: Angelina Jolie is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian born on June 4, 1975, in Los Angeles, California. The daughter of actor Jon Voight, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Girl, Interrupted (1999) and became a worldwide action star through the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider franchise. Her critically acclaimed dramatic work includes Monster's Ball, Alexander, A Mighty Heart, Changeling, and Maleficent. She has directed several films, including In the Land of Blood and Honey and Unbroken. Jolie has served as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and later Special Envoy, undertaking humanitarian field missions to dozens of countries. She is regarded as one of the most pow...