Celebrate Angelina Jolie’s 47th birthday

Katherine Donlevy

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Jun 4, 2022

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ANGELINA JOLIE (age 4) at a house party, eating olives off of her fingers.

Angelina Jolie Voight, pictured in 1979, was born on June 4, 1975, in Los Angeles, California, to actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand Michael Jacobs/ZUMA

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Los Angeles, California, USA - ANGELINA JOLIE with father JON VOIGHT

Before committing to acting, Angelina Jolie starred in several music videos, namely Lenny Kravitz’s “Stand by My Woman” (1991), Antonello Venditti’s “Alta Marea” (1991), The Lemonheads’s “It’s About Time” (1993), and Meat Loaf’s “Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through” (1993). Globe Photos/ZUMA

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Angelina Jolie began her professional film career in 1993, when she played her first leading role in the direct-to-video science-fiction sequel Cyborg 2. She was so disappointed with the film that she did not audition again for a year. TRIMARK PICTURES / Album

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ANGELINA JOLIE and JONNY LEE MILLER in Hackers.

Angelina Jolie’s first Hollywood film was “Hackers” in 1995, which has since become a cult classic. UNITED ARTISTS / TILLIE, MARK / Album

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Angelina Jolie won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in “Girl, Interrupted,”(2000). She has also won three Golden Globes and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider made Angelina Jolie an international superstar. She was required her to learn an English accent and undergo extensive martial arts training for the role.

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ANGELINA JOLIE and BRAD PITT inMr. and Mrs. Smith.

Angelina Jolie starred opposite Brad Pitt in the iconic film Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), which sparked a 12-year-long romance well-known as Bradgelina.

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Angelina Jolie poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Maleficent Mistress of Evil' in central London, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019.

Angelina Jolie took a three-and-a-half-year hiatus from acting until 2014, when she starred as the tital character in Maleficent (2014), a live-action re-imagining of Disney’s 1959 animation Sleeping Beauty.

Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP

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Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, from left, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Knox Jolie-Pitt pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Eternals' on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021 in London.

Angelina Jolie has six children: Shiloh, from left, Zahara, Vivienne, Maddox, Knox and Pax, not pictured.

Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP

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In this photo released by UNHCR, Hollywood actress and special envoy for the U.N. Angelina Jolie, left, sits with displaced Yemeni women and listens to their stories of struggle in Al Kandam, Yemen Sunday, March 6, 2022.

In addition to her acting, Angelina Jolie is widely known for her humanitarian work. In March 2022 she visited war-wrecked Yemen to show solidarity with displaced families in hopes of mobilizing support for an incoming fundraising conference.

Marwan Tahtah/UNHCR via AP

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