There
are very few actors who match her controversial nature.
Her speech at the Oscars thanking her brother launched
rumors abound of their "romantic involvement."
She is full of talent and has already won three Golden
Globes, one Oscar, and she's not even thirty.
Jon Voight
is her father and actress Marcheline Bertrand is her
mother. Angelina's lifelong goal was to be a funeral
director. But, at the age of 11, she had realized that
acting was right up her alley. She enrolled at the Lee
Stratsberg Theater Institute and her career began from
there.
At the tender
age of 16, Angelina moved out on her own and began modeling.
She also began film studies at the New York University
(also where Adam Sandler had just graduated). She soon
gave up on school and began working with the Met Theatre
Group in Los Angeles. Angelina was still not certain
that acting was what she wanted out of life.
In 1993, Angelina had decided to pursue acting full
time. A forgetable first role in Cyborg II: Glass Shadow
followed, but soon thereafter Angelina nabbed a role
in Hackers, alongside Matthew Lillard and Jonny Lee
Miller.
She and Jonny
Lee hit it off on the set of Hacker and were married
soon after. After two year, the two were separated,
but their divorce wasn't finalized until 2000.
But, it was for Girl Interrupted, a film that was supposed
to relaunch Winona Ryder, that in fact catapulted Angelina
into superstardom. She won an Oscar and was quickly
established as a lead actress in Hollywood. Then, she
married actor Billy Bob Thorton after an alleged mental
institution stay.
