Angelina Jolie was born on June 4, 1975, in Los Angeles, California, to actor Jon Voight and actress Bertrand. She has an older brother James Haven. Angelina graduated from high school at the age of 16. She later attended New York University. Angelina started acting at a very young age. She became popular playing the title role of Lara Croft. Off-screen, Angelina has been involved in international charity projects. Especially those involving refugees. She often appears in many lists of the most beautiful women and her personal life is avidly covered in the press. In her early years, she began to draw inspiration from her parents' acting profession. At age 11, Angelina began studying at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute where she was seen in several stage productions. At age 16, she began a modeling career and appeared in some music videos. Angelina appeared in various small films where she was well noticed, especially by hackers and Firefox. She began to become more popular when she played significant roles in the films True Women and George Wallce, which earned her a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy nomination. Angelina got a break when she landed a starring role in the hit feature film The Bone Collector, alongside Denzel Washington. The same year, she gave a tour de force in Girl, performed opposite Winona Ryder. Angelina, with her new notoriety, begins to attract attention from the press. Many aspects of his personal life have become topical. At her wedding to her Hackers co-star Jonny Lee Miller, she had her husband's name on the back of her shirt painted with her own blood. Angelina and Jonny divorced and in 2000 she married her Tin co-star Billy Bob Thornton. She had become the fifth wife of...... middle of paper ......ina revealed in a New York Times opinion piece that she made the decision to have a mastectomy after discovering that She carried the BRCA1 gene mutation, the rare single genetic mutation that produces a high risk of developing cancer. “Angelina is more than a world-class beauty to me; she is a world-class citizen. His caste is that of all men, despite his surreal circumstances. She's a celebrity worth celebrating. This woman deserves her own term and she's not a celebrity or saint she would be the first to admit. She is a rare example of rising above the fickle in a self-centered society, and I cannot applaud, admire and thank her enough. » Angelina and Brad continue to pursue acting careers and humanitarian projects. Angelina has not only changed the way people perceive women, she has also helped children around the world and made this world a better place..