Angelina Jolie’s net worth and salary – What is it?
With a net worth of $120 million, Angelina Jolie is a multifaceted American actress, filmmaker, philanthropist, spokeswoman, and humanitarian. Jolie’s impact on the entertainment industry and global advocacy is profound. She kicked off her acting career in the 1990s and garnered critical acclaim for roles in films like “Hackers,” “Girl, Interrupted,” and “Gia.” Achieving ultimate stardom came in 2001 with the blockbuster “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” solidifying her as a leading action star.
Over the course of her career, Jolie has proven her acting chops across genres such as dramas, thrillers, and action movies. Memorable works include “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” “A Mighty Heart,” “Changeling,” and “Maleficent.” Her performances have earned her accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for “Girl, Interrupted.”
Aside from acting, Jolie has delved into directing and producing, with movies like “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” “Unbroken,” and “First They Killed My Father.” Her humanitarian efforts focus on refugees, conservation, and women’s rights. Serving as a Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Jolie is deeply involved in various charitable causes.
Being a Top Earner
Jolie has, at times, been among the highest-paid actresses globally, commanding a minimum of $20 million for a single role. Between 2001 and 2011, her movie earnings surpassed $120 million. From $7 million for the first Lara Croft movie to $20 million for “Salt,” her salary demands reflect her star power in the industry.
Facing Financial Challenges
In the midst of a contentious divorce with Brad Pitt, Angelina expressed financial constraints and sought additional support. Court documents revealed Pitt had given her $8 million toward a mansion purchase. Despite claims of financial strain, Jolie likely holds substantial assets locked in trusts and investments.
Notably, between August 2017 and August 2018, Jolie earned $28 million from salary and endorsements, ranking her second among the highest-paid actresses worldwide in that period.
Early Beginnings
Born on June 4, 1975, in Los Angeles, California, as Angelina Jolie Voight, she is the daughter of actor John Voight and actress Marcheline Bertrand. Her parents’ 1976 divorce led Jolie and her brother, James Haven, to live with their mother, who gave up her acting dreams to raise them. Inspired by her father’s successful acting career, a young Angelina pursued acting herself. Even as a child, she appeared in her father’s film, “Lookin’ to Get Out” (1982). Her family moved to Palisades, New York, when she was six.
Five years later, she returned to Los Angeles. This was when she made the decision to pursue acting and joined the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where she underwent a two-year training program.
During her time at Beverly Hills High School, Jolie experienced a sense of isolation from her well-off peers, as her family relied on her mother’s modest earnings. She faced bullying from her classmates due to her slender frame, glasses, and braces. Despite her mother’s efforts to launch her modeling career, initial endeavors were not successful. Eventually, she transferred to Moreno High School, adopting an all-black wardrobe and delving into experimental activities with her boyfriend involving knife play.
Jolie’s acting career took off with her first major role in the 1993 sci-fi thriller Cyborg 2, followed by the cult favorite Hackers in 1995. Her breakthrough came in 1997 with the biographical film George Wallace, earning her a Golden Globe Award. She continued her success with an additional Golden Globe for her portrayal of Gia Carangi in HBO’s Gia and won an Academy Award for her role in Girl, Interrupted. Jolie has showcased her versatility in various genres, from action films like Lara Croft and Mr. and Mrs. Smith to voice acting in animations such as Shark Tale and Kung-Fu Panda, which stands as her highest-grossing movie, collecting $632 million globally.
Her directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey, was released in 2011. Following a hiatus from acting, she starred in Maleficent in 2014, a live-action adaptation of Sleeping Beauty. Jolie expanded her creative talents by writing and directing Unbroken in 2014 and By the Sea in 2015, where she collaborated with her then-husband, Brad Pitt. She further cemented her directorial role with projects like First They Killed My Father and The Breadwinner.
Reprising her role as Maleficent in the 2019 sequel, Jolie ventured into films like Come Away in 2020, Those Who Wish Me Dead and Eternals in 2021, and lent her voice to The One and Only Ivan. She is slated to voice Master Tigress in Kung Fu Panda 4, set for release in 2024.
During this career climb, Jolie met Jonny Lee Miller on the set of Hackers in 1995 and tied the knot with him in March 1996. For their wedding, she ditched the traditional bridal attire in favor of black rubber pants and a white t-shirt bearing her groom’s name written in her own blood. They separated the following year.Jolie’s divorce was finalized in 1999. Shortly after, she married actor Billy Bob Thornton on May 5, 2000, in Las Vegas after two months of dating, right after the divorce. They met on the set of 1999’s Pushing Tin. The couple was known for public declarations of their love, such as wearing vials of one another’s blood around their necks. Jolie and Thornton adopted a son, Maddox, from Cambodia in March 2002, but separated abruptly three months later. Their divorce was finalized on May 27, 2003.
Jolie was accused of causing the divorce of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston in October 2005. She fell in love with Pitt while filming 2005’s Mr. & Mrs Smith and confirmed their relationship in January 2006 when she announced her pregnancy. Jolie and Pitt were together for 12 years and expanded their family to include six children, three adopted and three biological. They married on August 23, 2014, and separated in September 2016. Their divorce was finalized on April 12, 2019.
Jolie has six children: three sons and three daughters. Three were adopted internationally, and three are biological children with Brad Pitt. Maddox (born in 2001) was adopted from Cambodia in 2002 with Billy Bob Thornton. Pax (born 2003) was adopted from Vietnam in 2007 by Jolie and adopted by Pitt in 2008. Zahara (born 2005) was adopted from Ethiopia in 2005 by Jolie and by Pitt in 2006. Shiloh (born 2006), Knox (born 2008), and Vivienne (born 2008) are Jolie and Pitt’s biological children.
Jolie’s involvement in humanitarian efforts is profound, including work with UNHCR, traveling on field missions worldwide, and donating to relief organizations. In December 2022, Jolie resigned from her ambassadorship but vowed to continue advocating for refugees. Jolie and Brad Pitt co-founded the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
In 2022, Jolie visited Ukrainian children at the Vatican Children’s Hospital and later traveled to Lviv, Ukraine, to meet with more displaced and hospitalized children following the Russian invasion.
**Real Estate**
In June 2017, Angelina paid $24.5 million for a home in LA’s Los Feliz neighborhood, roughly double the record price paid for the area at that time. The home, located in the gated community of Laughlin Park, is just five minutes from Brad Pitt’s compound in Bronson Canyon. Previously, from 1913 to 1959, the 2-acre estate was occupied by Cecil B. Demille.