Angelina Jolie’s Best Red Carpet Moments Through the Years

Style icon! After more than two decades in show business, Angelina Jolie has made a name for herself as an actor, producer, humanitarian and, of course, a red carpet chameleon. 

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Whether the Academy Award-winner is rocking a menswear-inspired tux, a full-length ball gown or showing some leg (as she most infamously did at the 2012 Oscars), Angie keeps things simple, sexy and never fails to bring her signature edge to the red carpet. 

Her hair and makeup are always utterly glam too. She is the queen of the bouncy blowout — often sporting bombshell curls and sophisticated updos, while her go-to crimson pout is always on point.

Her early red carpet days are marked by Elvira-inspired goth looks, including the black long-sleeved Versace gown she wore to the 2000 Academy Awards. 

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The Salt actress famously made a style statement the following year, wearing then-husband Billy Bob Thornton’s blood in a vial around her neck for the Original Sin premiere. 

In the coming years, Jolie played with color, wearing a canary yellow St. John gown to the Ocean’s Thirteen premiere in 2007, a flowing green Max Azria Atelier number at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008 and a sequin emerald dress by Atelier Versace at the 2011 Golden Globes. 

But 2012 is the year she formally stepped into her role as a style icon. The star made the entrance of all entrances at the Oscars, rocking a black strapless Versace gown. And Jolie, who repeatedly popped her leg out, made sure nobody missed that thigh-high slit! 

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She went through a champagne phase in 2014 and 2015, wearing a sparkly Elie Saab number to Academy Awards and a beaded column dress to the AFI Festival. 

Jolie also stunned in a silky silver Jenny Packham gown at the 2017 Oscars, but, for the most part, the star sticks to black — and she works it! 

In 2019, she wore a strapless sequin Versace dress to the European premiere of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil in Italy. But, when the actress walked the red carpet later that month in London, she actually went with white. 

Jolie stunned a white Ralph & Russo number, which featured gold piping around the bustier and metallic embellishments along the cape. 

As we eagerly await Jolie’s next red carpet appearance, let’s take a look back at some of her best red carpet style moments over the years. Keep scrolling to see our favorite looks of all time!

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Lady in leather! The actress looked absolutely stunning in a Dolce & Gabbana number and strappy stilettos at the Rome Film Festival.

For the London premiere of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Jolie opted for a white Ralph & Russo gown, a notable change from her previous string of black dresses.

For the Rome premiere of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, the actress wore a Versace gown and gold earrings that bared a striking resemblance to Disney's Jessica Rabbit.

The brunette beauty turned heads on the BAFTA red carpet in a form-fitting black Ralph & Russo gown and dangling diamond earrings.

Showing her support for the Time’s Up movement, Angie wore a dramatic black Atelier Versace gown with sheer sleeves and feathered cuffs to the 2018 Golden Globes.

It was all about the glam for the actress at the 2017 Hollywood Film Awards in Beverly Hills, where she rocked a silky silver robe-inspired Jenny Packham gown and Tiffany & Co. jewels.

While we are used to seeing Jolie in full-length gowns, she kept things short and sweet in an LBD and matching pumps at the Kung Fu Panda 3 premiere in Hollywood.

At a screening of her film By the Sea at the 2015 AFI Festival, the mom of six stunned in strapless beaded column gown and slicked back ‘do.

She may not have been up for an Oscar in 2014, but Jolie sparkled on the red carpet in a sheer, nude Elie Saab Couture gown with silver embellishments. 

Menswear mania! Jolie looked stunning in a fitted Saint Laurent tuxedo at the 2014 British Academy of Film Awards in London.

Less than a month after releasing her very personal op-ed in the New York Times about her choice to get a preventative double mastectomy, Jolie looked stunning on the red carpet of Brad Pitt's World War Z premiere in London. In a black custom Saint Laurent dress with a sheer cutout, the mother of six told Us Weekly, "I feel wonderful!"

#AngiesLeg! Jolie not only turned heads in her black strapless Versace gown at the 2012 Oscars, and later made Internet meme history when she repeatedly popped out her leg. Twitter handles were made, jokes were cracked, but the mother of six didn't bat an eye.

Asymmetrical Angie! Ditching her traditional black ensembles, Jolie wore a one-shoulder ivory Atelier Versace gown with a cherry collar. She completed the look with matching bold red lipstick and a small clutch. 

Green Glamazon! Nominated for her role in The Tourist at the 2011 Golden Globes, Jolie dazzled in a long-sleeved emerald Atelier Versace gown. 

Glowing Green! While pregnant with twins Vivienne and Knox, Jolie looked radiant on the red carpet at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in a Max Azria Atelier gown. 

Angie lit up the red carpet at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival in a canary yellow St. John gown at the premiere of Ocean's Thirteen. 

Get it, Mrs. Smith! Jolie sizzled on the red carpet for the Los Angeles premiere of Mr. & Mrs. Smith in a skin-tight leather halter dress. 

She wasn't nominated at the 2004 Oscars, but Jolie stole the show in the white, draped Marc Bouwer dress. Carrying her own train, the knockout showed off her famed curves in the plunging gown. 

Blood bonds! Though she looked stunning in a form-fitted white dress at the Original Sin Los Angeles premiere, it was Jolie's dramatic accessory that stole the show. Around her neck was a vile of her then-husband Billy Bob Thornton's blood. 

Morticia Addams, is that you? Not only did she kiss her brother on the red carpet at the 2000 Academy Awards and pick up her first Oscar (for Best Supporting Actress in Girl, Interrupted), but a goth Angelina also made a statement in a long-sleeved black Versace gown and long black hair extensions.