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Angelina Jolie's Early Life

Angelina Jolie was born in Los Angeles on June 4, 1975, to actor Jon Voight and former model and actress Marcheline Bertrand.

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She is the niece of singer-songwriter Chip Taylor and her godparents are actors Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilan Schell.

Jolie and her older brother, fellow actor James Haven, were raised in New York by their mother after their father left.

She made minor appearances in some of her father's films throughout the '80s, although they were estranged as she grew older.

Aged 11, she won a place to study at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. Appearances in music videos for the Rolling Stones and Lenny Kravitz led to small film parts, and in 1995 she landed her first starring role in cyber-thriller Hackers.

Angelina Jolie's Career and Success

Jolie's star rose significantly when she picked up two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for her performances in TNT's 1997 film Georg