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Academy
Award and three time Golden Globe winner ANGELINA JOLIE is
proving to be one of Hollywood's most talented leading
actresses. Jolie most recently starred in the title role in the
action adventure Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life,
the sequel to the 2001 box-office smash, and starred as a
devoted relief worker for the United Nations in the provocative
drama Beyond Borders.
In 2001 she starred as Lara Croft in Paramount's Tomb Raider for
director Simon West, and also starred in Original Sin opposite
Antonio Banderas for Gia writer/director Michael Cristofer. The
previous year, Jolie was seen with co-stars Nicolas Cage and
Robert Duvall as car thieves committing their final heist in the
smash hit Gone in 60 Seconds for producer Jerry Bruckheimer, as
well as starring in the romantic comedy Life or Something Like
It.
Jolie's portrayal of a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted
garnered an Academy Award, her third Golden Globe Award, a
Broadcast Film Critics Award, ShoWest's "Supporting Actress of
the Year," and a Screen Actors Guild Award for "Best Supporting
Actress." The film, based on the true story by Susanna Kayson,
was directed by James Mangold and co-starred Winona Ryder.
Prior to that she played a rookie police officer opposite Denzel
Washington's veteran detective in Phillip Noyce's thriller The
Bone Collector. Jolie also co-starred in Mike Newell's Pushing
Tin with Billy Bob Thornton and John Cusack. Playing by Heart
earned her The National Board of Review's award for
"Breakthrough Performance." This character driven drama directed
by Willard Carroll included an all-star ensemble cast including
Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Madeline Stowe, Ellen Burstyn,
Gillian Anderson and Dennis Quaid.
The HBO film Gia earned Jolie 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 of AIDS.
She also received an Emmy nomination for her role opposite Gary
Sinise in director John Frankenheimer's George Wallace, a period
epic for TNT about the controversial Governor from Alabama. The
film earned Jolie her first Golden Globe Award and a Cable Ace
nomination for her portrayal of George Wallace's second wife,
Cornelia.
Jolie also co-starred with David Duchovny and Timothy Hutton in
director Andy Wilson's film Playing God for Touchstone and prior
to that she starred in the Hallmark Hall of Fame four hour
miniseries presentation True Women, directed by Karen Arthur,
based on Janice Woods Windle's best selling historical novel. In
addition she starred in Annette Haywood-Carter's much acclaimed
Foxfire for Samuel Goldwyn and Iain Softley's Hackers for United
Artists.
Jolie recently wrapped production on a number of projects
including the action/ adventure Sky Captain and the World of
Tomorrow with Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow, and Oliver Stone's
epic Alexander. She is currently working on Mr. and Mrs. Smith,
co-starring with Brad Pitt, and will lend her voice to the
animated feature Shark Tale, directed by the creators of Shrek
and also featuring the voices of Will Smith, Robert De Niro and
Jack Black. A member of the famed 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.
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