Trivia

Is left-handed and therefore had to have guns specially made so that she could reload them easily for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001).

Performed her own stunts in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and received cuts from the chandelier scene as a result. She also set fire to her silk pajamas on the chandelier while she was doing her bungee jumps in the house. She was taken to a hospital with minor burns but resumed filming the next day.

In 2006, after the birth of her daughter Shiloh, she sold the first pictures of her newborn for $4,100,000. She later donated the profits to charity.

She was offered the role of the hacker Trinity in The Matrix (1999), but had to decline due to scheduling conflicts. Carrie-Anne Moss was cast instead.

Became the third actress to join the coveted $20 Million Club (after Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz), when she signed to do Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) for that amount.

She was made an official citizen of Cambodia by the King for her ongoing efforts to help the environment there. (August 2005)

Jolie wrote an Op/Ed newspaper article titled "My Medical Choice" that was published on May 14, 2013, in The New York Times in which she revealed that she had undergone a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction because she is a carrier of a "faulty" gene, BRCA1. Her doctors advised her that that gene, along with her family history of breast cancer (including her mother's death at age 56) made it much more likely that she would have developed breast cancer (the medical estimate was that she had an 87% risk of breast cancer), so she elected to have the surgery as a preventative measure.

Has tattoos of the coordinates representing the birth countries of each of her children (she even has the coordinates of France tattooed on her arm twice, one each for Knox and Viv), which cover up the Billy Bob Thornton tattoo. (June 2006)

She handpicked Lana Del Rey to perform the song "Once Upon a Dream" as the main theme for Maleficent (2014).

Collects knives and has an interest in mortuary science.

Gave her Academy Award, Golden Globe Awards, SAG Awards, and Critic Choice Award to her mother. She felt she didn't need to hang on to awards.

Began modeling at age 14 and had a childhood dream of becoming a funeral director.

Was six months pregnant with her daughter Shiloh when she completed filming The Good Shepherd (2006). Was also two months pregnant with twins Knox and Vivienne when she completed filming Changeling (2008).

She was considered for the role of Natasha Rushman/Black Widow in Iron Man 2 (2010) after Emily Blunt dropped out of the project, but Scarlett Johansson was cast instead.

Was named after costume designer Angela Alexander who designed costumes for the movie The All-American Boy (1973) that her father Jon Voight starred in. Jon and Angela became good friends on the set, and he was fascinated when she told him her original Greek name was "Angeliki", which in Greek means "Angelic Messenger of God". During the movie's shoot, Jon Voight came to Angela on the set and told her that one day if he and his wife (then actress Marcheline Bertrand) ever had a daughter he was going to name her "Angelica". They had only had a son at the time; Jolie was born two years later. Although he originally named her Angelica, a year later after his divorce with Marcheline, she began calling her "Angelina".

She was awarded Honorary Dame Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to the United Kingdom's foreign policy, and the campaign for ending warzone sexual violence.

Used to own several pet reptiles, including two snakes. Therefore, she had no problem shooting the snake scene in Alexander (2004).

In a multilingual household, her kids speak French and according to Angelina they all have their own respective languages. Shiloh is learning the Khmer, Pax is learning Vietnamese, Maddox is learning German and Russian, Zahara is focused on French, Vivienne is learning Arabic, and Knox is learning American Sign Language.

Mother of six children with ex-husband Brad Pitt. Their three oldest children are adopted: sons Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt (b. August 5, 2001, adopted by Jolie on March 10, 2002 and by Pitt in early 2006) and Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt (b. November 29, 2003, adopted by Jolie on March 15, 2007 and by Pitt on February 21, 2008), and daughter Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt (b. January 8, 2005, adopted by Jolie on July 6, 2005, and by Pitt in early 2006). Their three younger children are their biological: a daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt (b. May 27, 2006) and twins, a son Knox Léon Jolie-Pitt and a daughter, Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt (b. July 12, 2008).

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.

