Date of Birth 4 June 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA Birth Name Angelina Jolie Voight Nickname Angie Catwoman Ange AJ Height 5' 8" (1.73 m) Mini Biography Her godfather Maximilian Schell always gave her a doll as a birthday present, from her first to sixteenth. Sometimes it was a modern doll, made of plastic, sometimes it was an old and precious one, made of wood or porcelain. Growing up in Los Angeles, Jolie was no stranger to the film industry, being the daughter of Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight. She later trained and performed at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where she was seen in several stage productions. She worked as a professional model in London, New York and Los Angeles, and has also appeared in music videos for such artists as Meat Loaf, Lenny Kravitz, Antonello Venditti and The Lemonheads. In addition, she has acted in five student films for the USC School of Cinema, all directed by her brother, James Haven. Off-screen, Jolie has become prominently involved in international charity projects, especially those involving refugees. Angelina got a major break in 1999 when she won a leading role in the successful feature The Bone Collector (1999), starring alongside Denzel Washington. In that same year, Jolie gave a tour de force performance in Girl, Interrupted (1999) playing opposite Winona Ryder. The movie was a true story of women who spent time in a psychiatric hospital. Jolie's role was reminiscent of Jack Nicholson's character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), the role which won Nicholson his first Oscar. Jolie and Pitt announced in early 2006 that they would have a child together, and Jolie gave birth to daughter Shiloh that May. They also adopted a three-year-old Vietnamese boy named Pax. The couple continues to pursue movie and humanitarian projects. (May 2006) Gave birth to her third child, a girl named Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt with boyfriend Brad Pitt on May 27, 2006. (October 2006) In Pune, India filming A Mighty Heart (2007). (July 2008) Gives birth to twins, a boy named Knox Leon and a girl named Vivienne Marcheline, in Nice, France.