![Angelina Jolie alfombra roja de Disney expo](https://images.hola.com/us/images/0257-0e01c4a12986-89f36b1d0cc3-1000/vertical-480/angelina-jolie-personajes-accion01.jpg)
Action woman
Angelina JolieĀ is one of Hollywood’s favorite badass chicks and she made it to the top all on her own. She became famous after playing Lisa Rowe inĀ Girl, Interrupted, a role that earned her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Although she’s taken on a wide range of iconic roles throughout her career, she’s perhaps best known as an action woman. And for giving 110% in everything she does.
We take a look atĀ Angelina’s baddest bad girl roles.
![Angelina Jolie como Lara Croft de Tomb Raider](https://images.hola.com/us/images/0257-0e01b8de37fe-239980cec91b-1000/horizontal-480/angelina-jolie-personajes-accion02.jpg)
Tomb Raider
Angelina Jolie became known to the world when she played Lara Croft inĀ Tomb Raider, the movie based on the videogame of the same name.
Other actresses who were contenders for the role were Ashley Judd andĀ Catherine Zeta-Jones. However, director Simon West knew Angelina was the one for him.
The movie made Angelina famous and set her on the road to becoming one of the biggest stars of our times.
![Angelina Jolie en escena de The Bone Collector](https://images.hola.com/us/images/0257-0e01b8de37ff-1873db43b36a-1000/horizontal-480/angelina-jolie-personajes-accion03.jpg)
The Bone Collector
Before she was Lara Croft, Angelina Jolie played officer Amelia Donaghy in The Bone Collector, hunting a serial killer with Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington).
The star was alreadyĀ making her wayĀ in the industry under her own steam, without any help from her father, actor Jon Voight.
![Angelina Jolie y Nicolas Cage en escena de Gone in Sixty Seconds](https://images.hola.com/us/images/0257-0e01b8de3800-52cd2731a0cd-1000/horizontal-480/angelina-jolie-personajes-accion04.jpg)
Gone in Sixty Seconds
For her role as Sara Wayland inĀ Gone in Sixty SecondsĀ (2000) she went blonde. Alongside Nicholas Cage, who played Randall Memphis Raines, she had audiences on the edge of their seat in this action-packed movie.
![Angelina Jolie estreno Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life](https://images.hola.com/us/images/0257-0e01b8de3864-f51dcc60088f-1000/square-480/angelina-jolie-personajes-accion05.jpg)
The return of Lara Croft
Two years afterĀ Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, a sequel was released:Ā Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.
Angelina underwent aĀ punishing training regimeĀ for this role, including boxing, rowing and yoga, plus a strict diet to get Lara’s slender figure.
![Angelina Jolie presentaciĆ³n de la pelĆcula Taking Lives 2004](https://images.hola.com/us/images/0257-0e01c4a12986-127abf046d56-1000/vertical-480/angelina-jolie-personajes-accion06.jpg)
The roles keep rolling in
The parts were coming in thick and fast for Angelina. She starred in two films in 2004:Ā Taking LivesĀ andĀ Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
In the former, she played a distinguished FBI agent searching for a felon, and in the latter, Fanky Cook, the commander of an amphibian squad. Fun fact:Ā She had to wear an eye patch for this role.
![Angelina Jolie escena pelĆcula Mr. & Mrs. Smith](https://images.hola.com/us/images/0257-0e01b8de3865-c0dc57078aaa-1000/horizontal-480/angelina-jolie-personajes-accion07.jpg)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
The year after, she starred in the movie that not only made her one of the world’s most-renowned actresses, it also changed her life:Ā Mr. & Mrs. Smith, which she starred in alongsideĀ Brad Pitt.
Angelina Jolie played Jane Smith, an assassin for hire. However, her husband is also a hitman and, with plenty of action along the way, they end up falling in love. Life imitates art, and how!
![Angelina Jolie escena Wanted 2008](https://images.hola.com/us/images/0257-0e01b8de3866-683e080c98d6-1000/horizontal-480/angelina-jolie-personajes-accion08.jpg)
Angelina was every director’s go-to girl when they needed someone who could shoot a weapon, fight and go after the bad guys.
InĀ Wanted, 2008, she played Fox, a woman who teaches Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) how to use a weapon.
![Angelina Jolie como Evelyn Salt en la pelĆcula Salt](https://images.hola.com/us/images/0257-0e01b8de3867-760d334784f2-1000/vertical-480/angelina-jolie-personajes-accion09.jpg)
Australian director Phillip Noyce offered her the titular role inĀ Salt, 2010. Evelyn Salt was a CIA agent with bags of attitude and even more cunning. This tough girl was on everyone’s hit list, but she escaped every time.
Angelina was very excited about the role as it was her comeback to the big screenĀ after taking time out to focus on family.