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 Actress. A role opposite Nicolas Cage in the heist film "Gone in 60 Seconds" (2000) proved to be her highest-grossing to that point. Jolie achieved worldwide recognition as the eponymous archaeologist in "" (2001), an action film based on the "Tomb Raider" video game series. Despite negative reviews, the film had the biggest opening weekend for a film featuring an action heroine. This was followed by roles in two box-office failures—the 2001 erotic thriller "Original Sin" and the 2002 romantic comedy "Life or Something Like It". Jolie reprised the role of Lara Croft in the sequel "" (2003). In 2004,