Angelina Jolie Voight
American Actress, Director, Writer & Producer
Date of Birth: June 4, 1975
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
Jolie is one of the best known celebrities around the world.
Angelina Jolie has been cited as the world's "most beautiful" woman, a title for which she has received substantial media attention.
Jolie has been named the world's "most beautiful" or "sexiest" woman by various media outlets, including Vogue in 2002, Esquire in 2004, American FHM and British Harper's Bazaar in 2005, People and Hello! in 2006, Empire in 2007 and Vanity Fair in 2009.
Angelina Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Jolie has received wide recognition for her humanitarian work. In 2003, she was the first recipient of the Citizen of the World Award by the United Nations Correspondents Association, and in 2005, she was awarded the Global Humanitarian Award by the UNA-USA. On July 31, 2005, King Norodom Sihamoni awarded Jolie Cambodian citizenship for her conservation work in the country. In 2007, Jolie received the Freedom Award by the International Rescue Committee.
In 2009, Angelina Jolie was among the Time 100, a list of the most influential people in the world as assembled by Time Magazine, she topped the magazine's Celebrity 100, a ranking of the world's most powerful celebrities.
Angelina Jolie has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. She was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011.
Jolie achieved wide fame after her portrayal of video game heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), and established herself among the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood with the sequel The Cradle of Life (2003).
Jolie, together with her partner Brad Pitt, was found to be the favorite celebrity endorser for brands and products worldwide.
