Angelina Jolie was in a film.
A Mighty Heart is a 2007 drama film directed by Michael Winterbottom ; It is an adaptation of Mariane Pearl 's memoir , A Mighty Heart . Angelina Jolie . 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 continued her successful action-star career with Mr. & Mrs. Smith ( 2005 ) , Wanted ( 2008 ) , and Salt ( 2010 ) , and received critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas A Mighty Heart ( 2007 ) and Changeling ( 2008 ) , which earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress .