- Is to adopt a seven-month-old Moscow orphan named Gleb. (October 20, 2004)
- Confessed she loves sleeping with British men.
- Named the sexiest woman alive by Esquire magazine. (2004)
- Congratulated her ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton on his new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, by taking out a full-page advertisement in a trade publication. She writes, Billy, I love your brilliant mind... Congratulations! With love and respect always, Angie. (2004)
- Had a large Asian tiger tattooed onto her back after a brief visit to Thailand. (July 10, 2004)
- Was offered Cambodian citizenship by the country's prime minister in recognition for her nature conservation work in the poverty stricken country. (July 8, 2004)
- Is among debutantes on the 2004 Forbes Magazine Celebrity 100 list.
- Recently went on a goodwill mission to Russia - where she met with adoption officials and visited orphaned Chechen refugees - to improve her chances of obtaining a Russian child. (June 11, 2004)
- Almost walked out of new movie MR AND MRS SMITH, after a series of bitter bust-ups with director Doug Liman. (May 21, 2004)
- Avoided a star-studded party at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday to stop fellow actress Jennifer Aniston from feeling uncomfortable. Aniston was reportedly upset following speculation her husband Brad Pitt had grown close to Jolie whilst filming their new movie Mr And Mrs Smith earlier this year. (May 17, 2004)
- Visited facilities in Arizona where children separated from their asylum-seeking parents are being detained by the United States. (May 1, 2004)
- Amused assistants at a Los Angeles store when she took some towels into the changing rooms to try them out.
- Is being evaluated by an adoption agency as she hopes to find a brother or sister for her adorable son Maddox. (March 18, 2004)
- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie constantly needed medical treatment especially after filming a series of sexy clinches in MR. AND MRS. SMITH -- The doctors blamed a flu-like bug that was sweeping the set and it looked as if the stars kept re-infecting each other. (March 13, 2004)
- Has furiously denied reports she enjoyed an intimate affair with actor Colin Farrell, insisting they're just great friends. (March 12, 2004)
- Is going to be one of the final torchbearers at the Athens Olympics opening ceremony on August 13. (February 25, 2004)
- Has struck up a romance with ALEXANDER co- star Jared Leto, according to the actor's pals. (February 21, 2004)
- Has now confirmed she is dating again, although she refuses to reveal who the lucky individual is. (February 19, 2004)
- Jolie and Brad Pitt have taken to firing guns in preparation for their roles as assassins in the upcoming movie MR AND MRS SMITH. (February 12, 2004)
- Is teaming up with Brad Pitt to star in the action movie MR. AND MRS. SMITH. (January 15, 2004)
- The woman who helped Jolie adopt her Cambodian baby son two years ago, surrendered to US federal authorities in Seattle. She is facing charges of visa fraud. (January 12, 2004)
- Voted the woman most American males would like to date on New Year's Eve, according to a survey by movie rental chain Blockbuster Inc. (December 31, 2003)
- Visited a Sudanese refugee camp on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital Monday, where she distributed winter clothes, blankets, and toys. (December 31, 2003)
- Is facing a huge legal battle to remain the mother of her adopted son Maddox after hearing the child may not be an orphan and could have been sold by his birth mother in a desperate attempt to escape a poverty-stricken life. (December 29, 2003)
- Won the U.N. Correspondents Association's first Citizen of the World Award for her work with refugees. (October 25, 2003)
- Wants to star in a play on London's prestigious West End opposite her ex-husband Jonny Lee Miller. (October 24, 2003)
- For Jolie, BEYOND BORDERS, is beyond an ordinary movie; it is a film project that changed her life and introduced her to the joys of eating fried frogs on a stick. (October 23, 2003)
- Donates one third of all her earnings to charity, saying she has too much money for her own needs and wants her wealth to benefit those who are in need. (October 21, 2003)
- Has confirmed she is in the process of adopting another child. (October 17, 2003)
