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Jolie reprised the lead role in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life in 2003, and starred in the drama Beyond Borders. She starred in the romantic comedy Life Or Something Like It in 2002. Her work in 2001 includes Simon West's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, as well as Original Sin opposite Antonio Banderas. In 2000, Jolie, Nic Cage and Robert Duvall starred in Gone in 60 Seconds for producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
Jolie's portrayal of a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted brought her an Academy Award, her third Golden Globe Award, a Broadcast Film Critics Award and Best Supporting Actress awards from ShoWest and the Screen Actors Guild.
Prior to that, Jolie portrayed a rookie police officer opposite Denzel Washington's veteran detective in the thriller The Bone Collector directed by Phillip Noyce. She also co-starred in Mike Newell's "Pushing Tin' with Billy Bob Thornton and John Cusack. Jolie won the National Board of Review's Award for Breakthrough Performance for Playing by Heart, a character-driven drama directed by Willard Carroll and starring Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands and Ellen Burstyn.
With the HBO film Gia, Jolie won critical praise as well as a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of the supermodel who died from AIDS complications. She earned her first Emmy nomination for her work opposite Gary Sinise in director John Frankenheimer's George Wallace, about the controversial Alabama governor. The film brought Jolie her first Golden Globe Award and Cable Ace nomination for her portrayal of Wallace's second wife, Cornelia.
A member of the MET Theatre Ensemble Workshop, Jolie trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and has also studied with Jan Tarrant in New York and Silvana Gallardo in Los Angeles.
On August 27, 2001, Jolie was named Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), accepting the responsibility of meeting with and advocating for the protection of refugees on five continents.
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Angelina Jolie Facts
| Birth Name | Angelina Jolie Voight |
| Occupation | Actress, Model |
| Birthday | June 4, 1975 (33) |
| Sign | Gemini |
| Birthplace | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Height | 5' 8" (1m73) |
| Awards | 2000 Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (for Girl, Interrupted) |
| 2000 Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture (for Girl, Interrupted) | |
| 2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role (for Girl Interrupted) | |
| 1999 Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or a TV Film (for Gia) | |
| 1999 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Best Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries (for Gia) | |
| 1998 Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Film (for George Wallace) |
Selected Filmography
| The Good Shepherd (2006) as Clover |
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) as Jane Smith |
| Alexander (2004) as Olympias |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) as Franky |
| Taking Lives (2004) as Illeana Scott |
| Beyond Borders (2003) as Sarah Jordan |
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)  as Lara Croft |
| Original Sin (2001) as Bonney Castle/Julia Rustle |
| Girl, Interrupted (2000) as Lisa Rowe |
| Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) as Sara Wayland |
| Gia (1998) as Gia |
| Foxfire (1996) |
| Hackers (1995) as Kate Libey |