Angelina Jolie is one of the most famous Hollywood actresses who has been in action movies, comedies, and serious dramas. She won respect and compassion when writing about her preventative mastectomy, and she has done a lot of charity work over the years. Jolie is also known for adopting her children, including her daughter Zahara.

These days, fans are curious about Jolie and Brad Pitt's ongoing divorce, but way before she even started dating the famous actor, she was in a relationship with a woman named Jenny Shimizu. Let's take a look at who she is.

Career And Net Worth

People have spread a lot of rumors about Jolie, but she and Jenny Shimizu did have a fairly long relationship back in the '90s.

Shimizu has a net worth of $2 million. According to Heavy.com, she is a model who has done really well for herself. She was a judge on Make Me a Supermodel, a reality show on the Bravo network.

According to IMDb.com, Shimizu is also an actress. She starred in the 2001 movie The New Women and Ding Dong in 1995. She has a few other movie credits to her name and has also been on TV. In 2009, she was a guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race and she was also on America's Next Top Model in 2005.

Shimizu is a California native who played basketball and won a scholarship to California State University, Northridge because of that sport. She was discovered hanging out one night in L.A. near her motorcycle. A casting director saw something in her and thought she would be perfect for Kelly and Calvin Klein, who wanted "a singular, androgynous face to represent their new fragrance, CK One," according to IMDb.com.

Shimizu has been in many fashion ads, according to Heavy.com. Besides modeling for CK One, she has modeled for brands such as Thierry Mueller, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and Donna Karan. Some of the well-known photographers who have taken her picture include Richard Avedon and Bruce Weber.

Wedding To Michelle Harper

According to Us Weekly, Shimizu and Michelle Harper, a socialite, got married in September 2014.

The couple first spoke back in 2012 when they were at the same party. Shimizu was interviewed by the New York Times and shared what it was like when they fell in love. She said, “I didn’t believe it myself until I saw it. It’s like so many things about her. There are these misconceptions and generalizations that don’t fit this person who is full of spirit and down-to-earthiness.”

Demotix.com points out that Shimizu did include Jolie in her list of wedding guests but she didn't go. She said, "I didn’t want to be walked to the altar or something, but I thought it would be really cool if she came to the wedding because we have a history."

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Romance With Madonna

Angelina Jolie isn't the only famous person that Shimizu has been with. According to Zimbio.com, she once had a romance with Madonna. The singer would even arrange for her to fly to wherever she was so they could be together.

The Daily Mail says that Jolie and Madonna used to be pals but they stopped getting along and the fact that they dated the same woman would "do nothing to improve relations between the two stars." They didn't agree on a situation involving adoption and Madonna didn't want the words of wisdom that Jolie had on the topic.

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Jolie And Shimizu's Love Story

Jolie and Shimizu started dating after filming a movie called Foxfire. The two were together for three years. According to Heavy.com, Jolie was interviewed by Girlfriends magazine back in 1997 and she said, “I probably would have married Jenny Shimizu if I hadn’t married my [first] husband.”

She also said of their relationship, “I fell in love with her the first second I saw her. Actually, I saw when she was being cast in Foxfire, and I thought she had just read for my part. I thought I was going to lose the job. I said to myself, ‘Oh, my God, that’s Legs.’ She’s great. We had a lot of fun.”

According to Cheat Sheet, Shimizu isn't the first person who Jolie dated after starring in a movie with them, since she and Pitt began seeing each other because of the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

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Angelina Jolie fans will be fascinated to learn of her love story with Jenny Shimizu, and it's interesting to learn more about the successful model who has also appeared in some movies and has some TV credits to her name as well.

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