Angelina Jolie

Niece of Chip Taylor.

One of People magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.

She is extremely close to and protective of her older brother, James Haven. He often accompanies her to awards shows, and she used his name, or at least his memory, as inspiration in the "Wheres Jamie?!" scene in Girl, Interrupted .

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 its 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.

Was married to Jonny Lee Miller in a black leather pants and a white blouse. On the white blouse she painted her husbands 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.

Daughter of Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand.

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.

Started modelling at age 14 and had a childhood dream of becoming a funeral director.

Named the worlds sexiest woman in Swedish magazine Caf.

"Jolie" means "pretty" in French.

Goddaughter of actress Jacqueline Bisset.

Has the Latin phrase "Quod me nutrit me destruit" ("What nourishes me also destroys me") tattooed across her stomach.

(27 August 2001) Appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland after her visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Pakistan.

Born at 9:09 AM PDT

"Introducing Angelina Jolie" in opening credits of Love Is All There Is suggests delayed release as Jolie already had at least two major screen roles by 1996.

On her fathers side, she has German and Slovak ancestry. Her mother was of approximately one half French-Canadian, one quarter Dutch, and one quarter Polish, descent. Angelina also has a remote Huron ancestor, her maternal eight times great-grandmother, Catherine Anenontha, who was born, c. 1649, in Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec. Angelinas paternal grandparents were Elmer Vojtka, later Elmer Voight, and Barbara Kamp, while Angelinas maternal grandparents were Rolland Frederic Bertrand and Lois June Gouwens.

Ranked #87 in Premiere magazines 2002 annual "Power 100" list.

(May 2002) In role as goodwill ambassador, she visited Tham Hin refugee camp in Thailand to check on conditions of 9,000 refugees from bordering Myanmar.

Announced in late 2002 that she was "in talks" to portray the late porn star Linda Lovelace.

(September 2002) Voted the 3rd Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine.

She is the woman most American males would like to date on New Years 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 Years Eve candlelit dinner. Rival star Catherine Zeta-Jones gained second spot in the online survey conducted by Blockbuster in November 2003. The survey had 31,969 responses.

Named "The sexiest woman alive" by the Swedish evening newspaper "Aftonbladet".

Voted #9 in the 2004 FHM UK list of 100 Sexiest Women in the World.

One of her favorite television series is "King of the Hill" . She also enjoys the Game Show Network and Animal Planet.

She was voted #2 on VH1s "100 Hottest Hotties".

Graduated from Beverly Hills High School at age 16, the same school as Lenny Kravitz. She also went to school with Michael Klesic and Bahar Soomekh.

Ranked #6 in Stuff magazines "102 Sexiest Women in the World".

Voted #1 star most men would like to kiss under the mistletoe in a poll for Sky Movies.

Used to own several pet reptiles, including two snakes. Therefore she had no problem shooting the snake scene in Alexander .

Went to elementary school at William O. Schaefer School in Tappan, New York. She graduated from El Rodeo elementary school in 1989.

Her father starred with her godmother Jacqueline Bisset in Der Richter und sein Henker , which was directed by her godfather Maximilian Schell.

Voted Hollywoods Sexiest Single Mother, in a poll for website Date.com.

Consulted with real-life FBI profiler Robert K. Ressler for her role in Taking Lives .

In 2003, she was the first recipient of the Citizen of the World Award from the UNs Correspondents Association for her work as a goodwill ambassador with the UNHCR.

Ranked #2 on Mr. Blackwell s Worst Dressed List.

Named Esquire magazines Sexiest Woman Alive.

Named Most Beautiful Woman in People magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. More than 500,000 readers were polled.

(August 2005) She was made an official citizen of Cambodia by the King for her ongoing efforts to help the environment there.

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.

Performed her own stunts in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and received cuts from the chandelier scene as a result. She also 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.

Named #7 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2005 list.

Ranked #1 in E! Televisions 2006 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies.

