Angelina Jolie is one of the most famous and influential actresses in Hollywood. She is also a filmmaker, author, and humanitarian who has won numerous awards and accolades for her work. In this article, we will explore her net worth, wiki, age, height, career, and more.
Angelina Jolie Net Worth
As of September 2023, Angelina Jolie’s net worth is estimated to be $150 million. She earns around $10 million to $20 million per film, and her films have grossed about $5 billion as of today. She was the highest-paid actress in 2009, 2011, and 2013, earning around $27 million to $33 million per year.
Angelina Jolie Wiki
Angelina Jolie was born on June 4, 1975, in Los Angeles, California. Her birth name is Angelina Jolie Voight. She is the child of the actresses Marcheline Bertrand and Jon Voight. She has a brother named James Haven. She has French, German, Slovak, Dutch, and Canadian ancestry.
She attended William O. Schaefer School, Beverly Hills High School, El Rodeo Elementary School, and Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. She wanted to be a funeral director when she was 14 years old. She made her screen debut as a child alongside her father in the film Lookin’ to Get Out (1982). Ten years later, the low-budget film Cyborg 2 (1993), which was followed by her first leading part in a significant movie, Hackers (1995), marked the start of her film career.
She has been married three times: to actors Jonny Lee Miller (1996-2000), Billy Bob Thornton (2000-2003), and Brad Pitt (2014-2019). She has six children: three biological and three adopted from Cambodia, Ethiopia, and Vietnam. She is bisexual and has had affairs with model Jenny Shimizu and actors Timothy Hutton, Colin Farrell, and Val Kilmer.
She 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, among other honors. She supports topics including women’s rights, education, and environmental protection. She is most noted for her advocacy on behalf of refugees as a Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a position she held until 2022. She has undertaken over a dozen field missions globally to refugee camps and war zones.
Age & Height
Angelina Jolie is 48 years old as of June 4, 2023.
Angelina Jolie is 5 feet 6½ inches (169 cm) tall.
Angelina Jolie Career
Angelina Jolie has had a prolific and diverse career as an actress, filmmaker, author, and humanitarian. Her career’s high points include, among others:
- She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lisa Rowe in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999).
- She starred as the titular video game heroine in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and its sequel Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003), establishing her as a leading action star.
- She co-starred with Brad Pitt in the spy thriller Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), which sparked their romance and became a box office hit.
- She received critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas A Mighty Heart (2007) and Changeling (2008), the latter earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
- She voiced Tigress in the animation film series Kung Fu Panda since 2008.
- She directed and wrote the war dramas In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), Unbroken (2014), and First They Killed My Father (2017), all based on true stories.
- She played the iconic Disney villain Maleficent in Maleficent (2014) and its sequel Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), which were both commercial successes.
- She starred as Thena in the superhero film Eternals (2021), based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name.
More
Angelina Jolie is also an author who has written several books, including Notes from My Travels (2003), a collection of journal entries from her humanitarian missions; The Breadwinner (2017), a graphic novel adaptation of the animated film of the same name that she produced and Know Your Rights and Claim Them (2021), a guide for young people on human rights.
She is also a fan of tattoos and has at least a dozen of them on her body, including a Buddhist prayer, a Tennessee Williams quote, and the coordinates of her children’s birthplaces. She keeps her famous lips healthy with Blistex brand lip balm. She is a fan of Cheerios, McDonald’s, Madonna, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, The Clash, Matchbox Twenty, King Of The Hill, Game Show Network, and Animal Planet. She owns a BMW Hydrogen 7, a Range Rover, a Jaguar XJ, a Ford Explorer, and a Chevrolet Tahoe.
Angelina Jolie is one of the most powerful and influential people in the American entertainment industry. She is a role model for many people who admire her talent, beauty, courage, and compassion. She is an icon of Hollywood and a global citizen who strives to make the world a better place.