Angelina Jolie is a performer.
Angelina Jolie Pitt ( [ dʒoʊˈliː ] ; née Voight ; born June 4 , 1975 ) is an American actress , filmmaker , philanthropist and humanitarian . She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical cable films George Wallace ( 1997 ) and Gia ( 1998 ) , and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl , Interrupted ( 1999 ) . 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 .