Angelina Jolie became a popular actress in the 1990’s. Her first leading role in a film came in the 1993 sci-fi thriller ‘’Cyborg 2’’. This was followed later by the movie ‘’Hackers’’ in 1995. In 1998, she gave an amazing performance in the movie ‘’Gia’’ (a movie based on the life of Model Gia Maria Carangi). Later, she won the best actress Golden Globe award for her performance in that movie. This was her second Golden Globe, the first she received with the biopic George Wallace.
Thanks to Jolie’s diversity to play in different style of movies, she was soon seen in a lot of action related movies. You probably know movies like the Lara Croft franchise and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. She’s also a voice actress for animations like Shark Tale and Kung-Fu Panda.
As diverse Jolie is, she soon began directing movies as well. In 2011 her directorial debut started with ‘’In the Land of Blood and Honey’’ and ‘’Unbroken’’. The film ‘’Unbroken’’ was based on the bestselling Laura Hillenbrand book of the same name and earned over $163 million worldwide.
As of 2019, Angelina Jolie’s net worth is $141 million dollars.