Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975, in Los Angeles) is an acclaimed American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian whose films have grossed over $6.9 billion worldwide, earning her an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and three Golden Globes. She broke through with an Oscar-winning turn in Girl, Interrupted (1999) before becoming a global action star in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), and Maleficent (2014), while also earning critical praise for dramatic roles in Changeling (2008) and Maria (2024). As a filmmaker, she directed war dramas such as In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) and Unbroken (2014), and she produced the Tony-winning musical The Outsiders (2024). Beyond Hollywood, Jolie is renowned for her humanitarian work as a Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, earning a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and an honorary Dame Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Her personal life—including marriages to and divorces from actors Jonny Lee Miller, Billy Bob Thornton, and Brad Pitt (with whom she has six children)—has been constant public fascination, while she has often been cited as one of the world's most powerful and beautiful women.