While she's toned down her wild ways in recent years -- she's now a UN Goodwill Ambassador -- Angelina Jolie remains one of the most talked-about celebrities in the world.
Despite the constant media attention, she's kept tight-lipped lately about her private life, including her famous husband Brad Pitt and their six adopted and biological children.
A new unauthorized biography sheds some light on the mysterious star, her childhood and what some call her compulsion to adopt more children.
Andrew Morton, author of Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography says Jolie grew up alone, raised by babysitters after her parents split. Her father, Jon Voight, left the family after an affair.
"Her mother couldn't bear to look at Angelina because she reminded her of Jon Voight, so she was kind of exiled to what they called the ‘ivory tower,'" an apartment on the fifth floor of the family home, Morton told CTV's CanadaAM on Monday.
"She was just cared for by this ragtag assortment of babysitters," said Morton, who has written biographies of Tom Cruise, Monica Lewinski and Princess Diana.
Jolie's mother "didn't visit," he said.
That may explain the star's later struggles with drugs, cutting and anorexia, he said.
"It also helps to explain and understand why she reaches out to these orphans, these kids that are motherless and homeless themselves," Morton added, a reference to the Jolie's growing family.
Jolie and Pitt have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, and three biological children, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne.
The actress was estranged from her father for many years and even legally changed her last name to avoid the connection. They reconciled earlier this year. Her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, died in 2007.
The book was released Aug. 3.
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