Angelina Jolie Tattoos

Angelina Jolie's tattoos are perhaps just as well known as her trademark pouty lips and her performances on the silver screen. Angelina Jolie is the "world's most beautiful woman", according to the "100 Most Beautiful" issue of People magazine in 2006, and a large part of that probably has to do with her tattoos.

No stranger to the tattoo gun, Jolie has had several designs, images, and inspiring words inked onto her body. It is because of celebrities like Angelina Jolie that tattoos have become much more mainstream in recent years, as they are no longer reserved to the rebellious "rocker" segment of the population.

Born June 4, 1975, as Angelina Jolie Voight to parents Marcheline Bertrand and Jon Voight, this Academy Award-winning actress (Best Supporting Actress, 1999, Girl, Interrupted) has also won three Golden Globes and two Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards. Before getting into acting, Angelina made her living as a fashion model. More recently, she has been seen in big budget films like Tomb Raider (based on the popular video game) and Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the latter of which she starred with Brad Pitt, her current significant other (having already been married to Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton in the past).

Angelina Jolie is a well-known humanitarian and philanthropist, supporting several causes across the globe, including working with refugees through UNHCR (Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees).

She has two adopted children -- Maddox and Zahara -- and one biological child, Shiloh, with Brad Pitt.

As an ongoing work of art, so to speak, Angelina Jolie has had several tattoos done over the years, and she continues to frequently add new ones or change existing ones. They are not there purely for cosmetic purposes either, as it is said that each tattoo has a special meaning behind it. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it does give you a bit of insight into the personality, thinking, and preferences of the popular actress.

• Representing the love she has for her brother James Haven (despite rumors of an incestuous relationship), there is the letter H on the inside of her left wrist.

• Several inches below her navel, she has "Quod me nutrit me destruit," meaning "What nourishes me also destroys me" in Latin.

• A large tiger is inked on her back, with a dragon tattoo underneath.

• The phrase "Know your rights" is between her shoulders, just below her neck.

• A pair of tribal designs can be found on her lower back.

• On the lower left side of her midsection, she has a tilted Latin cross.

• On her right forearm is the Arabic term for "strength of will."

• The Roman numeral 13 (XIII) is tattooed on her left forearm.

Just as people change their clothes, makeup, or hairstyle on a fairly frequent basis, those with tattoos can do much the same. Angelina Jolie, while still adding new tattoos, also has them covered or removed (via laser) quite often. Some of these are because of changes in her life or priorities, or for any number of other reasons.

• On her left arm, she once had "Billy Bob" for her ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton. This is now covered by co-ordinates for where she adopted her Maddox and Zahara. These are N11° 33' 00" E104° 51' 00" (Cambodia) and N09° 02' 00" E038° 45' 00" (Ethiopia), respectively.

• On her left shoulder, she has had her tattoo with the Chinese word for "death" covered up by a large prayer for her adopted son Maddox.

• A dragon on her left arm can still be seen faintly on her left arm, though she has been getting it lasered for months.

• A Tennessee Williams quote -- A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages -- on her left forearm covers an old tattoo that she had: the Chinese word for courage.

• A window on her lower back has been removed. She says that she used to look out windows, wishing to be outside, but now she "lives" outside, as evidenced by her international travels.

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