Happy Birthday Angelina Jolie DGMG!

Happy Birthday Angelina Jolie!  Her first foray into genre movies was Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow (1993).  One of her early roles that I took notice was in Hackers (1995).  She played the model Gia Carangi in the biographical film, Gia (1998).  In 1999, Jolie recieved an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Girl, Interrupted.  Her lead in the video game adaptation Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) really got recognition for Angelina Jolie.  In 2001, she was appointed United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador.  There was the sequel Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003).  Next, she was the pirate captain Franky in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004). She played an assassin wife in Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005).  Jolie was in the animated film, Beowulf (2007) as Grendel’s Mother.  Then, she voiced Tigress in Kung Fu Panda (2008).  

                            Angelina Jolie at Comic Con for Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, 2003, photo by the author. 

Jolie starred as Fox training James McAvoy’s Wesley as an assassin in Wanted (2008) based on the comic book.  Evelyn Salt, a double agent, was played by Jolie in Salt (2010).  She returned as Tigress in Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) and Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016).  Angelina Jolie played Fox in Wanted (2008) which was adapted from a comic book by Mark Millar for Top Cow Productions.  She started as a director and writer with In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) and Unbroken (2014).  Also in 2014, she had the lead in Maleficent which attempted to put a twist on the villainess.  She was given teh title Honorary Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG) in 2014.  Jolie then directed By the Sea (2015) and First They Killed My Father (2017).  She returned to play Maleficent in the sequel, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.  This year, Jolie starred in the thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead.  She also has upcoming the MCU film, The Eternals, playing Thena.  Happy Birthday Angelina Jolie DGMG!   

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