Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie Voight was born on June 4, 1975, to Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight and actress Marcheline Bertrand. At age 11, four years after making her film debut opposite her father in Lookin' to Get Out, Jolie began studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. Although her dream as a child was actually to become a funeral director, 16-year-old Jolie worked as a professional model in London, New York and Los Angeles. Musical groups and singers such as the Rolling Stones, Lemonheads, Meatloaf, and Lenny Kravitz cast her in their music videos, and even her brother James Haven Voight directed her in his student films for the USC School of Cinema. Wishing to get even closer to pursuing an acting career, Jolie studied at LA's MET Theatre Company, which also counts Ed Harris and Holly Hunter amongst its alumni. Jolie's first foray into film was of a sci-fi nature, with a supporting role in 1993's Cyborg 2, which didn't even make it to the big screen, and a lead role in Hackers (1995), where she met her future husband, British actor Jonny Lee Miller of Trainspotting fame. Jolie's and Miller's dark wedding reception in 1995, during which Jolie wore black and had Jonny's name written across the back of her shirt in blood, was a good sign that their marriage would not last too long. In fact, they were separated within the year and filed for divorce in 1999. She has had her biggest commercial successes with the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) and the animated film Kung Fu Panda (2008).