Angelina Jolie: Not Just Another Pretty Face

“I’d like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don’t have misconceptions – they understand. I believe that.” 

Angelina Jolie

Looking at Angelina Jolie it’s easy to forget that she is an Academy Award winning actress. I’m sure that’s not the first thought on people’s minds. It’s the package the talent comes in that usually makes the news and tabloid headlines. She has been voted time and again by various publications as either “The Most Beautiful Woman Of The Year,” or “The Most Beautiful Woman Alive.” There is proof she’s not just a pretty face. 

Angelina Jolie has much to celebrate these days. She turned 31 in June, her film, “MR. AND MRS. SMITH,” co-starring media darling, demi-God and boyfriend, Brad Pitt, opened at #1, making $50.1 Million dollars in its opening weekend, a first for both superstars. It far surpassed the $100 million dollar mark, adding even more revenue with its releases on DVD (rated and unrated versions.) Not to mention it’s actually a good movie. It does live up to that hype. Angie is still heavily involved with the United Nations Commission for Refugees and is its Goodwill Ambassador. 

She continued to travel the world meeting with dignitaries and Washington, D.C. heavyweights this past year while pregnant with her first child with Pitt. It’s hard to imagine when she was a child she wasn’t necessarily interested in the movie business. Born in Los Angeles, her father is Oscar winning actor Jon Voight, her mother Marcheline Bertrand. Her mother was an acting student under Lee Strasberg. Angie later trained and performed at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. At the age of 14, she began her professional modeling career.