Angie’s Golden Globe Award

George Wallace (1997) won Jolie a Golden Globe award and an Emmy nomination. George Wallace is a biopic highly praised by critics. Angelina Jolie played the second wife of the segregationist Governor of Alabama who was shot and paralyzed while running for President. In 1998, Jolie starred in HBO’s Gia as supermodel Gia Carangi. This was the true life story of supermodel Gia Carangi, depicting a world of nightlife, drugs, and emotional drama.

Jolie Plays By Her Heart

Jolie returned as Gloria McNeary in the 1998 gangster movie Hell’s Kitchen, and later that year appeared in Playing by Heart, as part of an ensemble all-star cast that included Sean Connery, Gillian Anderson, Ryan Phillippe and Jon Stewart. The film received predominantly positive reviews and Jolie was praised in particular.

Not All Her Performances Were Great

In 1998, she starred in the comedy-drama Pushing Tin, co-starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett. Jolie played Thornton’s seductive wife. The film received a lukewarm reception from critics, and Jolie’s character was particularly criticized. While shooting Pushing Tin, Jolie started dating her co-star Billy Bob Thornton and then married him on May 5, 2000.

Meeting Big, Bad Billy Bob

Then in 1999, Jolie met the equally insane Billy Bob Thornton. Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton first met on the set of the 1999 film Pushing Tin. They dated for only two months before getting married in 2000. The marriage went on for three years and then (surprise) came the inevitable divorce.

Divorce #2 Of 3

But the two had a wild time together, with their (very) frequent displays of affection for one another in public settings and always carrying vials of each other’s blood wherever they went. Thornton once said; “We had a great marriage and I chickened out because I didn’t feel good enough. That’s all that happened. It was no big deal, we never hated each other.”

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