Angelina Jolie's name at birth was Angelina Jolie Voight. When she became an actress she took, as her given name Angelina Jolie, dropping the Voight. Her father is the actor Jon Voight.

Angelina Jolie, born on 4 June 1975 is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father, Jon Voight, in "Lookin' to Get Out" (1982). She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama "Girl, Interrupted" (1999).

Jolie's starring role as the video game heroine Lara Croft in "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (2001) established her as a leading Hollywood actress. She earned a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in "Changeling" (2009). She did not win. Her biggest commercial success came with the fantasy picture "Maleficent" (2014). In the 2010s, Jolie expanded her career into directing, screenwriting, and producing.

In addition to her film career, Jolie is noted for her humanitarian efforts, for which she has received a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and an honorary damehood of the Order of St Michael and St George. She promotes various causes, including conservation, education, and women's rights, and is most noted for her advocacy on behalf of refugees as a Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

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