Angelina Jolie Trivia: Did You Know?

She is extremely close to her brother James Haven. James often accompanies her to awards shows, and she used him as inspiration in the “Where’s Jamie?!” scene in the powerful Girl, Interrupted in 1999.

Angelina Jolie was one of People Magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People” in 2000.

Angelina has the letter “H” tattooed on the inside of her left wrist, which is a reference to two people she is close to who have this letter in their names: her brother, James Haven, and Timothy Hutton. She got the tattoo when she was dating Timothy but since their break-up she now says it’s only for James.

Has a tattoo of the Tennessee Williams quote, “A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages.” on her left forearm.

Angelina has the Latin phrase “Quod me nutrit me destruit” (“What nourishes me also destroys me”) tattooed across her stomach.

Has tattoos of the coordinates representing the birth countries of each of her kids (she even has the coordinates of France tattooed on her arm twice, one each for Knox and Viv), which cover up the Billy Bob Thornton tattoo (June 2006).

Other tattoos include the Japanese sign for death, two pointy black American Indian symbols, a dragon, and a large black cross.

Angelina collects knives and has an interest in mortuary science. She even had a childhood dream of becoming a funeral director.

“Jolie” means “pretty” in French.

Angelina is the Goddaughter of actress Jacqueline Bisset.

On August 27, 2001, Angelina was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland after her visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Pakistan.

She is of Czech and American descent on her father’s side and French-Canadian and Haudenosaunee (Iroquian Indian) heritage on her mother’s side.

Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton adopted a Cambodian baby boy, named Maddox. Angelina took custody of the baby in Africa, where she was shooting Beyond Borders (2003).

In role as goodwill ambassador, visited Tham Hin refugee camp in Thailand, May 2002, to check on conditions of 9,000 refugees from bordering Myanmar.

On July 2002, Angelina confirmed break-up with actor Billy Bob Thornton.

Measurements (before her pregnancy with Shiloh): 36C-27-36.

Her adopted son, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, was born on August 5th, 2001 in Cambodia. His original name was Rath Vibol.

Her favorite Disney character is Dumbo the flying elephant, she has said that she cried when he was able to fly.

Angelina started modelling at the age of 14.

Favorite music: Madonna, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, The Clash, Matchbox Twenty.

One of Angelina Jolie’s favorite television shows is “King of the Hill” (1997). She also enjoys the Game Show Network and Animal Planet.

Ranked #6 in Stuff magazine’s “102 Sexiest Women in the World.” [2002]

Angelina says that she speaks “very little French”.

Used to own several pet reptiles, including two snakes. So she had no problem shooting the snake scene in Alexander in 2004.

Angelina’s father (Jon Voight) starred with her godmother Jacqueline Bisset in Der Richter und sein Henker (1975), which was directed by her godfather Maximilian Schell.

Consulted with real-life FBI profiler Robert K. Ressler for her role in Taking Lives in 2004.

In 2003 was first recipient of the Citizen of the World Award from the UN’s Correspondents’ Association for her work as a goodwill ambassador with the UNHCR.

July 6th 2005: adopted Zahara, a baby girl (born on January 8th, 2005) from Ethiopia who was orphaned by AIDS.

Named Esquire Magazine’s Sexiest Woman Alive in 2004.

Named Most Beautiful Woman in People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People 2005 issue. More than 500,000 readers were polled.

In August, 2005 was made an official citizen of Cambodia by the King for her ongoing efforts to help the environment there.

Performed her own stunts in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and received cuts from the chandelier scene as a result. She also set fire to her silk pajamas on the chandelier while she was doing her “bungee jumps” in the house. She was taken to a hospital with minor burns but resumed filming the next day.

Ranked #1 in E! Television’s 2006 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies.

Gave her Oscar Statuette, Golden Globes, SAG Awards, and Critic Choice Award to her mother. She felt she didn’t need to hang on to awards.

Her godfather Maximilian Schell always gave her a doll as a birthday present, from her first to sixteenth. Sometimes it was a modern doll, made of plastic, sometimes it was an old and precious one, made of wood or porcelain.

Gave her mother the nickname “Great Lady”.

One of the first actresses to win 3 consecutive Golden Globes in 3 different categories: “Best Supporting Actress in a Mini Series”: George Wallace (1997) (TV), “Best Actress in a TV Movie or Mini Series”: Gia (1998) (TV), “Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture”: Girl, Interrupted (1999). Coincidentally, all her roles were based on real people.

Ranked and Voted #3 by AskMen.com’s Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2006

Topped People magazine`s “100 most beautiful people” list in 2006 (28 April 2006).

Named #1 in FHM’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005″ special supplement. (2005)

She and Brad Pitt welcomed daughter Shiloh Jolie-Pitt on May 27, 2006 in Namibia, Africa. The government in Namibia is offering citizenship to their new daughter.

Angelina Jolie holds a Private Pilot Certificate with the Airplane, Single Engine, Land rating.

Has a fondness for Liverpool Football Club because her son Maddox “only wants to play for Liverpool”.

She donated many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign.

Was the cover girl for the much anticipated issue of Forbes Magazine, in which appeared the infamous Celebrity 100 list. [June 2006]

Named #4 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2006 list.

Became the third actress to join the coveted $20 Million Club (after Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz), when she signed to do Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) for that amount.

Angelina Jolie is a fan of author Ayn Rand.

Angelina is left-handed and therefore had to have guns specially made so that she could reload them easily for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001).

Her mother Marcheline Bertrand died from ovarian cancer in Los Angeles after a 7 1/2 year battle (27 January 2007).

She and Brad Pitt adopted a three-year-old Vietnamese boy, Pax Thien Jolie (born November 29, 2003), who was initially named Pham Quang Sang (15 March 2007). Pax had lived in the Tam Binh orphanage because he was found abandoned outside a Ho Chi Minh City hospital shortly after his birth. Since the orphanage does not allow unmarried couples to adopt, Jolie adopted Pax as a single parent, with Pitt later adopting his son domestically.

Chosen the greatest sex symbol of all time in the British television show “The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols” (February 2007).

Was on the “Time 100″, a list of the world’s 100 most influential people in the world by “Time” magazine, in 2006.

2007 – Ranked #33 on EW’s The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.

In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $20 million.

In 2007, moved to New Orleans with Brad Pitt and their four children.

In 2006, after the birth of her daughter Shiloh, she sold the first pictures of her newborn for $4,100,000. She donated the profits to charity.

Ranked #3 in the 2008 Forbes The Celebrity 100 list.

The first-ever male to hold Jolie in his arms was Charley Boorman. He’d earlier served as a pageboy at the wedding of Jolie’s parents Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand during the Deliverance (1972) shoot, and later happened to be present during the delivery of Jolie. Boorman was just 8-years-old and Jolie was but an infant. Today (2008) Boorman quips that his epitaph should read: “I was the first man to get his hands on Angelina Jolie”.

Gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl on July 12, 2008 in Nice, France around 8 PM via c-section. Knox Léon Jolie-Pitt weighed 5lbs 3 oz. and Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt weighed 5 lbs.

Was considered for the role of Kelly Kapowski on “Saved by the Bell” (1989).

Since becoming a Goodwill Ambassador in 2001, she has visited over 20 countries.

In an interview about her movie Changeling (2008), Angelina Jolie revealed that although her mom’s name was Marcheline, everyone called her “Marshmallow”, because she was such a softie.

Did not return to work until eight months after giving birth to twins Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon in order to begin filming Salt (2010).

In July 2009, she was voted in first place in a poll to find the 100 Greatest Sex Symbols for Britain’s Channel 4. Elvis Presley was runner-up.