Before she began her career as an actor, Angelina modeled and appeared in music videos. Her first starring role was in the 1995 film Hackers. In 1998 Jolie was nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of supermodel Gia Carangi in the TV film Gia. She won an Oscar for Girl, Interrupted (1999). She has starred as the title character in two Lara Croft: Tomb Raider movies and provided vocal talents to the animated feature Shark Tale. She starred opposite current boyfriend Pitt as an assassin in Mr. And Mrs. Smith. She was also part of Robert De Niro’s film The Good Shepard in 2006. In 2007, she played Mariane Pearl, the wife of slain reporter Daniel Pearl in A Mighty Heart and played Grendel's mother in Beowulf. Jolie’s future projects include Wanted and Atlas Shrugged . In May 2008, two of Jolie's films will debut at the 61st Cannes Film Festival—the 1920s kidnap thriller, Changeling, and the animated adventure, Kung Fu Panda. When this actress is not on the big screen she serves as a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador and continues to work to improve the lives of refugees in different countries around the world. A pregnant Jolie joined U.S. Military in central Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone in February 2008, writing about her experience in a Washington Post op-ed piece.