She is extremely close to and protective of her older brother, James Haven. He often accompanies her to awards shows, and she used his name as inspiration in the "Where's Jamie?!" scene in Girl, Interrupted (1999).

In an interview about her movie Changeling (2008), Angie revealed that although her mother's name was Marcheline, everyone called her "Marshmallow", because she was such a softie.

Returned to work four months after giving birth to daughter Shiloh in order to begin filming A Mighty Heart (2007). Also returned to work eight months after giving birth to twins Knox and Vivienne in order to begin filming Salt (2010).

Has a tattoo of the Tennessee Williams quote, "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" on her left forearm.

Holds a Private Pilot Certificate with the Airplane, Single Engine, Land rating. This means that she is qualified to fly any single-engined aircraft based on land (i.e., no seaplanes) under visual flight rules only (i.e., no instrument qualifications yet so she cannot fly in conditions requiring instruments).

Her mother Marcheline Bertrand passed away from ovarian cancer on January 27, 2007 in Los Angeles after a 7½ year battle.

On her father's side, she has German and Slovak ancestry. Her mother was of approximately one half French-Canadian, one quarter Dutch, and one quarter Polish, descent. Angelina also has a remote Huron ancestor, her maternal eight times great-grandmother, Catherine Anenontha, who was born, c. 1649, in Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec. Angelina's paternal grandparents were Elmer Samuel Vojtka, later Elmer Voight, and Barbara Agnes Kamp, both of New York, while Angelina's maternal grandparents were Rolland Francis Bertrand and Lois June Gouwens, both of Illinois.

One of the first actresses to win three consecutive Golden Globe Awards in three different categories: "Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries": George Wallace (1997), "Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries": Gia (1998), "Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture": Girl, Interrupted (1999). Coincidentally, all her roles were based on real people.

Angelina and her brother, to whom she is very close, publicly spoke out to deny false rumors that the two were having an incestuous relationship. (2000)

Appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland after her visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Pakistan. (August 27, 2001)

Goddaughter of actress Jacqueline Bisset.

When Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton first married, the couple moved into the Beverly Hills home formerly owned by Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash. (2000)

Since becoming a Goodwill Ambassador in 2001, she has visited over 20 countries.

Is an alumna of the Lee Strasberg Institute as are Frank Miranda, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Sally Field.

In role as goodwill ambassador, she visited Tham Hin refugee camp in Thailand to check on conditions of 9,000 refugees from bordering Myanmar. (May 2002)

Has the Latin phrase "Quod me nutrit me destruit" ("What nourishes me also destroys me") tattooed across her stomach.

Had her ovaries removed to prevent ovarian cancer which runs in her family. (March 2013)

Was married to Jonny Lee Miller in a black leather pants and a white blouse. On the white blouse, she painted her husband's name in her own blood (across the back).

She was considered to play Ravenna (The Evil Queen) in Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), and Meredith Vickers in Prometheus (2012), both roles went to Charlize Theron.

Friends with Gwen Stefani.

Delivered all her biological children via scheduled Caesarean sections.

Has a fondness for Liverpool Football Club because her son Maddox "only wants to play for Liverpool".

She was considered for the role of Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada (2006), which went to Meryl Streep.

Daughter of Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. Niece of Chip Taylor.

Gave her mother Marcheline Bertrand the nickname "Great Lady".

Was a guest writer for The Economist's special edition The World (2008). In an article entitled "A Year for Accountability", she stated that, "accountability is perhaps the only force powerful enough to break the cycle of violence and retribution that marks so many conflicts... Common sense tells us that when risks are weighed, decisions are made differently. When crimes against humanity are punished consistently and severely, the killers' calculus will change.".

Moved to New Orleans with Brad Pitt and their four children. (2007)

She was considered for the role of Ryan Stone in the sci-fi drama Gravity (2013), but Sandra Bullock was cast instead.

Received her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University (1993).

In 2003, she was the first recipient of the Citizen of the World Award from the UN's Correspondents' Association for her work as a goodwill ambassador with the UNHCR.