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Hot Gallery: Snakkle Celebrates Angelina Jolie by Looking Back at Her Eclectic Career

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El Rodeo Elementary School, Beverly Hills
A festive Jolie is caught during a moment of introspection during her elementary school Christmas program.
<I>Lookin' to Get Out,</I> 1982
Credited under Angelina Jolie Voight, Jolie costarred alongside her father and Ann-Margret in this film about New York gamblers trying to turn their luck around in Vegas.
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Beverly Hills High School, 1990
It certainly seems that the strikingly beautiful Jolie never went through an awkward phase, as evidenced from this photo from her freshman year.
<I>Cyborg 2,</I> 1993
Jolie starred alongside fellow Academy Award winner Jack Palance in this straight-to-video film about an almost-human cyborg who develops feelings for one of the humans she is programmed to destroy.
Angelina Jolie 16 Bikini
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Angelina Jolie at a Photo Shoot... in a Peach Bikini, 1991
You're welcome, America. You're welcome.
<I>Gia,</I> 1998
Many think Jolie’s breakout role came with her portrayal of real-life model Gia Carangi in this HBO film. Playing the doomed heroin-addicted model who died of AIDS, Jolie was a revelation.
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<I>Girl, Interrupted,</I> 1999
Jolie won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her powerhouse portrayal of Lisa, a young woman in a psychiatric facility. There was no question that Hollywood was taking notice.
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<I>Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,</I> 2001
Jolie ventured into the world of action movies when she starred as Lara Croft in this blockbuster adaptation of the popular video game.
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Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton, 2001
Jolie was married to fellow actor Billy Bob Thornton from May 2000 until May 2003. While they were married, she adopted son Maddox from Cambodia, but Jolie ended up raising him alone for several years.
Twentieth Century Fox
<I>Mr. and Mrs. Smith,</I> 2005
Jolie found herself on the cover of almost every gossip magazine cover in America when she and partner Brad Pitt fell in love on the set of the action movie about two assassins married to one another. Pitt and then-wife Jennifer Aniston divorced shortly after the film, and Jolie and Pitt have been together since.
Take a look back at Brad Pitt's rise to fame here.
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<I>A Mighty Heart</I>, 2007
Jolie starred as Mariane Pearl in this adaptation of Pearl’s book abut her attempts to find her husband (journalist Daniel Pearl) after he was kidnapped in Pakistan and later killed. Jolie brought strength and vulnerability to her performance in this heart-wrenching story.
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<I>Wanted,</I> 2008
Jolie starred alongside Morgan Freeman and James McAvoy in this action movie about a young man who discovers he is the son of a professional assassin – and that the family talents run deep.
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<I>Changeling,</I> 2008
Jolie was nominated for multiple awards for her portrayal of Christine Collins, a Los Angeles mother who takes on the LAPD after they try to replace her kidnapped son with an obvious impostor. Jolie stood out in a star-studded cast that included John Malkovich.
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, 2011
Jolie and Pitt have found happiness together along with their children. The pair finally got engaged in 2012.
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The Jolie-Pitt Family, 2011
Jolie and Pitt have six children and pride themselves on making sure their children are citizens of the world. Maddox was adopted from Cambodia, Pax was adopted from Vietnam, and Zahara was adopted from Ethiopia. Not to be left out, their biological children were all born abroad as well: Shiloh in Namibia and Vivienne and Knox in France. The smiles these kids display indicate that their upbringing is full of happiness.
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<I>In the Land of Blood and Honey,</I> 2011
Jolie wrote and directed this foreign-language film that is set during the Bosnian War and focuses on a Serbian soldier and a Bosnian woman. Jolie racked up nominations for her behind-the-camera film debut. Jolie's follow-up Unbroken will hit theaters (and awards season) in December 2014.
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<em>Maleficent,</em> 2014
Jolie's first onscreen role since 2010's The Tourist brings her to inhabiting the shoes of one of Disney's most iconic villians--Maleficent. While Jolie's magnificent cheekbones make her perfect for the role, we're sure her ability to humanize polarizing characters are gonna make this one to watch.
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