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Evergreen actress, filmmaker, and activist, Angelina Jolie has conquered a lot of hurdles to achieve varied milestones in her life. Mother of six kids, she is indeed a strong woman who has crossed a thousand miles despite the consequences life has thrown at her through these years. At the age of ten when she debuted as a child artist in Lookin’ to Get Out (1982), Hollywood saw its future in her. Fighting all odds in high school such as being criticised for being lean and wearing braces and spectacles, she continued to strive for her modelling career. Perceiving suicidal tendencies, attempts and multiple breakdowns, she stood up every single time. “For some reason, the ritual of having cut myself and feeling the pain, maybe feeling alive, feeling some kind of release, it was somehow therapeutic to me” she stated.

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Born to actor parents, Angelina had a very strong inspirational factor in pursuing acting as a career. Somewhere down the lane, she realised it was something that moulded her life. She received her first Golden Globe for the movie George Wallace (1997). She was able to keep depression at bay after she adopted her first child. “I knew once I committed to Maddox, I would never be self-destructive again,” she said. An array of different genres followed her journey with Gia (1998), Bone Collector (1999), Girl Interrupted (1999), and of course, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), which became the biggest grosser of the year. Following that came the celebrity couple news with Brad Pitt. the Hollywood industry celebrated each and every surprise that the couple brought out. Right from announcing their trip to Vietnam to adopt their kid Pax, to her ravishing Cannes appearance with her twin babies bump, had become a testimonial moment in her fruitful journey.

Her endeavours in social activities have given her a special place in the hearts of the audience. She got a double mastectomy and had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed after doctors detected a possible sign of early cancer.

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Optimistic as she is, she knew that the decisions she took in life were to do her good in the future. “I knew through the surgeries that he (Brad) was on my side and that this wasn’t something where I was going to feel less of a woman, because my husband wasn’t going to let that happen,” said Angelina on her painful journey of surgeries. Equivalent to her ravishing red carpet appearances, stunning film characters and breathtaking editorial appearances, her respect-worthy life decisions is what has given her a glorious place in the hearts of her fans.

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