This Day, That Year – June 4

This day in history we feature, Angelina Jolie. She is an American actress and filmmaker born on this day in 1975, best known for her leading role in the fantasy picture ‘Maleficent‘.

Trivia – Angelina Jolie

Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father, Jon Voight, in Lookin’ to Get Out. Angelina got a major break in 1999 when she won a leading role in the successful feature The Bone Collector (1999), starring alongside Denzel Washington. Her starring role as the video game heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider established her as a leading Hollywood actress in 2001. She is also known for her voice acting as Tigress in the animation film series Kung Fu Panda.

In 2010, Jolie starred as a CIA operative accused of spying for Russia in the action thriller Salt and appeared opposite Johnny Depp in the caper The Tourist.

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In 2011, Jolie made her directorial and screenwriting debut with the Bosnian-language In the Land of Blood and Honey, and later in 2015, she directed, wrote, and starred in the drama By the Sea, alongside Brad Pitt. Jolie and Pitt married in 2014, and have six children together, three of whom were adopted internationally.

In addition to her film career, Jolie is known for her humanitarian efforts, for which she has received a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and made an honorary Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG), among other honours.

Source – Wikipedia / IMDB / Britannica

This day in history – Angelina Jolie