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**The Impact of... // Angelina Jolie //**  //"People say you're going the wrong way when it's simply a way of your own." -Angelina Jolie//


 * [[image:angelina.jpg width="137" height="171" align="right"]]Overview **Angelina Jolie Voight was born on June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles, California. Jolie began acting at a young age, studying at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute while in her early teens. She later attended New York University, one of the nation’s most prestigious institutes. In the late 1990’s, Jolie began her rise to stardom with her jaw-dropping performance in the 1998 television film //Gia//, based on the short, tragic life of model Gia Marie Carangi. This performance earned Jolie a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.


She has continued to take on a variety of interesting roles, such as an adventurer in the //Lara Croft// films, a FBI profiler in //Taking Lives//, an assassin in //Mr. and Mrs. Smith,// and a neglected, troubled socialite wife in //The Good Shepherd//. Another great dramatic role in //Girl, Interrupted// brought Jolie her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. All of these roles required a great deal of skill and talent on Jolie’s part- she had to learn a British accent, get physically fit, learn how to fight, and learn ballet, among many other things. In 2009, Jolie received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role in the Clint Eastwood-directed thriller //The Changeling.// 
 * Conclusion **A devoted humanitarian, Angelina Jolie was made a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency in 2001. She has made headlines for her work to obtain aid for refugees in Cambodia, Darfur and Jordan, to name just a few. In 2005, Jolie received the Global Humanitarian Action Award from the United Nations Association of the USA for her activism on behalf of refugee rights. She continues to travel the world to drawing attention to global issues, along with her husband, fellow actor Brad Pitt. Jolie and Pitt met during the making of //Mr. and Mrs. Smith// in 2004. The couple have adopted 3 children from Cambodia and Vietnam, and have three biological children, none of which were born in the United States.


**References (2009-10.1.2.B)** "Angelina Jolie's Biography." //Angelina Jolie - The OFFICIAL Fanlisting - Free Pictures, news and more!// Web. 11 Jan. 2010. . 

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