Angelina Jolie - in the thriller Playing God

In 1997, Angelina Jolie starred with David Duchovny in the thriller Playing God, a film portraying a surgeon who is stripped of his medical license and is lured deep into the criminal world where he meets Jolie's character, Claire.

Playing God movie was not received well by critics and Roger Ebert noted that "Angelina Jolie finds a certain warmth in a kind of role that is usually hard and aggressive; Jolie seems too nice to be [a criminal's] girlfriend, and maybe she is."

Jolie then appeared in the TV movie True Women, a historical romantic drama set in the American West, and based on the book by Janice Woods Windle. That year she also appeared in the music video for "Anybody Seen My Baby?" by the Rolling Stones.

Angelina Jolie - as Gina Malacici

Angelina Jolie appeared as Gina Malacici in the 1996 comedy Love Is All There Is, a modern-day loose adaptation of Romeo and Juliet set among two rival Italian family restaurant owners in the Bronx, NY.

In the road movie Mojave Moon (1996) Angelina Jolie was a youngster, named Eleanor Rigby, who falls for Danny Aiello, while he takes a shine to her mother, Anne Archer. In 1996, Jolie also played Margret "Legs" Sadovsky, one of 5 teenage girls who form an unlikely bond in the film Foxfire after they beat up a teacher who has s_xually harassed them.

The LA Times wrote about Her performance, "It took a lot of hogwash to develop this character, but Jolie, Jon Voight's knockout daughter, has the presence to overcome the stereotype. Though the story is narrated by Maddy, Legs is the subject and the catalyst."

Angelina Jolie - Appeared in five of her brother's student films

Angelina Jolie appeared in five of Jolie' brother's student films, made while he attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts, but Jolie' professional movie career began in 1993, when Jolie played her first leading role in the low-budget film Cyborg 2, as Casella "Cash" Reese, a near-human robot, designed to seduce her way into a rival manufacturer's headquarters and then self-detonate.

Following a supporting role in the independent film Without Evidence, Angelina Jolie starred as Kate "Acid Burn" Libby in her first Hollywood picture, Hackers (1995), where she met her first husband Jonny Lee Miller. The New York Times wrote, "Kate (Angelina Jolie) stands out. That's because Jolie scowls even more sourly than [her co-stars] and is that rare female hacker who sits intently at her keyboard in a see-through top.

Despite Angelina sullen posturing, which is all this role requires, Ms. Jolie has the sweetly cherubic looks of Jolie' father, Jon Voight." The movie failed to make a profit at the box-office, but developed a cult following after its video release.

Angelina Jolie - Early work

Angelina Jolie began working as a fashion model when Jolie was fourteen years old. Jolie was signed w/ Finesse Model Management and modeled in both the US and Europe, working mainly in LA, NY and London.

At that time Angelina Jolie also appeared in numerous music videos, including those of Meat Loaf ("Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through"), Antonello Venditti ("Alta Marea"), Lenny Kravitz ("Stand by My Woman"), and The Lemonheads ("It's About Time").

At the age of sixteen, Angelina returned to theater & played Jolie' first role as a German dominatrix. Angelina began to learn from Jolie' father, as she noticed his method of observing people to become like them. Their relationship during this time was less strained, with Jolie realizing that they were both "drama queens".

Angelina Jolie - in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider with her Father

Angelina Jolie has been long estranged fr Jolie' father, though a reconciliation was attempted, and he appeared with her in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). In July 2002, She filed a request to legally change her name to "Angelina Jolie", dropping Voight as Jolie' surname; the name change was made official on September 12, 2002.

In August of the same year, Jolie' father Voight claimed that his daughter had "serious emotional problems" on Access Hollywood. Angelina later indicated that she no longer wished to pursue a relationship w/ Jolie' father, and said, "My father and I don't speak. I don't hold any anger toward him. I don't believe that somebody's family becomes their blood. Because my son's adopted, and families are earned." Angelina Jolie stated that Jolie did not want to publicize her reasons for her estrangement from her father, but because she had adopted her son, she did not think it was healthy for Jolie' to associate with Voight.

Angelina Jolie - At the age of 14...

Angelina Jolie dropped out of her acting classes and dreamed of becoming a funeral director. During this period, Jolie wore black, dyed her hair purple and went out moshing with her live-in boyfriend.

2 years later, Angelina Jolie, after the relationship had ended, Jolie rented an apartment above a garage a few blocks from her mother's home. Angelina returned to theater studies and graduated from high school, though in recent times she has referred to this period with the observation, "I am still at heart—and always will be—just a punk kid w/ tattoos".

Angelina Jolie - After parents' separation

After Angelina Jolie' parents' separation in 1976, she and her brother were raised by their mother, who abandoned Jolie acting ambitions and moved with them to Palisades, New York. As a child she regularly saw movies with Jolie' mother and later explained that this had inspired her interest in acting; Angelina had not been influenced by her father.

When Angelina Jolie was eleven years old, the family moved back to LA and she decided Angelina' wanted to act and enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where Jolie trained for 2 years and appeared in several stage productions. Jolie later recalled her time as a student at Beverly Hills High School (later Moreno High School), and her feeling of isolation among the children of some of the area's more affluent families.

Angelina Jolie's mother survived on a more modest income, and she often wore second-hand clothes. Jolie was teased by other students who also targeted her for her distinctive features, for being extremely thin, and for wearing glasses and braces. Jolie' self-esteem was further diminished when her initial attempts at modeling proved unsuccessful.

Angelina Jolie started to cut herself; later commenting, "I collected knives and always had certain things around. For some reason, the ritual of having cut myself and feeling the pain, maybe feeling alive, feeling some kind of release, it was somehow therapeutic to me."

Angelina Jolie Family

Angelina Jolie was Born in Los Angeles, California, Jolie is the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand.

Jolie is the niece of Chip Taylor, sister of James Haven and the god-daughter of Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilian Schell. On her father's side, Jolie is of Slovak and German descent, and on her mother's side she is French Canadian and is said to be part Iroquois. However, Voight has claimed Bertrand was "not seriously Iroquois," and they merely said it to enhance his ex-wife's exotic background.

Angelina Jolie Voight

Angelina Jolie (pronounced /dʒoʊˈliː/ joh-lee) was born as Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975 Los Angeles, California, United States. Angelina Jolie is an American film actor and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. Angelina has been cited as one of the world's most beautiful women and her off-screen life is widely reported. She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award.

Angelina Jolie promotes humanitarian causes, and is noted for her work with refugees as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).Angelina Jolie has been cited as one of the world's most attractive people, as well as the world's "s*xiest" and "most beautiful" woman, titles for which she has received substantial media attention.

Though Angelina Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film Lookin' to Get Out, Angelina's acting career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2 (1993). Jolie' first leading role in a major film was in Hackers (1995). Angelina starred in the critically acclaimed biographical films George Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999). Angelina Jolie achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of video game heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), and since then has established herself as one of the best-known and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. Angelina has had her biggest commercial successes with the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) and the animated film Kung Fu Panda (2008).

Angelina Jolie received further critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas A Mighty Heart (2007) and Changeling (2008), which earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress, and reinforced her reputation as a leading action star with the comic book adaptation Wanted (2008) and the action-thriller Salt (2010).

Angelina Jolie currently lives with actor Brad Pitt, after Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, in a relationship that has attracted worldwide media attention. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, as well as three biological children, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne. Angelina Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with refugees through UNHCR.