Angelina Jolie a.k.a Angelina Jolie DCMG is an American actress who is widely known for her amazing works in movies like Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Maleficent, Hackers, Unbroken, and so on. Not only this, but she is also famous for her humanitarian works and filmmaking talents. Facts about American Actress-Angelina Jolie are listed here.
Angelina is one of the leading names in Hollywood. She has been able to win an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards through her mind-blowing works. Also, she has received the name of Hollywood’s highest-paid actress several times in her career.
Here are some must-known facts about her that you probably didn’t know:
Her Parents are Hollywood Actors
Facts about American Actress-Angelina Jolie : Angelina Jolie was born as Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975, in Los Angeles, California, the United States. Her father, Jon Voight is an award-winning actor. He gained stardom for his amazing performance as Joe Buck in Midnight Cowboy in the 1960s. Some of his movies that helped him get awards are Coming Home, Runaway Train, Ray Donovan, and Roe v. Wade.
On the other hand her mother, Marcheline Bertrand was also an actress. She started her career appearing as Connie in Ironside. She appeared in a small number of film and TV roles from 1971 to 1980. At the age of 56 years old, she left this world on January 27, 2007, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following a lengthy battle with cancer.
Got bullied in High School due to Her looks
Angelina Jolie attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California. She was studying acting lessons but she had a miserable experience there. She became a part of the bully due to her body structure (skinny) and glassy looks. Her classmates even teased her for her braces and her natural lips.
During some interviews, Angelina explained that it was her bad that she chose to attend a high school for troubled kids. Also, the students studying there had a history of bad behavior.
Had a Double Mastectomy
Angelina underwent a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer at the age of 36 years old in 2013. She explained her reasons for the surgery saying that she had a high risk of getting breast cancer and ovarian cancer to the New York Times.
Her mother lost her life due to both breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Along with that, her grandmother also died from ovarian cancer and her aunt died of breast cancer.
Was Addicted to Drugs
Angelina admitted that she has had every drug possible from ecstasy to heroin. She started it at the start of her career. During the shooting of the movie, Tomb Raider, she had to submit daily drug tests. She was so addicted to drugs that she become a headline in 1998.
Angeline’s drug dealer, Franklin Meyer leaked a video of her where she was pacing around an apartment being high on heroin and cocaine. However, after some of her hard work, she got able to get rid of drugs and she decided to dedicate her life to humanitarian efforts.
Collects knives as a Hobby
Angelina has developed a fascination for knives since a young age. Due to this, she has an extensive collection of knives. She started to collect knives when she was 14 years old.
In some interviews, she explained that she is drawn to knives from around the world because they remind her of history. She further added:
“Each country has different knives and weapons, and that’s why I started collecting them.”
Made her Film Debut in the Movie, Cyborg 2
Angelina made her debut in the movie, Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow. It is a sequel to the movie, Cyborg. The movie was directed by Michael Schroeder. She was just 17 years old while filming the movie. Angelina took the lead role as Cash in the movie.
Angelina recalled some of her memory of the movie saying that her scene was a nudity-filled sex scene which kinda looks creepy to her.
Does her own Stunts
Angelina has done many of her own stunts in several movies. Her trainer, Simon Crane has also said that Angelina did 99% of the stunts on her own in the movie, Salt.
She loves to do action movies. Some of her action movies are Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Wanted, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Salt, and so on.
She is a fully Licensed Pilot
Angelina is one of the actresses in Hollywood who owns a private aircraft. She is the owner of a red and white Cirrus SR-22 plane which is worth around $360k. She does not just own an aircraft, she can actually fly it.
Angelina got her pilot’s license in the year 2004. In 2018, she has been able to show her skills by flying an aircraft in the documentary, The Queen’s Green Planet. She is inspired by her son, Maddox because he always had a dream to fly a plane by the time he was just 4 years old.
Received Awards for her Humanitarian Efforts
Angelina is not just an actress but she is also a humanitarian. In the year 2002, she became a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). In 2013, she received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her works.
Won three Golden Globes and an Oscar
Facts about American Actress-Angelina Jolie : Angelina has won numerous awards and nominations to date. She won her first Golden Globe Award for her supporting role in the TV mini-series George Wallace in the year 1998. She again won another Golden Globe Award for her amazing work as the best actress in the TV movie Gia.
Along with that, she won a Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in the movie, Gia. Some of her other awards include two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, MTV Movie Awards, and so on.
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