Angelina Jolie child, seven-month-old Maddox Chivan, from an orphanage in Battambang, Cambodia. He was born as Rath Vibol on August 5, 2001, in a local village. After twice visiting Cambodia, while filming "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (2001) and on a UNHCR field mission, Jolie returned in November 2001 with her husband, Billy Bob Thornton, where they met Maddox and subsequently applied to adopt him. The adoption process was halted the following month when the U.S. government banned adoptions from Cambodia amid allegations of child trafficking. Although Jolie's adoption facilitator was later convicted of visa fraud and money laundering, her adoption of Maddox
Angelina Jolie filmography Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Television Film. She made her breakthrough the following year in HBO's television film "Gia" (1998). For her performance in the title role of fashion model Gia Carangi, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Film. Jolie's first role in 1999 was in "Pushing Tin", a critical and commercial failure; however, her next film, "The Bone Collector", emerged as a commercial success. In the 1999 drama "Girl, Interrupted", Jolie played a sociopathic mental patient, a role which won her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Supporting