Angelina Jolie: Fashion Celebrity Guide

Angellina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress, film director, screenwriter, and author. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009, 2011, and 2013.  Born in Los Angeles, California, Jolie is the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. She is the sister of actor James Haven, niece of singer-songwriter Chip Taylor, and goddaughter of actors Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilian Schell.  When she was seven years old, Jolie had a small part in Lookin' to Get Out (1982), a movie co-written by and starring her father, Jon Voight.  Jolie's career prospects began to improve after she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in TNT's George Wallace (1997). She portrayed Cornelia Wallace, the second wife of Alabama Governor George Wallace, played by Gary Sinise. The film was very well received by critics and won, among other awards, the Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film. Jolie also received an Emmy Award nomination for her performance. In 1998, Jolie starred in HBO's Gia, portraying supermodel Gia Carangi. The film chronicled the destruction of Carangi's life and career as a result of her addiction to heroin, and her decline and death from AIDS in the mid-1980s.

Considered one of the most beautiful women in the world and quite possibly the reigning queen of fashion, this "queen" is no stranger to fashion.   Jolie began working as a fashion model at 14  but obviously found more success in acting.  We at Apparel Search feel that fashion must be somehow in her soul because ironically enough, her critically acclaimed and award winning role that is considered her breakthrough role was depicting fashion supermodel Gia Carangi in HBO's Gia.  These days the self proclaimed "drama queen"  and one of Apparel Search's favorite "fashion queens" continues to influence the world of fashion as a mother & humanitarian.

Glamour as a Professional Signature

Jolie's standing as a fashion celebrity rests on the scale of her public life: an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and three Golden Globe Awards mean decades of premieres, award ceremonies and photo calls, each one an occasion where what she wore was photographed and judged. Being named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009, 2011 and 2013 underlines how central she was to the industry in those years — and the red carpet attention follows the professional standing. The photos carried on this page include her 2002 film Life or Something Like It and the 2004 Warner Bros. movie Alexander, two very different screen looks from the same period of her career.

A Career Built in Public

Jolie grew up inside the industry — a small part at age seven in Lookin' to Get Out, co-written by and starring her father Jon Voight — and her breakthrough in awards terms came with the Golden Globe-winning performance as Cornelia Wallace in George Wallace (1997). Work as an actress, film director, screenwriter and author followed. The search and media routes on this page gather Angelina Jolie fashion and style coverage, and readers can continue through the Female Fashion Celebrities A directory to the other A-letter profiles, from Adriana Lima to Audrey Hepburn.

Formerly married to Brad Pitt.  Another celebrity who is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention.