Natalie
Portman | Aishwarya
Rai | Julia
Roberts
Hilary
Swank | Catherine
Zeta-Jones
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