Angelina Jolie is a performer.
Angelina Jolie Pitt ( [ dʒoʊˈliː ] ; née Voight ; born June 4 , 1975 ) is an American actress , filmmaker , philanthropist and humanitarian . She promotes various causes , including conservation , education , and women 's rights , and is most noted for her advocacy on behalf of refugees as a Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) . Changeling (film) . Based partly on real-life events -- the 1928 `` Wineville Chicken Coop '' kidnapping and murder case in present-day Mira Loma , California -- the film stars Angelina Jolie as a woman supposedly reunited with a boy she immediately realizes is not her missing son . Maleficent is a 2014 American dark fantasy film directed by Robert Stromberg from a screenplay by Linda Woolverton , and starring Angelina Jolie as the titular character with Sharlto Copley , Elle Fanning , Sam Riley , Imelda Staunton , Juno Temple and Lesley Manville in supporting roles .