Angelina Jolie's dating history

Angelina Jolie is one of the most famous American actresses. She is also a filmmaker and a humanitarian, born on June 4, 1975, in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Jon Voight, who was also a well-known actor. Her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, was also an actress. From a young age, Angelina wanted to act, and she started her career in the 1990s. She appeared on screen for the first time along with her father Jon Voight in the film Lookin’ to Get Out (1982). She officially began her acting career with the film Cyborg 2 (1993). She gained recognition after her role in the film Girl, Interrupted (1999).

Angelina has worked in many notable films like Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Salt (2010), and Maleficent (2014). Jolie has received many awards for her acting throughout her career. She has won two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, one Tony Award, and many more. Apart from acting, Angelina is known for her humanitarian work. She has traveled around the world to help refugees and people affected by war. She became a special envoy for the United Nations and worked on many important causes. Apart from these, her relationships have often been in the news over the years.

Jonny Lee Miller

Jonny Lee Miller is a British actor who met Angelina Jolie on the sets of Hackers in 1995. They didn’t remain in touch after the shooting but later reconnected and got married in 1996. They got married in a small civil ceremony; she wore rubber pants and a white T-shirt for her wedding. On her T-shirt she wrote the groom's name with her own blood. In an interview with The New York Times in 1996, she explained why she did it and said, “Why, you ask? ''It's your husband,'' she answers with a sly grin. ''You're about to marry him. You can sacrifice a little to make it really special.''”

She got separated from him just after 1 year of marriage because of their busy schedules. Jolie filed for divorce in 1999 and got divorced the same year. After the divorce, they were on good terms and considered each other their friends.

Jenny Shimizu

Jenny Shimizu is an American model and actress. She met Angelina on the sets of Firefox in 1996 and they had an on-and-off romantic relationship in the 1990s. Their relationship didn’t last as Angelina already got married to Jonny Lee Miller. In 1997, she accepted falling in love with Jenny. In an interview with Girlfriends Magazine in 1997, she said, “I probably would have married Jenny Shimizu if I hadn't married my husband. I fell in love with her the first second I saw her. Actually, I saw when she was being cast in Foxfire, and I thought she had just read for my part. I thought I was going to lose the job. I said to myself, "Oh, my God, that's Legs." She's great. We had a lot of fun.”

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, singer, and filmmaker. They met while filming for Pushing Tin in 1999. After dating briefly, they went to Vegas and got married. Their relationship was intense, and they were known for doing crazy stuff. They even had their name tattooed on their arms. They were spotted wearing necklaces with vials of each other’s blood. However, their marriage ended in 2003, and they got divorced.

Later, Angelina said that their relationship changed because they wanted different things in life. In a podcast interview with HFPA in conversation, Billy Bob said, “We just had different lifestyles. Hers is a global lifestyle and mine is an agoraphobic lifestyle. So, that’s really—that’s the only reason we’re probably not still together, maybe, because of a different path in life we wanted to take.”

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt is a popular American actor and producer. Angelina and Brad’s relationship was one of the most famous relationships of Hollywood. They met in 2004 while filming Mr. & Mrs. Smith. At that time, Brad was married to actress Jennifer Aniston. After getting divorced from Jennifer Aniston, Brad started dating Angelina. In 2005, Angelina and Brad officially became a couple. They were together for over a decade and had six children, out of which three of them were adopted.

In August 2014, they got married in a private ceremony. However, in 2016, Angelina filed for divorce, and their relationship ended. Their split was all over the news. Brad Pitt told People, he said, "I am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the well-being of our kids. I kindly ask the press to give them the space they deserve during this challenging time." They had a long legal battle over the custody of their children.