Angelina Jolie as supermodel Gia Carangi, a role that earned her a Golden Globe, in the 1998 HBO biopic GIA. Carangi was one of the first supermodels. GIA follows Carangi’s rise to fame after receiving a modeling contract with agent, and former model, Wilhelmina Cooper (Faye Dunaway). She begins an affair with her makeup artist, Linda (Elizabeth Mitchell) who is based on Carangi’s former girlfriend Sandy Linter. After the death of Wilhelmina, Gia begins to struggle with substance abuse – which a

Gia Carangi: From Supermodel to Worn Out by an Illness