Angelina Jolie's 'Gia' Turns 25: Behind the Death of the Italian
An adolescent Jolie played the real-life Carangi, considered by many
to be the world's first
In 1986, at the age of 26, she died from complications related to AIDS.
As one of her first-ever film roles, Mila Kunis played a younger version of Carangi in Gia.
Among them were Faye Dunaway, Mercedes Ruehl, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Scott Cohen.
Michael Cristofer (Mr. Robot) directed and co-wrote the film with Jay McInerney, 78.
From Gia Carangi's meteoric rise to her death, Gia tells the story of a top
fashion model from the late 1970s
A synopsis from IMDb describes her rise "to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death.
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