Full Name: Angelina Jolie Voight
Date Of Birth: 4 June 1975
Where: Los Angeles, California, USA
Starsign: Gemini
Height: 5' 8"

Fast Facts

She is close and protective of her brother James Haven. He accompanies her to awards shows, and she used his name as inspiration in the 'Where's Jamie?! ' scene in Girl, Interrupted (1999).

Has the letter "H" tattooed on the inside of her left wrist, which is a reference to two people she is close to: her brother, James Haven, and actor Timothy Hutton. She got the tattoo when she was dating Timothy but since their break-up she now says it's only for James.

Has a tattoo of the Tennessee Williams quote, "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages. " on her left forearm. Other tattoos include the Japanese sign for death, two pointy black American Indian symbols, a dragon, and a large black cross.

Father is famous Hollywood actor Jon Voight.

Collects knives and has an interest in mortuary science. She had a childhood dream of becoming a funeral director!

"Jolie" means "pretty" in French.

Appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland after her visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Pakistan.

She is of Czechoslovakian and American descent on her father's side and French and Haudenosaunee (Iroquian Indian) heritage on her mother's side.

Jolie and [ex-husband] Billy Bob Thornton adopted a Cambodian baby boy, named Maddox. Jolie took custody of the baby in Africa, while shooting the film Beyond Borders (2003).

Performed her own stunts in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and received cuts from the chandelier scene as a result.

Favourite music: Madonna, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, The Clash, Matchbox 20.

Favourite TV shows: King of the Hill, the Game Show Network and Animal Planet.

Attended same high school as Lenny Kravitz.

In 2004 was made an honorary citizen of Cambodia by the Prime Minister of Cambodia for her humanitarian work there.

QUOTES

"Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy. "

"You're young, you're drunk, you're in bed, you have knives; shit happens. "

"I'm angry. I'm sad. It's a very difficult and sad time. [Billy Bob Thornton and I] had a real deep connection, a deep marriage, so it's not that simple to say one thing caused the problems. It's clear that our priorities shifted overnight. He's focused on his music and career. I'm focused on my baby. It comes down to what's important to you. "

"My role as goodwill ambassador has made my work as a film star relatively dull. I can't find anything that interests me enough to go back to work. I'm simply not excited about anything. I'm not excited about going to a film set. "

"I need more sex, OK? Before I die I wanna taste everyone in the world. "

FILMOGRAPHY

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Alexander (2004)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Shark Tale (2004)
Taking Lives (2004)
Beyond Borders (2003)
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
Life or Something Like It (2002)
Original Sin (2001)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
The Bone Collector (1999)
Pushing Tin (1999)
Playing by Heart (1998)
Hell's Kitchen (1998)
Gia (1998) (TV)
Playing God (1997)
George Wallace (1997) (TV)
True Women (1997) (TV)
Foxfire (1996)
Love Is All There Is (1996)
Mojave Moon (1996)
Hackers (1995)
Without Evidence (1995)
Alice & Viril (1993)
Angela & Viril (1993)
Cyborg 2 (1993)
Lookin' to Get Out (1982)