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In the tabloids throughout the summer of 2008 for another baby on the way — with reports that she finally gave birth to twins in July — the sexy 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.

First photos of twin babies
born on July 12, 2008.

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 T omb 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.

Angelina Jolie breastfeeding on the cover of W Magazine
Angelina on the October
cover of W Magzine in a
photo taken by Brad Pitt.

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.

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.

Otherwise, 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 in A Mighty Heart garnered Jolie even more critical notice.

Brangelina Twins

Angelina Jolie in The Changeling

Jolie's personal life yet again became he subject of tabloid attention with news of expectant twins - fathered by husband Brad Pitt - which arrived after much worldwide anticipation on July 12.

Brad and Angelina's new twins are a boy and a girl each weighing 5 lbs. The babies names are Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. They were delivered by c-section and were doing well according to a spokesman from the Nice hospital where the births took place.

The happy news brings Jolie's burgeoning family with partner Brad Pitt to six. The couple have three adopted children: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, and a biological child, Shiloh, born in May 2006.

Most recently, Angelina Jolie is slated to appear on the cover of W Magazine depicting her breastfeeding one of her new twins in a personal photo taken by husband Brad Pitt. On screen, Jolie is at the center of early Oscar buzz for her dramatic starring role in The Changeling.

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