- Chinese authorities banned the second Tomb Raider blockbuster, starring Angelina Jolie, after complaining it portrays the country negatively. - The report said censors axed the film because it damaged China's reputation, giving the impression of a country in chaos, with no government, and over-run by secret societies. (August 29, 2003)
- Jolie is reportedly set to adopt another child after spending time investigating the possibility of a goodwill mission for the U.N. in Russia - She spent hours engaged in talks with adoption authorities and also visited a children's hospital on the trip, where she spoke passionately in defense of Chechen refugees. (August 26, 2003)
- Jolie made a personal plea to the Russian government Sunday not to force thousands of Chechen refugees in Ingushetia to return to their war-torn homeland - She also added her voice to appeals for the release of a Dutch aid worker kidnapped a year ago in Dagestan, just east of Chechnya. (August 25, 2003)
- Jolie visited a refugee tent camp Friday near Chechnya -- Jolie, who is in Russia as a Goodwill Ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, spent about 40 minutes at the Bella camp near the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya in Ingushetia, a region that borders Chechnya. (August 23, 2003)
- Jolie has reunited with her first husband Jonny Lee Miller -- Since she moved to Britain with her two-year-old adopted Cambodian son Maddox, Jolie and Miller have had a string of secret dates, according to reports in Britain. (August 21, 2003)
- Jolie was amazed to find herself romantically linked to actor hunk Olivier Martinez, just because she's single and they were seen together -- She says, Olivier and I were said to be together because we were at a ball game, but everybody else was there also. Basically I'm single. I worked with a bunch of men on a film recently, so I was tagged to all of them. (August 21, 2003)
- Cambodia has approved a forest conservation project funded by Jolie in two former Khmer Rouge strongholds -- Jolie has promised up to $1.5 million for community-based work over the next five years in remote areas in northwestern Cambodia. (August 9, 2003)
- In LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE, Jolie wanted to play Croft as a real person, not a videogame vixen; she even made sure her breasts looked smaller. (July 25, 2003)
- Jolie is proud of playing action hero Lara Croft on screen and believes the character is a role model grounded in reality - She said Lady Croft does not have to be anti-man to be a strong woman, She's very sexual and she's very sensual, but she doesn't use it to win. (July 24, 2003)
- Jolie hasn't had sex in a year since splitting with ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton and thought she was okay with that, but she now admits the novelty of a chaste life is wearing thin - She said, I'm single. I haven't been dating. I haven't had sex for over a year. It's horrible. God help the next person. I'm looking forward to the next time, of course. (July 23, 2003)
- Jolie has denied long-standing rumors that she kissed her brother inappropriately at the Oscar ceremony in 2000 - The actress was so excited at winning the Best Supporting Actress award for GIRL, INTERRUPTED that she kissed brother James Haven on the lips and Jolie puts her excitement down to her desire to emulate her dad, actor Jon Voight, who won the Best Actor statuette in 1979 for war drama COMING HOME. (July 18, 2003)
- Jolie has lashed out at her estranged father Jon Voight for going public with his concerns about her last summer because his tearful TV appearances could have wrecked her hopes of motherhood. (July 11, 2003)
- Jolie says she and ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton are not even friends following their acrimonious divorce -- She admits her troubled union to Thornton has soured her impression of marriage, something she never plans to commit to again. (July 10, 2003)
- In a televised interview set to air on Friday, Jolie said she had not dated since splitting up with Billy Bob Thornton and declared: I think I'll never get married again. ... I don't want to have a temporary father for my son. (July 9, 2003)
- Jolie acknowledged a past affair with a woman, saying she was surprised when she suddenly found herself having those feelings she always had for men toward a woman. (July 9, 2003)
- Admitted she had an early ambition to work in the funeral business.
