Jolie

/ ʒɔli /

noun

1. JolieAngelina1975FUSFILMS AND TV: actorPOLITICS: humanitarian campaigner Angelina Jolie (Voight), born 1975, US actor and campaigner for humanitarian causes: her films include Girl Interrupted (1999), Lara Croft, Tomb Raider (2001), and A Mighty Heart (2007)

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Tilda Swinton and Angelina Jolie also get considerable love from the panel, but the other actress with the most impassioned shout-outs in Round 1 just misses the Top 5: “It’ll be hard to resist previous nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who creates an unforgettable angry woman in ‘Hard Truths,’ ” says Anne Thompson.

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Never count out Oscar winner Angelina Jolie, who reincarnates Maria Callas in ‘Maria,’ or Nicole Kidman, who pulls out the stops in Venice best-actress winner ‘Babygirl.’

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Angelina Jolie, an Oscar winner with a long track record appearing before the camera and working behind the scenes on movies, is back in the awards season conversation for her performance as Maria Callas in Pablo Larrain’s Netflix biopic about the Greek opera singer.

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Although “Maria” will get a limited theatrical release on Nov. 27 before streaming, its box-office take is unlikely to approach that of Jolie’s biggest live-action hits, which include a pair of “Maleficent” films and “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.”

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Jolie also did vocal work for the popular Kung Fu Panda animation franchise and scored her first and so far only Oscar for “Girl, Interrupted,” a 1999 drama starring Winona Ryder that grossed $48.4 million.

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