Angelina Jolie

1982. The image of her limpid eyes and tremulous voice remains to epitomize the tragic heroine of the Hindi film. 1993. Pakeezah (1971), jointly conceived with her husband, was completed shortly before her tragic death on March 31, 1972 and was her last great performance. 1995. Her screen image of a tormented, self-mortifying woman became an extension of her own personality. 1996. Like the heroine of the film, she increasingly took to drink and embarked on the road to gradual ruin.

1997. Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (Master, Mistress and Servant 1962) became in more than a symbolic way the crossroads of her life. 1998. A collection of her poems in Urdu under the pen name Naaz was published after her death. 1999. She was also a poet in her own right, and was able to lend to the characters she played a certain poetic tenderness and intensity. 2000. However, her strong independent spirit would not be subordinated by her husband's genius and they eventually separated in 1964.

2001. She married Kamal Amrohi who directed some of her best films. 2002. One reason for this popularity was her private life, which at times rivaled the plot of any movie. 2003. However, her studied reserve, chaste diction and -- most of all -- extraordinary voice, that struck the right balance between the erotic and the pathetic, ensured her place in the hearts of the Indian movie-going public. 2004. The following years saw her appear in a number of films, where she played many, largely indistinguishable, self-mortifying women.

Coming soon or in production. She was never really able to shake off this image of a tragidienne, and at times this severely impeded her in the exercise of the full range of her histrionic talents. Her nickname is Catwoman. Her evocative portrayal of the perennially suffering Indian woman struck a responsive chord in millions of women. During her acceptance speech for winning the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award for Girl Interrupted during the 2000 Academy Awards, Jolie stated "I'm so in love with my brother" which, combined with her affectionate behavior towards her brother that night, sparked the rumors. By 1953, Meena Kumari had starred in three other commercially successful films: Daera, Do Bigha Zameen and Parineeta. Parineeta became a turning point in her career. She has continually denied rumors of an incestuous relationship with her brother, James Haven. She therefore heralded a new era of actresses that included Nargis, Nimmi, Suchitra Sen and Nutan.

She has said she is bisexual. Meena Kumari entered the limelight at a time when histrionics were taking over from glamour (as epitomized by such beauties as Naseem, Veena, Sofia and Jayshree). Jolie has gone on record as saying that a positive effect resulting from the large number of tattoos on her body is that filmmakers have been forced to be more creative when plotting any nude or love scenes. Her early films were rather unremarkable and mythological. She also once had a tattoo on her upper left arm that said "Billy Bob" in honor of her then-husband Billy Bob Thornton but has subsequently removed this tattoo. She took on the name Meena Kumari for Vijay Bhatt's immensely popular musical Baiju Bawra. Her tattoos include:. Mahajabeen acted in her first film at the age of six.

It does not appear that Maddox was among them, although the investigation is continuing. Her mother Prabhawati (later Iqbal Begam), a stage dancer and actress, was a descendant of the Tagore family. She had been falsifying records of children to be adopted in visa applications to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and several of the children she placed had not been abandoned at all but were enticed away or bought from their birth families. Her father Ali Bakhsh was an actor in films and Parsi theatre, apart from composing music for a few films. Around the same time, Lauryn Galindo, the Hawaii-based adoption facilitator whose services Jolie had used to adopt Maddox, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to visa fraud and money laundering charges. She was born Mahjabeen Bano in Bombay. In the fall of 2004, it was reported that Jolie has started proceedings to adopt another child, this time from Russia. She shot into stardom in 1952 with the release of Baiju Bawra.

In 2003, she published Notes from My Travels, a collection of journal entries chronicling her early work with the U.N.. Meena Kumari (August 1, 1933 - March 31, 1972) was an Indian actress, whose name has become synonymous with the tragic heroine. Jolie was also one of the first celebrities to accept an invitation to be one of the bearers of the Olympic Torch during the 2004 Olympic Games, though she was ultimately unable to participate due to filming commitments. NewDelhi: East West Press, 1974. In addition to her acting, Jolie has also been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees since 2001; worked as a professional model in London, New York and Los Angeles and appeared in numerous music videos including those of Meat Loaf, Lenny Kravitz, and the Rolling Stones. The Kaleidoscope of Indian Cinema. Soon after he exploited a claim that she has "serious emotional problems" on Access Hollywood , she legally dropped Voight as her last name. Mahmood, Hameeduddin.

In the October 2004 issue of Premiere Magazine, Jolie indicated that she was no longer interested in pursuing a relationship with her father. London: British Film Institute; New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. Jolie has been long estranged from her father, actor Jon Voight, though a reconciliation was attempted by his appearing with her in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Jolie and Thornton divorced on May 27, 2003, and Jolie now has custody of Maddox. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul. Jolie then married American actor Billy Bob Thornton on May 5, 2000, and together they adopted a son from Cambodia, Maddox Chivan Thornton Jolie, who was born on August 5, 2001.

Jolie and Miller divorced on February 3, 1999. Jolie attended her wedding in black leather trousers and a white shirt, which had her husband's name painted in her blood on the back. On March 28, 1996 she married British actor Jonny Lee Miller, with whom she had co-starred in the movie Hackers. She attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute from the age of 11 and later completed a degree in film at New York University.

Jolie, the daughter of actor Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, was born in Los Angeles, California and as a child dreamt of becoming a funeral director. Additionally Jolie has starred in five student films, all of which were directed by her brother James Haven. She is a respected artist and has received three Golden Globes, as well as an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Lisa Rowe in the film Girl, Interrupted. Angelina Jolie, born Angelina Jolie Voight (June 4, 1975) is an American actress who is as renowned for her exotic looks, sensual lips and tattoos, as well as for her acting ability.

Lookin' to Get Out — Tosh. Angela and Viril — Angela. Alice and Viril — Alice. Cyborg 2 — Casella ‘Cash’ Reese.

Hackers — Kate ‘Acid Burn’ Libby. Without Evidence — Jodie Swearingen. Love is All There Is — Gina Malacici. Mojave Moon — Elie Rigby.

Foxfire — Margaret 'Legs' Sidowski. True Women — Georgia Virginia Lawshe Woods. George Wallace — Cornelia Wallace. Playing God — Claire.

Playing by Heart — Joan. Gia — Gia Marie Carangi. Hell's Kitchen — Gloria McNeary. Pushing Tin — Mary Bell.

Bone Collector — Amelia Donaghy. Girl, Interrupted — Lisa Rowe. Gone in Sixty Seconds — Sara ‘Sway’ Wayland. Original Sin — Julia Russell.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider — Lara Croft. Life Or Something Like It — Lanie. Lovesick — producer only. Beyond Borders — Sarah Jordan.

Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life — Lara Croft. Taking Lives — Illeana Scott. Shark Tale — Lola. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow — Captain Franky Cook.

Love and Honor — Catherine the Great. and Mrs. Smith — Jane Smith. Mr. Alexander — Olympias.