Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Bayan da iyayenta suka rabu a shekara ta 1976, Jolie da dan uwanta sun zauna tare da mahaifiyarsu, wanda ya watsar da burinta na yin wasan kwaikwayo don mayar da hankali kan renon 'ya'yanta. Mahaifiyarta ta yi renon ta cikin addinin Katolika, amma ba ta bukaci ta je coci ba. Yayinda take yarinya, sau da yawa tana kallon fina-finai tare da mahaifiyarta kuma wannan ne, maimakon aikin mahaifinta mai nasara, wanda ya sa ta sha'awar yin wasan kwaikwayo, kodayake tana da shekaru biyar tana da ɗan ƙaramin ɓangare a cikin Voight's Lookin 'to Get Out (1982). Lokacin da Jolie ke da shekaru shida, Bertrand da abokin zamanta, mai shirya fina-finai Bill Day, suka koma da iyalin zuwa Palisades, New York; sun koma Los Angeles shekaru biyar bayan haka. Jolie sai ta yanke shawarar cewa tana son yin aiki kuma ta shiga Cibiyar Gidan wasan kwaikwayo ta Lee Strasberg, inda ta yi horo na shekaru biyu kuma ta bayyana a cikin shirye-shiryen wasan kwaikwayo da yawa.  Tambaya: Wace makaranta ce Jolie ta halarta?
Cibiyar wasan kwaikwayo ta Lee Strasberg