Gave her Oscar Statuette, Golden Globes, SAG Awards, and Critic Choice Award to her mother. She felt she didnt need to hang on to awards.

Her godfather Maximilian Schell always gave her a doll as a birthday present, from her first to sixteenth. Sometimes it was a modern doll, made of plastic, sometimes it was an old and precious one, made of wood or porcelain.

Gave her mother the nickname "Great Lady".

One of the first actresses to win 3 consecutive Golden Globes in 3 different categories: "Best Supporting Actress in a Mini Series": George Wallace , "Best Actress in a TV Movie or Mini Series": Gia , "Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture": Girl, Interrupted . Coincidentally, all her roles were based on real people.

Ranked and voted #3 by Ask men.coms Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2006.

One of People magazines 100 Most Beautiful People in the World.

Named #1 in FHMs "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.

(June 2006) Has tattoos of the coordinates representing the birth countries of each of her kids (she even has the coordinates of France tattooed on her arm twice, one each for Knox and Viv), which cover up the Billy Bob Thornton tattoo.

Holds a Private Pilot Certificate with the Airplane, Single Engine, Land rating. This means that she is qualified to fly any single-engined aircraft based on land (i.e., no seaplanes) under visual flight rules only (i.e., no instrument qualifications yet so she cannot fly in conditions requiring instruments).

Has a fondness for Liverpool Football Club because her son Maddox "only wants to play for Liverpool".

She donated many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign.

(June 2006) Was the cover girl for the much anticipated issue of Forbes magazine, in which appeared the infamous Celebrity 100 list.

Named #4 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2006 list.

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 for that amount.

Is a huge fan of author Ayn Rand.

Named #2 in FHM magazines "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.

Is left-handed and therefore had to have guns specially made so that she could reload them easily for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider .

(27 January 2007) Her mother Marcheline Bertrand died from ovarian cancer in Los Angeles after a 7 year battle.

(February 2007) Chosen the greatest sex symbol of all time in the British television show "The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols".

Was on the "Time 100", a list of the worlds 100 most influential people in the world by "Time" magazine.

Ranked #12 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2007 list.

Is an alumna of the Lee Strasberg Institute as are Frank Miranda , Harvey Keitel , Robert De Niro , Al Pacino , Sally Field.

Ranked #33 on EWs The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.

In 2007, Forbes magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $20 million.

Moved to New Orleans with Brad Pitt and their four children.

In 2006, after the birth of her daughter Shiloh, she sold the first pictures of her newborn for $4,100,000. She later donated the profits to charity.

Ranked #3 in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list.

The first male to hold Jolie in his arms was Charley Boorman. Hed served as a pageboy at the wedding of Jolies parents Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand during the Deliverance shoot, and later happened to be present during the delivery of Jolie. Boorman was just 8-years-old and Jolie was but an infant. Today Boorman quips that his epitaph should read: "I was the first man to get his hands on Angelina Jolie".

Was considered for the role of Kelly Kapowski on "Saved by the Bell" , which went to Tiffani Thiessen.

Since becoming a Goodwill Ambassador in 2001, she has visited over 20 countries.

In an interview about her movie Changeling , Angie revealed that although her moms name was Marcheline, everyone called her "Marshmallow", because she was such a softie.

Went to Beverly Hills High School with writer/actor Quincy Rose , son of Mickey Rose , and Antonia Bennett , daughter of Tony Bennett.

Friends with Gwen Stefani.

(July 2009) Voted in first place in a poll to find the 100 Greatest Sex Symbols for Britains Channel 4. Elvis Presley was runner-up.

Victoria Bonya named her daughter after her.

When Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton first married, the couple moved into the Beverly Hills home formerly owned by Guns N Roses guitarist Slash.

Was considered for the role of Natasha Rushman/Black Widow in Iron Man 2 after Emily Blunt dropped out of the project, but Scarlett Johansson was cast instead.