- Jolie is having nightmares. She pinpoints them to horrible things she witnessed, which had happened to young refugees, in her travels as a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador - The actress said, I've seen far too many children with their limbs cut off, or hatchet marks in their faces. I've seen far too many people starving to death to not think that there's something very imbalanced about this world that we live in, and that something must be done. (July 4, 2003)
- Now mother to her two-year-old adopted son Maddox, which has taken away the focus of dating and finding a new man, Jolie is amused at the way fans still view her as an icon of sexiness -- She says, Considering I haven't had sex in a really long time, I find that really funny! (July 3, 2003)
- Angelina Jolie and Kiefer Sutherland, who are currently filming new movie TAKING LIVES in Quebec, Canada, have sparked reports they're more than just co-stars after being spotted enjoying a romantic meal together at trendy restaurant Cafe De La Paix. (June 21, 2003)
- Jolie has found a new soulmate in the form of wacky Oscar winner Nicolas Cage -- The oddball twosome reportedly met three years ago when they co-starred in the high octane movie GONE IN 60 SECONDS but hooked up again in Angelina February in London while attending the BAFTAs. (June 14, 2003)
- Jolie hated her famous Lara Croft character at first because she was just a cartoonish cute girl in hotpants, but then she says, Now, I've really come to like Lara, so she's just like a weird friend. (June 2, 2003)
- Jolie is fast becoming a token Briton as her son Maddox has said his first words with an English accent - The actress has been filming in the country alongside stars Jude Law, and Gwyneth Paltrow, in WORLD OF TOMORROW and concedes she is becoming more British by the day. (May 3, 2003)
- Jolie has donated $30,000 to help refugees in Africa -- The actress handed over the money to help over a million refugees who are facing severe hunger following cuts in food aid. (May 1, 2003)
- Famous for her collection of intricate skin markings, Jolie added another one to her collection during a recent stay in Thailand -- The new addition, appearing on her back, features five vertical lines of ancient Cambodian that is said to ensure good fortune. (April 26, 2003)
- Jolie is to pay $5 million over the next 15 years to help set up a wildlife sanctuary in the area of Cambodia once controlled by the evil Khmer Rouge -- The actress has already paid $350,000 to get the project started, according to Mounh Sarath of the Cambodian Vision In Development charity. (April 14, 2003)
- Jolie was left frockless for Sunday's Academy Awards after the gown she'd planned to wear was stolen -- The 3,000 pound ($4,700) gown was among seven dresses, jewelry, and accessories, worth a total of 40,000 pounds ($62,400) which were snatched from the back of British designer Scott Henshall's convertible in London's fashionable Knightsbridge district Wednesday. (March 21, 2003)
- Has the most desired body according to an annual survey conducted by the Beverly Hills Institute For Aesthetic And Reconstructive Surgery in Los Angeles. (February 6, 2003)
- Jolie is taking the final steps to get Billy Bob Thornton out of her life - she's looking to get his tattoo across her upper arm removed. (January 25, 2003)
- Jolie made a mouthwatering promise to male fans of her character Lara Croft - in the next Tomb Raider film she will be much sexier, This time I just ate normal food and lots of it: stuff like beans and eggs on toast. Then I trained as much as possible. This time Lara's leaner and stronger, sexier and sharper. (January 10, 2003)
- Billy Bob Thornton is launching a desperate attempt to win back wife Angelina Jolie from the arms of fellow actor Jonny Lee Miller -- Thornton is so determined to show his wife he deserves another chance he is even planning to confront his fear of flying by traveling to meet Jolie in Hong Kong later this month. (January 7, 2003)
- Jolie visited war ravaged Kosovo as part of her work as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations - the actress was troubled by the plight of the minority community in the country and shocked by their poor living conditions. (January 4, 2003)
- Jolie has pledged £50,000 to help build a new cancer unit at the Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Scouserland after her adopted son was treated there during filming of the TOMB RAIDER sequel in North Wales earlier this year. (November 30, 2002)
- Jolie is building a house in Cambodia for herself and adopted Cambodian son Maddox - she says she chose Cambodia because she wants Maddox to know his homeland. (November 27, 2002)
- Jolie's estranged dad Jon Voight, was a neglectful father, a womanizer, and linked to a cult, according to the mother of the actress's childhood pal, Susan Margaret - Margaret says Voight's alleged ways could be the reason he and his stunning offspring are no longer on speaking terms. (November 27, 2002)
