A WELL-KNOWN PERSON I ADMIRE

INTRODUCTION I think that for every person it is quiet useful to

admire someone. But I do not mean when you like the way someone is dressed or looks. Actually I think that it is important to preserve one’s personality in everything.

WHY DO WE NEED SUCH PEOPLE IN LIFE? Generally speaking we need such idols to

achieve something this person has already achieved. The most difficult thing here is to see in your idol not only good points, but also bad ones.

MY PERSON TO ADMIRE Angelina Jolie is the person I admire most. Angelina

Jolie, actress and Hollywood icon was named 2009’s most powerful celebrity in the world by Forbes magazine. But Jolie is not just a celebrity. She is a working mother, humanitarian, and a successful business woman. 

BIOGRAPHY OF ANGELINA JOLIE

Born in Los Angeles, California, on June 4, 1975, Angelina Jolie starred in the HBO biopic Gia before earning an Academy Award for best supporting actress for Girl, Interrupted. Jolie has become one of Hollywood's top marquee names, having starred in movies like Wanted, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Salt and Changeling. She's also directed the film In the Land of Blood and Honey, and is coupled with actor Brad Pitt.

JOLIE'S EDUCATION

Jolie studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in her early teens and later attended New York University where she studied film making and writing. In her teens, she studied embalming with the goal of becoming a funeral director.

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES It was while she was in Cambodia in 2001,

shooting Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, that Angelina Jolie became aware of the suffering of the people in that war-ravaged country — “my eyes started to open,” she would later say. That experience — and a greater understanding of a worldwide humanitarian crisis – led the actress to contact the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees later that year.

HUMANITARIAN AWARDS:

2001 – Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency for her advocacy and work in obtaining aid for refugees in in many countries including Cambodia, Darfur and Jordan. 

2005 – Global Humanitarian Action Award (United Nation Association of the USA) for her role as an ongoing activist for refugee rights.

CINEMATIC AWARDS:

Golden Globe Awards: George Wallace (1998); Gia (1999); 

Girl Interrupted (2000) National Board of Review Award: Playing by

Heart (1998) Screen Actors Guild

Award: Gia (1999); Girl Interrupted (2000) Academy Award: Girl Interrupted (2000) People’s Choice Award: Sky Captain and the World of

Tomorrow (2004)

ANGELINA JOLIE IS EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW Angelina Jolie sets a good example for people to do

good things for others by doing charity work such as donating to the poor and helping people out, even if it’s just a young child seeking a friend. She is a humanitarian. Jolie is also the good-will ambassador for the United Nations Refugee Agency. She showed she is helpful and caring by adopting two children.

WHY DO I ADMIRE HER  She went through the troubles and kept trying. She

never gave up. This is a quality a hero should have. She shows me that it is possible to get through even the toughest situations.

CONCLUSION To my mind it is better to admire not someone’s

appearance or popularity, but someone’s professionalism.. It is great when your admiration for someone helps find one’s way in life.