Angelina Jolie turns 50: a look back (41 images)

By UPI Staff

Academy and Golden Globe-winning actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie, best known for her roles in "Maleficent," "Tomb Raider," "Girl, Interrupted," "Kung Fu Panda," "Wanted" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," turns 50 on Wednesday. Here's a look back at her career.

Cast member Angelina Jolie arrives at the premiere of the box office hit "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," in Los Angeles on June 7, 2005. Jolie met future partner Brad Pitt on the set of the film. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

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Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., (L) listens as United Nations goodwill ambassador Jolie discusses the UN Millennium Development Goals on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on November 17, 2005. Jolie has been a goodwill ambassador since 2001 and has gone on over 60 trips in her role. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI

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Brad Pitt (L) and Jolie arrive at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on January 15, 2007. She spent the next week in Vietnam on behalf of the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Project to promote economic development in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

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Jolie arrives at the Palais des Festivals for the gala screening of "Ocean's Thirteen" at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 24, 2007. Jolie's film "A Mighty Heart" was also screening during the festival. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI

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