Replaced Charlize Theron as Elise Clifton-Ward in The Tourist shortly before filming began.

Was originally cast as Dagny Taggart in Atlas Shrugged: Part I before being replaced by Charlize Theron , who in turn was replaced by Taylor Schilling.

Was 6 months pregnant with her daughter Shiloh when she completed filming The Good Shepherd .

Returned to work 4 months after giving birth to her daughter Shiloh in order to begin filming A Mighty Heart .

Was considered for the role of Ryan Stone in Gravity , but Sandra Bullock was cast instead.

Was born Angelina Jolie Voight, however in 2002, she dropped her surname "Voight" and began using her middle name "Jolie".

Ranked #90 in the 2011 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World". Previously, she ranked #70 in 2010, #14 in 2009, #9 in 2008, #8 in 2007, #4 in 2006, #3 in 2005, #9 in 2004, #32 in 2003, #32 in 2002, #61 in 2001, and #68 in 2000.

Was named after costumer designer Angela Alexander who designed costumes for the film The All-American Boy that her father Jon Voight starred in. Jon and Angela became good friends on the set, and he became fascinated when she told him her original Greek name was "Angeliki", which in Greek means "Angelic Messenger of God". During the films shoot, Jon Voight came to Angela on the set and told her that one day if he and his wife (then actress Marcheline Bertrand ) ever had a daughter he was going to name her "Angelica". They had only had a son at the time; Jolie was born two years later. Although he originally named her Angelica, a year later after his divorce with Marcheline, she began calling her "Angelina.".

Was 2 months pregnant with twins Knox and Vivienne when she completed filming Changeling .

Returned to work 8 months after giving birth to twins Vivienne and Knox in order to begin filming Salt .

Ranked #10 in Mens Health 100 Hottest Women of All Time.

The three oldest children of Angelina and Brad Pitt were adopted: sons Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt (born on August 5, 2001, adopted by Angelina on March 10, 2002 and by Brad in early 2006) and Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt (born on November 29, 2003, adopted by Angelina on March 15, 2007 and by Brad on February 21, 2008), and daughter Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt (born on January 8, 2005, adopted by Angelina on July 6, 2005, and by Brad in early 2006).

Delivered all her biological children via scheduled Caesarean sections.

Was a guest writer for The Economists special edition The World in 2008. In an article entitled A Year For Accountability, she stated that, "accountability is perhaps the only force powerful enough to break the cycle of violence and retribution that marks so many conflicts... Common sense tells us that when risks are weighed, decisions are made differently. When crimes against humanity are punished consistently and severely, the killers calculus will change."

Cohabiting with Brad Pitt since 2005.

Gave birth to her 4th child at age 30, a daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, on May 27, 2006. Her father is Brad Pitt.

Gave birth to twins (her 5th and 6th child) at age 33, a son, Knox Lon Jolie-Pitt, and a daughter, Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, on July 12, 2008. Their father is Brad Pitt.

Jolie wrote an Op/Ed newspaper article titled "My Medical Choice" that was published on May 14, 2013, in The New York Times in which she revealed that she had undergone a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction because she is a carrier of a "faulty" gene, BRCA1. Her doctors advised her that that gene, along with her family history of breast cancer (including her mothers death at age 56) made it much more likely that she would have developed breast cancer (the medical estimate was that she had an 87% risk of breast cancer), so she elected to have the surgery as a preventative measure.

(26 May 2013) Her maternal aunt, Debbie Martin, died from breast cancer at age 61.

She handpicked Lana Del Rey to perform the song "Once Upon a Dream" as the main theme for Maleficent .

Was the 116th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Girl, Interrupted at The 72nd Annual Academy Awards on March 26, 2000.

Was made a honorary Dame by Queen Elizabeth II on June 13, 2014 in London.

Greatly admires Johnny Depp. She worked with him on The Tourist .

