Childhood, youth and parentsAngelina Jolie Voight was born in Los Angeles (USA, California) , the son of the famous American actor Jon Voight and French-Canadian actress Marcheline Bertrand. [5]By origin Jolie thus acquired the blood of several nations — Slovak, German (the father) [6] [7], and the French-Canadian, Dutch (the mother) [8] and the Iroquois. Angelina has an older brother — James Haven (English) Russian. (James Haven Voight). Godparents were famous actors Maximilian Schell and Jacqueline Bisset. [9]Jolie's parents separated in 1976 (divorce issued only in 1978) , and Bertrand with a year-old Angelina and her brother moved to New York. [5] A year later, Voight received the "Oscar" for his role in "The Homecoming", and Bertrand was forced to abandon their dreams of a successful acting career and has devoted his time raising children. She often drove Angelina and James in the movie, what aroused her interest in acting. At least, that's what Jolie explained later in the press opted for the cinema (and not very successful career as a father).When Angelina was 11 years old, the family moved again to Los Angeles, where he studied for two years, Jolie's film school Lee Strasberg, and in high school in Beverly Hills. Angelina was not the only student with acting ambitions, but always felt like an outsider because of his non-standard appearance, habits, dress in clothes from second-hand and thinness. Her self-confidence has suffered even more after all the attempts to become a model unsuccessful. Jolie later admitted that she felt at that time strongly depressed and unhappy, felt that it was useless, and as a result, began to cause cuts and sores on the body. Once in an interview with CNN, she said: "I collected knives and always had these things around. For some reason, the ritual injure myself and feeling the pain of this, perhaps, a sense of itself a living being, a sense of a release was therapy for me ". [10] At this age, Angelina wore only black clothes, dyed her hair red, and, by his own admission, hated himself. [11]Angelina Jolie is also known for his hostility to her father, Jon Voight. Jolie has always blamed his father for the betrayal of his wife and the care of the family, but despite this, tried to restore the relationship, invites participation in the shooting of the film "Lara Croft — Tomb Raider" (2001) , in which she played the title role. However, during the film-making process between them, there were several arguments, after which Jolie in principle refuses to recall him as a father. [12] In mid-2002, Jolie filed a request to the authorities to finalize her name as "Angelina Jolie," without "enter". [13] That same year, Jon Voight in the press made a statement that his daughter had "serious mental problems". [14] In 2004, Jolie interview «Premiere» said she was not interested in continuing the relationship with his father, but there are still no known cause of this the solution. [14] Jon Voight still never met with the children of Angelina, because she does not allow him to do, he was not invited to the family and the celebration of the birth of his daughter Angelina and Brad Pitt — Shiloh Nouvel. Angelina's father starred with her godmother (Jacqueline Bisset) in the movie "The Judge and the Executioner" (1975) , directed by actress godfather Maximilian Schell.Angelina Jolie's mother Marcheline died on January 27, 2007 in a Los Angelesco clinics at the age of 56 after 7 and a half year struggle with ovarian cancer. [15]Angelina is very close with her brother James Haven. He often accompanies her to various ceremonies. In one episode of "Girl, Interrupted" (1999) Angelina Jolie asks, "Where is Jamie? ", Thus referring to the name of his brother. In 2000, Jolie and his brother publicly refuted the false rumors that they were in an incestuous affair.Angelina Jolie — the niece of Chip Taylor.
