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 Angelina
Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4,
1975) is an Oscar-winning American actress. She
is known for her full lips, exotic looks,
numerous tattoos, and award-winning acting, in
addition to her humanitarian work with refugees.
Jolie is also the subject of much speculation
regarding her private life and sexual
orientation. She has received three Golden
Globes as well as an Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress for her performance as Lisa
Rowe in the movie Girl, Interrupted.
Jolie
was born in Los Angeles, California, and is the
daughter of divorced actors Jon Voight and
Marcheline Bertrand. She is the niece of Chip
Taylor and the goddaughter of Jacqueline Bisset
and Maximilian Schell. In an article in Vogue
(2004) she stated that her mother is from
Chicago. At the Premiere Magazine "Women in
Hollywood" Awards she said her mom was born
in a bowling alley. She has stated that because
of her name people often assume that her mother
is French. Jolie's grandparents were French
Canadian. Her mother also studied with Lee
Strasberg. She is of Czech, French-Canadian,
English, and Iroquois descent. As a child she
dreamed of becoming a funeral director. She
attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute
from the age of 11, later attending Beverly
Hills High School. Though she enrolled at the
film school at New York University after
finishing Gia, she did not complete her studies.
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