How did Angelina Jolie Get Rich and Famous
Who is Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie Voight is a renowned American actress, humanitarian and film director who started her acting career at very young. She was born on 4th June 1975 in Los Angeles, California, to actress Marceline Bertrand and actor Jon Voight. She is a sister to actor James Haven and the niece to singer Chip Taylor. Angeline joined Strasberg Theatre institute for her studies and later moved Beverley hills high school. She also attended New York University and took a drama course.
Why is Angelina Jolie Famous?
Jolie started acting at a teenage age of 16 years. She walked a lot of carpets alongside her father and makes her first screen debut Get Out in 1982. Eleven years later she began her film professional low budget production and played the first role in Cybog 2 in 1993. In 1995 she played a supporting role in an independent film without evidence. Later that year she played her first major role in Hollywood movies’ The Hackers’ alongside Jonny Lee Miller.
In 1998 she won multiple awards. A Screen Actor Guild Award and her first Golden Globe Award for the best actress after playing the role of a drug addict model Gia Carangi in the movie Gia HBO. She gang up an Academy Award for the best supporting actress after her performance in ‘Girl, Interrupted’ in 1999. She also starred in a comedy ‘Pushing Tin’.
After her Oscar awards in the new millennium give brilliant performance on varieties of movies. Lara Croft Tomb Raider in 2001, The Cradle of Life 2003, taking lives and Sky captain the world of tomorrow in 2004, Mr. and Mrs. Smith alongside Brad Pitt in 2005, The Good shepherd 2006, Beowulf 2007 and also give a perfect performance as Marianne Pearl in 2007. In 2008 stared in she performed the voice cast of an animated comedy as Mater Tigress in Kung Fu Panda and stared in a movie Wanted the same year.
She also played as mother investigating her son reappearance and disappearance in 2008, the role land her to the first Oscar nomination in the category of best actress. In 2014 she gave a brilliant performance in Maleficent and Sequel in 2014.
Jolie began her craft as a screen writer and director. She directed her first script in the land of Blood and Honey and the second movie was a world war 11 drama called Unbroken in 2014. In 2015 she directed, wrote and starred in the movie By the Sea along with Brad Pitt and they killed my father in 2017.
What made Angelina Jolie Rich?
Jolie expanded her finances through acting, directing, producing and as a humanitarian and made a net worth of over 100 million dollars. According to Forbes she was ranked the highest paid actress earning a range of 27 million dollars to 30 million dollars. After starring in the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider the film earned that over 274.7 million dollars worldwide, she became the actress on demand in Hollywood earning 10 to 15 million on each film.
Between year 2001 and 2011 she ganged over 120 million dollars for movie salaries only. 7 million for Lara Croft first And 12 million dollars for second, for Mr. and Mrs. Smith more than 10 million dollar, Mighty Heart and Good Shepherd over 10 million, Tourist and 20 million dollars for salt.
She also receives her cash from Production Company called Jolie Pas that has produces movies like unbroken, By the Sea and Maleficent than hit a gross of 758 million dollars globally. She had a lucrative endorsement deals such as the 12 million deals with a clothing brand called St John and 10 million deal from Louis Vinton.
Jolie received numerous awards from her humanitarian work. In 2002 the Church World Service honored her with inaugural Humanitarian Award. she also receives citizen from the world award from United Nation Corresponded in 2003. The united Nation Association of the USA honored her with a Global Humanitarian Action Award in 2005 and Global Humanitarian Award from International Rescue Committee in 2007.
In 2011 she was honored as a Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nation High Commission for Refugees as the longest serving staff. She continues working as a humanitarian and getting more recognition. She got Jean Hearsholf Humanitarian Award from Academy of Motion Pictures, Art and Science in 2013. She was also appointed by St George and Michael as the Commander of Order 2014 honored by Queen Elizabeth in 2015.
What makes Angelina Jolie more Successful
Angelina Jolie has had a very successful acting career who had acted in more than 30 box office films in her thirties. Although she almost gave up her acting career in the early nineties her determination and passion drove her into achieving her success. She got a lot of attention by acting daring roles that led her into receiving varieties awards such as Golden Globe award and Academy award and different nominations for instance the nomination for Emmy awards. Aside from acting she was voted as the world by different magazines for instance Hello as the world most beautiful woman.
Angelina was passionate in changing the world. After visiting Cambodia to act the film Lara Croft she went back to visit the refugee camps in 2000. Jolie discovered a lot regarding the life of the refugees. She donated money to different organization globally in support of the refugees. She also asks for support from famous leader to help in supporting refugees’ related problems. Her determination to help them led to her United Nation High Commission for Refugees Good will Ambassador position.
Summary
Angelina Jolie acting career made her who she is. She is among the highest paid actress globally with a net worth of more than 100 million dollars. She has featured many movies such as Girl Interrupted that made her garn very prestigious awards and nominations. She receives numerous awards from the humanitarian job and currently she is the Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR. Aside from her career she is also the best mother figure for both her biological and adopted children.