Angelina Jolie's humanitarian work Pictures Angelina Jolie's humanitarian work United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees special envoy Angelina Jolie speaks before a United Nations Security Council meeting on Women and Peace and Security and Sexual Violence in Conflict on June 24, 2013, at UN headquarters in New York. The Oscar-winning actress has traveled the world in her role with the UNCHR, first as a goodwill ambassador and later as a special envoy. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is recognizing her with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian honor at the 2013 Governors Awards.