Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie is an American actor, filmmaker, and humanitarian whose career has moved between independent drama, action spectacle, voice work, directing, and international advocacy. Born Angelina Jolie Voight in Los Angeles on June 4, 1975, she is the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. Her early screen work included childhood appearance beside Voight in Lookin' to Get Out, but her adult reputation developed in the 1990s through television films and character-driven roles. The HBO film Gia gave her one of her breakthrough parts as model Gia Carangi, and Girl, Interrupted brought wider recognition when she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Lisa Rowe.

Jolie became a global star in the early 2000s. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider made her an action lead with international box-office reach, while Mr. & Mrs. Smith paired star comedy, action, and romance in one of the decade's most widely seen studio films. She continued to mix commercial thrillers such as Wanted, Salt, and The Tourist with voice performances, including Tigress in the Kung Fu Panda series. Disney's Maleficent reframed the Sleeping Beauty villain around grief, power, and maternal attachment, giving Jolie another signature role and a major family-audience success.

Alongside acting, Jolie developed a directing and producing career. Her films as a director include In the Land of Blood and Honey, Unbroken, By the Sea, First They Killed My Father, and Without Blood. These projects show a consistent interest in war, displacement, historical trauma, and survival rather than a simple extension of her acting persona. First They Killed My Father, made in Khmer and based on Loung Ung's memoir of the Cambodian genocide, connected directly with Jolie's long personal and humanitarian involvement in Cambodia.