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Biography of Angelina
Jolie; Humanitarian, Business Woman, Author
Business biography of Angelina Jolie. Jolie's
personal information, family life, education as
well as information about her humanitarian
efforts, business investments, books, and the
Angelina Jolie stock index.
Profile of Angelina Jolie - Her Business
Endeavors and Humanitarian Works:
Angelina Jolie, actress and Hollywood icon was
named 2009’s most powerful celebrity in the
world by Forbes magazine. But Jolie is not just
a celebrity. She is a working mother,
humanitarian, and a successful business woman.
This profile focuses on the humanitarian work
and business endeavors of Angelina Jolie.
Birth Place and Family Life:
Angelina Jolie Voigth was born in Los Angeles,
California on June 4 1975. Her parents are actor
Jon Voight and French actress Marcheline
Bertrand who passed away in 2007 after a long
battle with cancer.
Marriages and Children:
Marriages: Jonny Lee Miller (1996 – 1999); Billy
Bob Thornton (2000 – 2003); domestic partner
Brad Pitt (2005-present).
Children:
Jolie and Pitt have six children, Maddox Chivan
(adopted from Cambodia in 2002); Zahara (adopted
from Africa in 2005; and Pax Thien (adopted from
Vietnam in 2007).
The couple also has three biological children,
Shiloh (born May 27, 2006) and twins Knox, and
Vivienne (born July 12, 2008).
Jolie's Education:
Jolie studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater
Institute in her early teens and later attended
New York University where she studied film
making and writing. In her teens, she studied
embalming with the goal of becoming a funeral
director.
Humanitarian Awards:
** 2001 – Goodwill Ambassador for the UN
Refugee Agency for her advocacy and work in
obtaining aid for refugees in many countries
including Cambodia, Darfur and Jordan.
** 2005 – Global Humanitarian Action
Award (United Nation Association of the USA) for
her role as an ongoing activist for refugee
rights.
Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation:
In 2003, Ms. Angelina Jolie founded the Maddox
Jolie Project (renamed in 2007 to the Maddox
Jolie-Pitt Foundation (MJP). The organization
was formed to further conservation efforts of
Cambodia’s endangered Cardamom Mountains’
northern territory.
Current operations funded by MJP include
reforestation, community protected area, park
management, and integrated rural development (UN
Millennium Development Goals).
Jolie sold joint rights for the first images of
her twins, Knox and Vivienne, to People and
Hello! for $14 million. She used the entire sum
to help fund the
Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
Angelina Jolie's Early Career Days:
As a teenager, Jolie originally dreamed of
becoming a funeral director. Instead, she turned
to acting and modeling at the age of 14. She
also appeared in several rock videos and in five
of her brother’s student videos.
In 2007, Jolie directed A Place in Time. The
documentary features life in a week in 27
locations around the world. The project will be
distributed through the National Education
Association, mainly in high schools.
Angelina Jolie’s Business Endeavors:
According to Forbes, Jolie earned $27 million in
2008. Jolie donates millions each year to
charitable causes.
Jolie was named the world’s most influential
celebrity in Forbe’s "2009 Celebrity 100" list
released June 3, 2009 (in 2007 she was number
seven, and in 2008 she was number three).
In 2004, Jolie invested in an exclusive
nightclub in London, “Penthouse.”
In 2008 she began negotiations with Coty for her
own perfume. In 2007 she filed (and later
dropped) a lawsuit against Israeli/French
perfume maker Symine Salimpour for naming a
scent Shiloh (Jolie accused her of naming after
her 14-month-old daughter).
A List Angelina:
In May 2007, Jolie (again) made People
magazines, "100 Most Beautiful People" list. The
article focused on her "beautiful" humanitarian
work with refugees, AIDS orphans, and the Darfur
genocide rather than just her physical beauty.
Books by Angelina Jolie:
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in
Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador is a
memoir of her visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania,
Pakistan, Cambodia, and Ecuador.
Mini-Trivia About Angelina Jolie:
** Jolie has a pilot’s license, which she
got in order to "impress" her son, Maddox.
** As a teenager, Jolie wanted to become
a funeral director and even took embalming
classes.
** Jolie has 13 tattoos, and has had
three covered up (including one of Billy Bob, a
window, and a spider tattoo).
** List of Angelina Jolie’s Films:
Jolie's movies include Lookin’ to Get Out
(1982); George Wallace (1997); Cyborg 2 (1993);
Love is All there Is (1996); Mojave Moon (1996);
Firefox (1996); Playing God (1997); True Woman
(1997); Gia (1998); Hell’s Kitchen (1998);
Playing by Heart (1998); The Gone Collector
(1998); Girl, Interrupted (1999); Original Sin
(2001); Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001); Life or
Something Like It (2002); Lara Croft Tomb
Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003); Beyond
Borders (2003); Shark Tales (2004); Sky Captain
and the World of Tomorrow (2004); The Fever
(2004 TV); Alexander (2004); Taking Lives
(2004); Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005); Gone in Sixty
Seconds (2006); The Good Shepherd (2006); A
Mighty Heart (2007); Beowolf (2007); Wanted
(2008: Changeling (2008); Kung Fu Panda (2008);
Wanted (2008). Salt (in production, scheduled
for 2010).
Cinematic Awards:
People's Choice Award:
Favorite Female Action Star (2009)
Saturn Award: Changeling
(2008)
Teen Choice Awards:
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Golden Globe Awards:
George Wallace (1998); Gia (1999); Girl
Interrupted (2000)
National Board of Review Award:
Playing by Heart (1998)
Screen Actors Guild Award:
Gia (1999); Girl Interrupted (2000)
Academy Award:
Girl Interrupted (2000)
People’s Choice Award:
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) |