- Jolie's renewed friendship with ex-husband Jonny Lee Miller has put a smile back on her face -- on a recent charity trip to Manchester, Jolie apparently gave her mobile phone to her assistant with strict instructions that she did not want to be disturbed by anyone but Miller. (October 23, 2002)
- Jolie, who plans to live part-time in Cambodia with 1-year-old Maddox, says she's terrified her adopted Cambodian son will step on a landmine. (October 21, 2002)
- Jolie's 11-month-old baby is on the mend after spending time in a British hospital; the baby was admitted to Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital on September 17 for treatment for an undisclosed injury. (September 25, 2002)
- Jolie has been pumping so much iron to prepare for playing Lara Croft once again, that when it came to finding a stunt double for the big-lipped one, only a man would do (September 2002)
- Hot on the heels of the news that her estranged husband Billy Bob Thornton is living with a new woman, Jolie has sent staff in to clear her possessions out of their marital home. (September 21, 2002)
- Jolie would play an FBI profiler, tracking a serial killer that's played by Ethan Hawke in TAKING LIVES. (September 2002)
- She dropped the Voights as her surname following the bad relationship with her dad Jon Voight (September 18, 2002)
- Jolie has donated $100,000 to provide food for Western Sahara refugees (September 2002)
- She has made a list of ten things to do before she dies - and they include telling first husband Jonny Lee Miller she still loves him (September 2002)
- Jolie has refused to let her actor father Jon Voight back into her life despite his public plea as she won't risk letting him get close to herself or her adopted son Maddox.
- She responded to her dad's deepest concern with a brief statement acknowledging her estrangement from her father, but offering no apologies or explanations.
- Gained widespread attention, critical raves, and an Emmy nomination, for her performance as the drug-addicted, AIDS-stricken, model Gia Carangi, in the 1998 HBO television movie GIA.
- Their parents were divorced and her dad left her when she was less than a year old
- She has been staying away from her dad Jon Voight, because he has been trying to reach her to get help. They have not spoken to each other for months. In the early 2002, Voight said the last time he saw her was during Paramount's 90th anniversary party. He ran to give her a hug, and one of her representatives stepped in his way and said, Get back.
- Next to Liv Tyler, she is the only actress of her generation who can thank her famous father for the lips that have become her trademark.
- She was one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. (2000)
- She is extremely close to and protective of her brother Jamie. He often accompanies her to awards shows, and she used his name, or at least his memory, 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 who have this letter in their names: her brother, James Haven, and 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 Tennesee Williams quote, A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages, on her left forearm.
- Jolie is actually her middle name.
- She married Jonny Lee Miller in black leather pants and a white shirt. Across the back of the shirt she painted her husband's name in her own blood.
- Tattoos include the Japanese sign for death, two pointy black American Indian symbols, a dragon, and a large black cross.
- Angelina and her brother, to whom she is very close, publicly spoke out to deny false rumors that the two were having an incestuous love affair. (2000)
- She had childhood dream of becoming a funeral director.
- She is named the world's sexiest woman in Swedish magazine Café.
- Jolie means pretty in French.
- Has the Latin phrase Quod me nutrit me destruit (What nourishes me also destroys me) tattooed across her stomach.
- She was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland after her visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Pakistan. (27 August 2001)
- She is of Czechoslovakian, English, and Native American heritage.
- Performed her own stunts in TOMB RAIDER and received cuts from the chandelier scene as a result.
- Has dismissed the media fascination with her buxom breasts.
- Has been named fashion bible Vogue's first perfect woman.
- Is ditching her opportunity to attend this year's prestigious Academy Awards - because she wants to play with African giraffes.
- Has donated $1 million to Afghan refugees in response to the United Nations' appeal for aid.
- Was originally asked to play Winona Ryder's role in ALIEN: RESURRECTION (1997)
- Married Jonny Lee Miller shortly after the making of HACKERS. (1995) They were divorced four years later.
- Apart from normal jumping, the only move Lara Croft (Jolie) does in the movie which can also be done in the games is when she jumps over the living statue and rolls in the air. This can be done in the Playstation game by pressing forward and square, then circle while in air (LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER (2001).
- She sleeps with a knife in TOMB RIDER. She also does this in real life.
- She wore pads to make her bust appear larger on film.