Is one of 15 Oscar-winning actresses to have been born in the state of California. The others are Fay Bainter , Gloria Grahame , Jo Van Fleet , Liza Minnelli , Tatum ONeal , Diane Keaton , Sally Field , Anjelica Huston , Cher , Jodie Foster , Helen Hunt , Gwyneth Paltrow , Marcia Gay Harden and Brie Larson.

(February 2013) Under gone a preventive double mastectomy, two years later had reconstructive surgery implanting breast implants.

In a multilingual household her kids speak French and according to Angelina they all have their own respective languages. Shiloh is learning the Khmer, Pax is learning Vietnamese, Maddox is learning German and Russian, Zahara is focused on French, Vivienne is learning Arabic,and Knox is learning American Sign Language.

She and Brad Pitt married in California 14 August 2014 and in southern France 23 August 2014.

Filed for divorce from Brad Pitt on September 20, 2016.

Counts Sidney Lumet s The Hill as a film that had a particularly profound effect on her. A great admirer of Lumets filmmaking style, Angelina keeps a copy of his 1995 book "Making Movies" as her frequent film reference bible.

Her former realtor is the late Elaine Young.

(March 2015) Had her ovaries removed to prevent ovarian cancer which runs in her family.

Developed Bells Palsy and hypertension in 2016. She cured it with acupuncture.

Breastfed her children Shiloh Jolie-Pitt , Knox Jolie-Pitt and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt until they were all 10 weeks old.

Majored in film at New York University.

Her kids used to attend a Lyce (French school) but now have their own private teachers.

With Brad, Maddox and Zahara (as infants), appeared in Mario Testinos photo book Let Me In.

[on what she does with the money she makes each year] Save one-third,live on one-third and give away one-third.

If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably,because I love life more than they do.

Love one person, take care of them until you die. You know, raise kids.

To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my,mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in,the morning, if I did that.

My natural color is dark blonde. But when I was four or five, my mother,dyed my hair dark brown, and she decided to keep it that way. And I,stuck with that.

It slammed me into a bigger picture of the world.

I grew up in front of everybody, really. The big years of exploration.

There was a certain madness I was going through. I learned a lot about,myself. People tend to sum up times in your life and simplify.

[on her double mastectomy, 2013] I made a strong choice that in no way,diminishes my femininity.

[on the unplanned casting of her five-year-old daughter Vivienne as the,young Princess Aurora] The first day was the scene where the princess,had to catch the butterfly. So I was actually holding the ball [with,the butterfly] on the end! bouncing up and down and dancing, trying to,make her laugh. And Daddy was on the edge of the digital cliff she had,to jump off, making faces while her brothers and sisters were egging,her on. I was actually shocked that she was doing so well.

It may sound clich, but when you feel beautiful and strong on the,inside, it shows on the outside.

I think I connect to people who could be written off as wild or dark, or,who are just full of fire and looking for a place to put that fire.

I want to say when I was little, like Maleficent (2014) , I was,told I was different. And I felt out of place, too loud, too full of,fire, never good at sitting still, never good at fitting in and then,one day I realized something. Something I hope you all realize.

When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers, I kind of wanted to be a vampire.

It is a myth that rape is an inevitable part of conflict There is nothing inevitable about it. It is a weapon of war aimed at civilians. It has nothing to do with sex —everything to do with power. It is done to torture and humiliate innocent people and often very young children.

If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do.

First and foremost comes my family and my life with Brad. We have so much joy in raising our children and teaching them about the world that nothing really compares to that.

Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life.

Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got to be a priority to ensure that more women can access gene testing and lifesaving preventive treatment, whatever their means and background, wherever they live.

I always play women I would date.

I loved being Maleficent. I was quite sad to put my staff down and put my horns away because somehow, she just lives in a different world.

I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.

Anytime I feel lost, I pull out a map and stare. I stare until I have reminded myself that life is a giant adventure, so much to do, to see. .