Angelina Jolie performed in the film Girl, Interrupted.
She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical cable films George Wallace -LRB- 1997 -RRB- and Gia -LRB- 1998 -RRB- , and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl , Interrupted -LRB- 1999 -RRB-.
Girl , Interrupted is a 1999 American psychological drama film , and a loosely based adaptation of Susanna Kaysen 's 1993 memoir of the same name.
The film chronicles Kaysen 's 18-month stay at a mental institution.
Directed by James Mangold , the film stars Winona Ryder -LRB- who also served as an executive producer on the film -RRB- as Kaysen , with a supporting cast that includes Angelina Jolie , Brittany Murphy , Clea DuVall , Whoopi Goldberg , Elisabeth Moss and Vanessa Redgrave.
Although the film received mixed reviews from film critics , Jolie received praise for her performance and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award.
