Angelina Jolie Drops Legal Name

It's been "Angelina Jolie" on movie billboards, but now it's official. A Los Angeles County judge granted a petition by the actress, whose legal name was Angelina Jolie Voight, to drop her last name on Sept. 12, according to court documents.

A request filed July 3 at the Santa Monica courthouse cited a desire to have her legal name conform with her professional name.

The actress, who won a supporting actress Oscar in 2000 for "Girl, Interrupted," has been publicly feuding with her father, Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight, and in July filed for divorce from actor Billy Bob Thornton after two years of marriage.

Messages left for Jolie's attorney, Michael D. Holtz, were not immediately returned Monday.

Jolie, 27, also petitioned to legally change the name of her infant son to Maddox Chivan Thornton Jolie. The child, whose given name was Rath Vibol, was recently adopted in Cambodia.