Angelina Jolie has the whole package: She is the “Sexiest Woman Alive”, mother of six children and one of the most committed stars in the world.
The divorce war and custody battle with ex-husband Brad Pitt currently puts that in the shade. The two actors have not been able to agree for years.
Read all about Angelina Jolie’s career and personal life, as well as Brad Pitt’s dramatic divorce, here!
Characteristics
Angelina Jolie’s career
Angelina Jolie was born in 1975 to Hollywood actor Jon Voight and Canadian actress Marcheline Bertrand. She has a brother. Jolie’s parents separated after five years of marriage.
Jolie, who first appeared in front of the camera with her parents at the age of five, grew up in Los Angeles and near New York and took acting classes at the famous “Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute” while still at school. She started modeling at 14, finished school at 16 and moved to New York.
After appearing in music videos, Jolie regularly took on major film roles in her early 20s. Her first starring role was in “Gia,” a TV movie about a former lesbian heroin-addicted supermodel who died of AIDS.
At just 24, Jolie received her first Oscar for the supporting role of a psychiatric patient in the film Crazy. Jolie’s international breakthrough came when she starred as Lara Croft in 2001’s Tomb Raider, becoming an international superstar.
Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider (2001)
In 2004, Jolie was voted “Sexiest Woman Alive” by People Magazine. A year later the film “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” starring her and Brad Pitt and was the endorsement of the award for many. Jolie’s black leather look has been remembered ever since.
Successful films followed. In 2014, Jolie starred in the live-action adaptation Maleficent, based on the Disney animated classic The Sleeping Beauty (1959). The second part followed in 2019.
Jolie has also directed herself since 2007, having made her debut with the documentary “A Place in Time”. The feature film “Unbroken”, which sheds light on the fate of a soldier in the Second World War, also earned her respect.
Humanitarian Commitment by Angelina Jolie
When Jolie was in Cambodia for the filming of Tomb Raider in 2001, the poor humanitarian conditions there took her so much that she visited various refugee camps in the months that followed.
She began donating large sums of money and drew attention to the abuses in the refugee camps. In the same year she was appointed UNHCR Goodwill Envoy.
Angelina Jolie speaks at a refugee camp in Burkina Faso, West Africa, on International Refugee Day, June 20, 2021
Together with her now ex-husband Brad Pitt, Jolie has three adopted children from abroad: in 2002 her eldest son Maddox came from Cambodia, in 2005 the daughter Zahara Marley from Ethiopia and in 2007 an orphaned boy from Vietnam whom she named Pax Thien.
Until now, Jolie is known for her commitment. She was one of the first stars to address humanitarian issues not only in political circles but also in the media.
Angelina Jolie private
Jolie’s romantic relationships often developed on location: she met each of her partners on the film set.
Jolie was married to actor Jonny Lee Miller from 1996 to 1999. The two met on the set of the film Hackers: The FBI Network. A year after their marriage, the two lived separately.
Shortly after breaking up with Jonny Lee Miller, Jolie began a romance with her co-star Jenny Shimizu. In a later interview, Jolie reveals that she is bisexual.
In 2000, Jolie married actor Billy Bob Thornton, whom she met on the set of Turmoil and Disasters. Two years later, they adopted a boy from Cambodia – Maddox Chivan. When the couple separated in 2003, Jolie was given sole custody.
Angelina Jolie with her children (from left) Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt, Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt and Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt
In 2004, Jolie stated that she was distancing herself from her father. A few years earlier, in a TV interview, he said that his daughter had serious emotional difficulties. So far, Jolie has not wanted to make the exact reason for the broken relationship with her father public.
In 2013, it was revealed that Jolie had both breasts removed. Due to a very high risk of breast cancer, this operation was recommended to her. Two years later she also had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. Your risk of developing ovarian cancer has been estimated at 50 percent.
Marriage and Divorce of Brad Pitt
“Brangelina” was the celebrity dream couple of the 2000s and 2010s.
Pitt and Jolie met while filming Mr. And Mrs. Smith” know and love. At the time, however, Brad Pitt was still in a relationship with actress Jennifer Aniston. The affair between Pitt and Jolie is said to have been the reason for the separation of the two.
The two never commented on the allegations. However, just a short time after Pitt and Aniston officially divorced, Jolie announced that she was expecting Pitt’s child. He also adopted Angelina’s two adopted children – Maddox Chivan and Zahara Marley. Since then, Jolie and Pitt’s relationship has been public.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the 64th Cannes International Film Festival (2011)
The couple wed in a small ceremony at their Château Miraval winery on the French Riviera in the summer of 2014. They have six children together: three adopted and three biological.
After almost ten years of relationship and two years of marriage, Jolie filed for divorce in 2016. The reason: Pitt is said to have freaked out in the private jet and become violent!
The ex-dream couple has been in a divorce war for more than six years. Above all, there is no agreement on custody of the six children. It is also about assets, in particular the French winery Château Miraval, which the two bought together.
To date, Brad Pitt denies all allegations. He already has a new partner: He spent the turn of the year in Mexico with Ines de Ramon. Jolie was also recently spotted with a potential date when she was spotted in a London café with Irish actor Paul Mescal.
