Angelina Jolie Pitt ( ;
née Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She has received an
Academy Award, two
Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three
Golden Globe Awards, and has been cited as Hollywood's highest-paid actress. Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father,
Jon Voight, in
Lookin' to Get Out (1982). Her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production
Cyborg 2 (1993), followed by her first leading role in a major film,
Hackers (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical television films
George Wallace (1997) and
Gia (1998), and won an
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama
Girl, Interrupted (1999).