There is a lot more to Angelina Jolie Pitt, one of the top paid stars of Hollywood. She is also a film director and producer, author, screenwriter, voice actor, philanthropist and a mother. Cited as the World’s Most Beautiful Woman, she was born as Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles. Let us learn many such interesting facts about her.

1. She was born to actor Jon Voight and actress Marcheline Bertrand. Angelina didn’t ever have good relations with her dad following his infidelity, but it fell in place some time back.

2. As a child, she never liked being hugged, even if it was from her mother.

3. Her first movie was “Lookin’ to Get Out” released in 1982, with her dad, in which she made a small appearance.

4. In her teen years, she self-harmed herself as she had a problem in emotionally connecting with people. She has also briefly suffered from eating disorders and insomnia.

5. When 14, she was in a live-in relationship with her boyfriend, in the same house her mother lived.

6. In school, she was often teased for being awfully thin and for wearing glasses and braces. Growing up, she also experimented with knife play and wanted to become a funeral director.

7. Her hair color was changed from dark blonde to dark brown when she was just five, by her mother. Since then, she kept it like that.

8. She really adored “Dr. Spock” growing up, the fictitious character from Star Treck series.

9. Her hobbies are collecting first edition books and knives. She also likes travelling, writing and shopping.

10. She also holds a pilot’s license, has a private pilot, and uses Cirrus SR-22, a general aviation aircraft.

11. She was also fortunate enough to get a glimpse of earth, from space, by flying on Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic.

12. She has acquired Cambodian Citizenship legally, given by the King of Cambodia.

13. In 2005, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt became the centre of media gossips when rumors surfaced about their affair during the shoot of Mr. & Mrs. Smith. They kept denying it until early 2006, when the actress confirmed she was pregnant with Pitt’s child.

14. For proposing Angelina, Brad got a unique ring designed with the help of the jeweler Robert Procop. The ring was completed in a year and was especially crafted to fit her finger.

15. The couple got married on August 23, 2014 and today is famously dubbed together as “Brangelina”, a super couple.

16. They have six children in total, three of them are adopted (named: Maddox, Pax and Zahara) and three of them are biological children (named: Shiloh and twins Knox and Vivienne).

17. Before Brad Pitt, she was also married to actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton.

18. She esteems martial arts and loves doing her stunts on her own. For example, as Lara Croft (Tomb Raider), she did 80% of the stunts on her own.

19. As a humanitarian, she is active in fields of education, conservation, women’s rights, human rights, child immigration and community development. She has also won several awards and recognition for her contributions, like a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, UNHCR ambassadorship and Citizen of the World Award.

20. Now at 40, next from her is her third directorial effort “By the Sea”, in which she has directed Brad Pitt, all set to hit theaters this November 13.

A Brief on Awards:
Angelia Jolie won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of First Lady of Alabama Cornelia Wallace in the film George Wallace (1997). She has been presented with several other awards and nominations. The winning entries are as follows:

• 1998: Won Golden Globe Award for film George Wallace
Best Supporting Actress
• 1999: Won Golden Globe Award for the film Gia
Best Actress
• 1999: Won Screen Actors Guild Award for the film Gia
Outstanding Female Actor
• 2000: Won Academy Award for the film Girl, Interrupted
Best Supporting Actress
• 2000: Won Golden Globe Award for the film Girl, Interrupted
Best Supporting Actress
• 2000: Won Screen Actors Guild Award for the film Girl, Interrupted
Outstanding Supporting Female Actor