Gia

Gia is a 1998 television film about the life of supermodel Gia Marie Carangi starring Angelina Jolie and Elizabeth Mitchell. It was directed by Michael Cristofer and written by Cristofer and Jay McInerney. The original music score was composed by Terence Blanchard.

Plot summary
Gia Marie Carangi is a Philadelphia native who moves to New York City to become a fashion model and immediately catches the attention of powerful agent Wilhelmina Cooper. Gia's beauty and willingness to pose nude help her rise quickly to the forefront of the modeling industry, but her persistent loneliness drives her to experiment with mood-altering drugs like cocaine. She becomes entangled in a passionate affair with Linda, a makeup artist, but when Linda begins to worry about how their relationship might reflect on her, she breaks off their affair. Failed attempts at reconciliation with Linda and with her mother Kathleen Carangi drive Gia to begin abusing heroin. Although she is eventually able to break her drug habit after much effort, she has already contracted HIV from a contaminated needle and died of complications from AIDS in 1986 at the age of 26.

Awards
Golden Globes
 * Angelina Jolie - Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
 * Faye Dunaway - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture

Emmy Awards
 * Eric A. Sears - Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie