12 facts you didn't know about Angelina Jolie

Pilot license , Cambodian citizenship and tattoos ... Cosmo has compiled facts about the star that will turn your attitude about her!

1. The initial surname of Angelina is Voight . However, the actress decided to abandon her because of a protracted conflict with her father and instead left her middle name - Jolie.

2. Angelina supports the theory , that creative people often write with his left hand . For the sake of filming the movie " Lara Croft - Tomb Raider" she specially ordered pistols for left-handers , so you can quickly and easily recharge them.

3. Jolie is generally close in spirit to her famous heroine. From the age of 12 she collects a collection of edged weapons from different countries , and now this son of Maddox shares her passion.

4. Maddox is the first child of the actress , and he is adopted. For a long time she did not want their children : "I thought: how can I get pregnant , when there are so many orphans," - later explained Jolie , but Brad Pitt persuaded her. Now the star has six children , three of them are adopted - Cambodian , Ethiopian , Vietnamese. And her daughter Shilo Angelina gave birth in Namibia , so the girl is a citizen of this country.

5. Angelina did not cooperate with any brand for a long time , but in 2017 she made an exception for the sake of Guerlain , which was a landmark for her. The connection between the brand and Angelina began with her childhood memories of the powder of Guerlain , who used her mother. This relationship has been preserved in the future , the culmination of a collaboration with a perfume house.

6. In 2017, Angelina became the face of Mon Guerlain . In September, the line received a sensual continuation - the new Mon Guerlain Intense perfumery water. Refined and elegant aroma is the real embodiment of femininity. The combination of vanilla , jasmine and patchouli creates an atmosphere of mystery , which the director conveyed in the film with Jolie. Moreover, they shot it in their own house, stars in Cambodia , and the music was written by the uncle of the actress. Enjoy atmospheric and sensual videos with beautiful muse!

7. On the day of the wedding with Brad Pitt, Angelina put on a magnificent white dress , decorated with ... drawings of authorship of their children. Of the jewelry on the bride was only a medallion depicting a mother who died in 2007.

8. In 2014, the film " Maleficent" was released with Jolie in the title role. Her daughter Vivienne also took part in the film. She was an only child , who was not afraid of makeup actress , so little princess gave her the role of Aurora.

9. Since 2001, Angelina is the UN Goodwill Ambassador . She worked in an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan , founded girls' schools in Kenya , and opened a wildlife fund in the Kalahari Desert. Also, all the fees from cooperation with the house of Guerlain, the actress gives to charitable foundations.

10. The whole story of her life is written in the body  - from the scar to the shooting of the film " Salt", where she refused to understudy stuntman , before the tattoos. The latter are associated with her three husbands , children , philosophy.

11. Jolie became the third actress ( after Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz), who received more than $ 20 million for one film . This happened after the signing of the contract for filming " Mr. and Mrs. Smith."

12. Angelina - the pilot ! Last year, there was a video , where the actress skillfully manages a small plane to Namibia. She got a license back in 2004. "The cockpit - the only place in the world , where I can be alone", - says the star.