(#14) Her Pay Was Cut in Half from 2013 to 2015
In 2013, Angelina Jolie was making $30 million per picture as an actress. (Jennifer Aniston made $28 million in 2013. Just saying.) But in 2015, Jolie made $15 million per picture. (Aniston was worth $16.5 million per film.)
Meanwhile, Robert Downey Jr. made $80 million per movie in 2015.
Source: Forbes
(#10) She May Adopt a Syrian Refugee
The couple are rumored to be adding a seventh child to their large family, with Jolie feeling that she had to do something to aid in the Syrian refugee crisis. The special envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Jolie has been deeply affected by the many orphaned children in the region, where over tens of thousands of children have been displaced and/or lost their parents.
Jolie had hoped to adopt three brothers but Pitt objected because he didn’t want to impact their existing children. The couple are reported to be adopting a young Syrian girl.
Source: Daily Mail
(#11) She Was Called a Demon by Japanese Nationalists After the Release of Unbroken
Japanese nationalists were not happy with Angelina Jolie and her producers due the film Unbroken. In it, Japanese soldiers are shown brutalizing and cannibalizing American prisoners of war. Japan says that didn’t happen and that Unbroken was a work of “pure fabrication.”
The film recounts American POW Louis Zamperini’s trials and tribulations at the hands of the Japanese. The Japanese threatened to ban Jolie from the country altogether.
Source: Daily Mail
(#7) She's Had Her Ovaries and Breasts Removed
Angelina Jolie's history will include something remarkable. The actress, director, and mother had her ovaries removed in 2015 in a preventative move to reduce her risk of ovarian cancer. Doctors discovered some indicators of pre-cancer during a scan.
Jolie had a double masectomy in 2013 after doctors discovered the BRCA1 gene during a screening. The BRCA1 increases the risk of ovarian and breast cancer but only by about o.25%. Jolie said that a mutation in the gene made her risk of breast cancer 87% and ovarian cancer 50%. "I did not do this solely because I carry the BRCA1 gene mutation," Jolie clarified in a New York Times essay. Jolie lost her mother, grandmother, and aunt to cancer.
Pitt tells interviewers that he thinks his wife is sexy after her breast removal.
Sources: Business Insider, New York Times Essay
(#8) She Sold Pictures of Her Twins for $14 Million, Then Donated the Money to Charity
If you’re going to have pictures of your kids taken by paparazzi, you might as well make some money off of them and give it the money to charity. People and Hello! magazines paid the super star couple $14 million with the funds going to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
Source: Celebrity Fun Facts
(#5) She Has Serious Butterfly Knife Skills
She came to her action roles quite honestly, having been an avid weapons collector since youth. During the promotion of Gia, she demonstrated her knife skills on Conan's show. Impressive.
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Angelina Jolie is a famous American actress who was once considered the sexiest female star in the history of film. Angelina Jolie has sexy lips, charming smiles, and bright eyes. After she started her acting career in Hollywood, she won the 1999 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her outstanding performance in "Gia". From then on, the young actress became famous around the world as a rising Hollywood star.
In her career of more than 20 years, she has brought many outstanding and impressive roles. At the same time, her maverick personality and relationships have also attracted the attention of the public and the media. The random tool introduced 21 fun facts about this beautiful actress.
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