Angelina Jolie is one of the most accomplished women in Hollywood. She’s an Oscar-winning actress and a huge movie star, not to mention a mother of 6!
Angelina Jolie is one of the most bankable movie stars on the planet. From critically-acclaimed dramas, to action-packed adventure films, to family-friendly flicks, Jolie has done it all throughout her incredible career.
Angelina Jolie has also found herself a popular target for the paparazzi, and she has lived her entire adult life in the public eye. From details about her three marriages to her six kids, fans want to know it all.
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This is the life and career of Angelina Jolie.
Angelina Jolie’s Life And Relationships
As the daughter of actor Jon Voight and the ex-wife of actors Jonny Lee Miller, Billy Bob Thornton, and Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie is nearly as famous for her personal relationships as she is for her movie career.
Angelina Jolie’s Early Life
Angelina Jolie was born in 1975 to actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. Her parents divorced shortly after she was born. Growing up, Jolie was close with her mother and older brother, but she has always had a difficult relationship with her father.
Angelina Jolie’s First Two Marriages
Angelina Jolie married her first husband, Jonny Lee Miller, when she was just 20 years old and he was 23. The two had met a year earlier on the set of Hackers. They split up less than three years later, but remain on good terms.
Jolie’s second marriage was in 2000 to Billy Bob Thornton, an actor twenty years her senior. During her marriage to Thornton, she got her first taste of motherhood – she was a stepmother to Thornton’s young son Harry. Jolie and Thornton divorced in 2003 and after just three years of marriage.
Angelina Jolie Becomes A Mother
In 2002, Angelina Jolie adopted her first child, a boy named Maddox. She intended to raise him with her then-husband Billy Bob Thornton, but the two of them split up shortly after they began the adoption process, and Jolie officially adopted Maddox on her own. Jolie adopted her second child, a girl named Zahara, in 2005. In 2006, Jolie’s then-partner Brad Pitt adopted Maddox and Zahara and officially became their father.
Together, Jolie and Pitt would go on to have four more children: a daughter named Shiloh, whom Jolie gave birth to in 2006; a son named Pax, whom they adopted in 2007; and twins named Knox and Vivienne, whom Jolie gave birth to in 2008.
Angelina Jolie’s Relationship With Brad Pitt
And speaking of Brad Pitt…
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt fell in love in 2005 on the set of their film Mr. & Mrs. Smith, but they waited to get together until Pitt confirmed his split with Jennifer Aniston. The couple – playfully referred to as “Brangelina” in the media – was together for more than a decade before announcing their split in 2016.
Angelina Jolie’s Divorce From Brad Pitt
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt separated in 2016, but did not finalize their divorce until 2019. Unfortunately, they are still embroiled in a complex custody battle involving their four children who remain minors: Zahara, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne.
Angelina Jolie’s Life Today As A Single Mother Of Six
Angelina Jolie has tried to keep her personal life more private ever since her headline-making separation from Brad Pitt. That being said, rumor has it the Oscar-winner is dating Grammy-winning Canadian singer The Weeknd.
Angelina Jolie’s Career
While Angelina Jolie’s personal life is often what makes headlines, she is also a wildly successful actor and filmmaker.
Angelina Jolie’s Early Career
Jolie played her first film role in 1982, when she appeared alongside her father in the comedy Lookin’ to Get Out. However, she did not appear in another film for more than a decade, making her next onscreen appearance in the 1993 film Cyborg 2. In 1995 she starred alongside her future husband Jonny Lee Miller in the film Hackers, and would go on to make a name for herself in a couple of made-for-TV movies: George Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998).
Angelina Jolie Star-Making Performance In ‘Girl, Interrupted’
By 1999, Angelina Jolie had been acting for several years, but it was her supporting role in the drama Girl, Interrupted that made her a star. Jolie won several awards for her performance as Lisa Rowe, including the Oscar, the Golden Globe, and the SAG Award.
Angelina Jolie Becomes A Major Movie Star
After winning her Oscar, Angelina Jolie seemed unstoppable. She starred in hit action films, like Gone In 60 Seconds and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, several animated children’s movies, like Shark Tale and Kung-Fu Panda, and more critically-acclaimed dramas, like Changeling.
‘Maleficent’ Was Angelina Jolie’s Biggest Hit
When Maleficent premiered in 2014, it marked the first time since 2010 that Angelina Jolie had played a live-action role in a movie. It turned out to be the perfect choice for her return to camera, as Maleficent became (and remains) the most financially succesful film of her career.
Angelina Jolie Steps Behind The Camera
While Angelina Jolie is most famous for her acting, she shifted her focus to filmmaking in 2011 with her feature film directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey. She would go on to direct Unbroken (which was written by the Coen Brothers), the romantic drama By The Sea (which Jolie wrote herself), and the biographical wartime film First They Killed My Father (which Jolie co-wrote with Loung Ung).
Angelina Jolie’s Career Today
While she did take a step back from acting, Angelina Jolie certainly did not quit the profession altogether. Instead, she picks her roles carefully, only starring in films that she really wants to be a part of. Her next projects are set to include the third Maleficent film, the second Eternals film, and a drama called Every Note Played, but none of these productions have begun filming just yet.
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