Angelina Jolie
- Profession: Actress
- Place/Date of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States, 04 June 2020
- Associated with: Brad Pitt
"And it took until, really, the end of the shoot for us, I think, to realise that it might mean something more than we’d earlier allowed ourselves to believe."
Brad and Ange step out in NY - Dec 12 2006
After fitting in a spot of Christmas shopping during their weekend in New York, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie both turned out last night for the world premiere of Ange’s latest film, The Good Shepherd.
Despite having a rare night off from parenting duties, the couple arrived around ten minutes apart, with a beaming Brad posing only briefly for photographs before disappearing inside to leave Ange to take centre stage.
Wearing a glittering, custom-designed Reem Acra gown in midnight blue, Angelina spoke briefly with reporters about filming scenes for The Good Shepherd in the Dominican Republic, plus her latest project in India, saying: "They’re amazing parts of the world - people should travel there more and learn about them."
The night marked the couple’s first premiere since their infamous are-they-or-aren’t-they appearances on the red carpet for Mr And Mrs Smith in 2005.
Directed by Robert De Niro, The Good Shepherd follows the turbulent career of a CIA agent, played by Matt Damon, during the Cold War.
Playing Matt’s unhappy wife, Clover, Angelina said: "It’s tough to play a victim, it always is, but when you have someone like De Niro helping you, it works."
Described by his cast-members as a gentle director, De Niro, who was accompanied on the red carpet by his wife Grace Hightower, said simply: "I’m very sensitive to people and I treat people the way I’d like to be treated."
Co-stars Matt Damon and Billy Crudup also attended, alongside special guests including Liam Neeson and Damon Dash.
Brad and Ang plan Christmas wedding? - Dec 8 2006
Superstar couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are reportedly planning a quiet wedding in South Africa this Christmas.
In direct contrast to recent A-list newlyweds Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, the pair will have a more modest ceremony, with a handful of famous guests, such as Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Daniel Craig, Madonna and Guy Ritchie.
A source told All Headline News: "They are treating their marriage like a spiritual affirmation and don’t need big Hollywood glitz like Tom Cruise had in Italy."
The wedding will take place in a small village outside Johannesburg - a venue recommended by Oprah, who has just launched a leadership academy there.
The couple have both been married before - Angelina to Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton and Brad to Jennifer Aniston.
They have two adopted children - Maddox, five, and 22-month-old daughter Zahara, and a biological daughter, Shiloh Nouvel, who was born in Namibia in May.
Angelina’s bodyguards arrested - Nov 18 2006
Indian police today arrested three British bodyguards working for Angelina Jolie, after they allegedly roughed up parents and students at a Mumbai school.
The fracas took place yesterday afternoon when the gates of the Anjuman-e-Islam school, which had been locked during filming of Angie’s new film, were opened to let parents collect their children.
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Her family moved to LA when Angelina was eleven and she soon began working on her acting career, enrolling in the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute where ahe appeared in several productions. Despite her abilities Angelina was teased during her time at Beverley Hills High School - far from being beautiful and popular she was skinny, with glasses and braces and wore second hand clothes. At 14 she dropped out of theatre classes, harbouring dreams of becoming a funeral director, and began cutting herself. Angelina began a rebellious period of her life, moving out of home and in with her boyfriend.
At around the same time she was taken on by Finesse Model Management and took jobs in the US and Europe, she also appeared in several music videos for the likes of Meat Loaf and Lenny Kravitz. Then, at 16, she returned to acting and rekindled her relationship with her father. She appeared in several of her brother’s student films before, in 1993 she was offered a role in sci-fi flick Cyborg 2. Several equally poor productions followed before Angelina landed a role in Hackers, which was a cult hit and threw the actress in the direction of Jonny Lee Miller, whom she would soon marry.
Little known films such as Foxfire and Mojave Moon followed but it was the Golden Globe winning George Wallace that got Angelina noticed and Pushing Tin, which co-starred Billy Bob Thornton and The Bone Collector helped her on her way to global stardom. However it was her part as messed up teenager Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted which won her her place on the Hollywood walk of fame. The role won her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress as well as several other accolades.
Action movies Gone In 60 Seconds and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider followed and made sure Angelina was admired the world over by men and women alike. Meanwhile her personal life became just as fascinating than her on screen performances. Having divorced Jonny Lee Miller she married Pushing Tin costar Billy Bob Thornton, famously they wore vials of blood around their neck, however in 2003 they also divorced despite having adopted a Cambodian orphan, Maddox. At the same time she admitted she had had a relationship with a female costar on the set of Foxfire. Meanwhile she continued with her now much publicised humanitarian work, as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN and her film career, appearing in Alexander and Taking Lies among others.
In 2005 Angelina took a leading role in Mr & Mrs Smith, opposite Brad Pitt. Although the movie itself was widely panned the burgeoning relationship between Angelina and Brad, who was at the time in the process of splitting from Jennifer Aniston, made sure it was a hit. The relationship was also a success, in January 2006 Angelina announced that she was pregnant, just months after adopting second child, Ethiopian Zahara, she gave birth to Shiloh Jolie-Pitt.
Angelina has confirmed that she is working on a screen adaptation of Beowulf, A Mighty Heart and Atlas Shrugged.
updated January 2007
October 2007