Jolie is a french word meaning pretty
She is left handed
At the age of 16 she graduated from Beverly Hills High School
Her heritage is Czechoslovakian, English, and Native American
As a child she used to attend renaissance fairs with her mother and brother and it was from there she started collecting knives and other weapons
In Tomb Raider she sleeps with a knife. She also does this in real life
Shortly after the making of Hackers she married her co-star Jonny Lee Miller. Four years later they were divorced
After her visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Pakistan she was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland
She had childhood dream of becoming a funeral director
Jolie's estranged dad Jon Voight, was a neglectful father, a womanizer, and linked to a cult, according to the mother of the actress's childhood pal, Susan Margaret - Margaret says Voight's alleged ways could be the reason he and his stunning offspring are no longer on speaking terms.
Voted the woman most lesbians want to have sex with in a poll conducted by gay magazine Diva

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