- The video-game version of Lara Croft has a 40DD bust. Since Jolie is only a 36C, the director compromised and made her a 36D for this movie.
- Graduated from Beverly Hills High School at the age of 16
- Around her neck she carries a vial of her husbands blood
- Is left handed
- She began collecting knives and other weapons when, as a child, she used to attend renaissance fairs with her mother and brother.
- National Board of Review: Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress, PLAYING BY HEART (1998)
- Nominated for Best Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER (2002)
- Nominated for Best Fight at MTV Movie Awards for LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER (2002)
- Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie at Emmy Awards for GEORGE WALLACE (1998)
Quotes- "The British - they might be repressed but they're the ones that are good in bed."
- On her sex life: "A lot of my relationships just weren't honest enough. So I took them down different paths toward violence or wildness... to try to find somebody to hold me down and make me feel."
- "S&M sex can be misinterpreted as violence. It's really about trust."
- "I like to push boundaries, both emotional and sexual, with another person. That's when I've felt the sexiest. I've been in both submissive and dominant roles because I want more. I've never been tied up. I have a feeling the person that does it will be the one. I think that's what I'd like."
- On being a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations: "I used to lie there at night and wonder what it was that I needed to do. That's how I stumbled on going to Washington and learning about the U.N. and traveling around the world. It completely changed me."
- "I've taken on the responsibility of donating at least a third of what I earn to humanitarian aid. If anyone thinks the way I look in photos is more important for me than the fact a sick child has food, they are mad."
- "I feel sexy when I feel really wild. I feel sexy when I'm sweaty and hot in the middle of the jungle, or in the middle of the desert."
- "People think that when a war is over, everything goes back to normal. But in Kosovo, the security situation remains questionable for minorities."
- "I don't want to make public the reasons for my bad relationship with my father. I will only say that like every child, Jamie (her brother) and I would have loved to have had a warm and loving relationship with our dad."
- "After all these years, I have determined that it is not healthy for me to be around my father, especially now that I am responsible for my own child."
- "I have Billy Bob tattooed down there so any time I do a love scene, the name is really, really clear."
- "Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy."
- "Because I am a bad girl, people always automatically think that I am a bad girl. Or that I carry a dark secret with me or that I'm obsessed with death. The truth is that I am probably the least morbid person one can meet. If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do."
- (On if she ever caught her husband Billy Bob Thornton cheating) "I've told Billy if I ever caught him cheating, I wouldn't kill him because I love his children and they need a dad. But I would beat him up. I know where all of his sports injuries are. And I'd beat her, too!"
- "I am so in love with my brother right now!"
- "Sometimes I think [my husband] is so amazing that I don't know why he's with me. I don't know whether I'm good enough. But if I make him happy, then I'm everything I want to be." - Premeire. 12.2000.
- "I'd go from film to film and almost detach from one world and jump in another. I was living as these people and not having a self. I didn't know who I was. And things just get really dark." - Premiere. 12.2000.
- "When I was young, my dad (actor Jon Voight) and I watched Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire. I told my dad that was the kind of animal passion I wanted from a man." - Calgary Sun, Sunday, January 9, 2000.
- "When I was 14, my boyfriend moved into my mother's house with me. We were together and serious for two years. That relationship felt like a marriage. It was a tough breakup, so I immersed myself in acting to get over it." - Calgary Sun, Sunday, January 9, 2000.
Awards- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actress - Action, GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS (2001)
- Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress, GIRL, INTERRUPTED (2000)
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama, GIRL, INTERRUPTED (2000)
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actress, GIRL, INTERRUPTED (2000)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, GIRL, INTERRUPTED (2000)
- Hollywood Film Festival: Actress of the Year (2000)
- Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, GIRL, INTERRUPTED (2000)
- ShoWest Award: Supporting Actress of the Year (2000)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role--Mini-Series or Television Movie, GIA (1999)
- Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, GIA (1999)
- Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries, GIA (1999)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role Television Series, GEORGE WALLACE (1998)
- L.A. Outfest: Grand Jury Award - Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film, GIA (1998)
- National Board of Review: Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress, PLAYING BY HEART (1998)
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