10+ Little-Known Angelina Jolie Facts To Leave You Flabbergasted

The allure of celebrity secrets continues to fascinate and captivate the public. Despite living in the public eye, celebrities often have secrets that are never revealed. 

Angelina Jolie is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She has won numerous awards for her acting roles in movies such as "Girl, Interrupted," "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," and "Maleficent." 

With the paparazzi lurking around at all times, there is no such thing as privacy in her life. However, there are many interesting facts about Angelina Jolie that even die-hard fans don’t know. When secrets leak out, people can’t help opening their mouths wide. 

If you are curious about them, keep scrolling down to see.

#1. She was born Angelina Jolie Voight and later dropped her last name.

#2. Naturally, Jolie is a blonde. She dyes her hair dark.

#3. Jolie is fluent in French, which she learned at a young age from her mother, who was French-Canadian.

#4. She has a pilot's license and has owned and flown her own planes.

#5. Jolie is a humanitarian and has done extensive work with refugees and displaced people around the world, and she is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations.

#6. Jolie is also a filmmaker and has directed several critically acclaimed films, including "Unbroken" and "First They Killed My Father."

#7. Jolie has a tattoo of a Buddhist prayer on her back, which she got in Thailand while filming "Tomb Raider."

#8. She underwent a double mastectomy in 2013 after finding out she had a high risk of developing breast cancer.

#9. She collects knives as a hobby.

#10. Jolie is also the 26th cousin of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II.

#11. She had a very public spat with Johnny Depp.

#12. Jolie has a unique and strange pets collection: a lizard, a snake, and a rat.

#13. Jolie had a live-in boyfriend at age 14, whose name was a mystery until he was finally identified in 2014 as Anton Schneider.

#14. Her first celebrity crushes were Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy and Psycho's Anthony Perkins.