In 1998, Angelina Jolie starred in HBO's Gia, portraying supermodel Gia Carangi. The film depicted a world of s_x, dr_gs and emotional drama, and chronicled the destruction of Carangi's life and career as a result of her drug addiction, and her decline and death from AIDS. Vanessa Vance from Reel.com noted, "Angelina Jolie gained wide recognition for Angelina Jolie role as the titular Gia, and it's easy to see why. She is fierce in her portrayal—filling the part with nerve, charm, and desperation—and her role in this film is quite possibly the most beautiful train wreck ever filmed."
For the 2nd consecutive year, Angelina won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy. Angelina also won her 1st Screen Actors Guild Award. In accordance with Lee Strasberg's method acting Jolie reportedly preferred to stay in character in between scenes during many of her early films, and as a result had gained a reputation for being difficult to deal with.
While shooting Gia, Jolie told her then-husband Jonny Lee Miller that she would not be able to phone him: "I'd tell him: 'I'm alone; I'm dying; I'm gay; I'm not going to see you for weeks.'"
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