New mum Angelina Jolie will co-star as a tiger in the upcoming kids film "Kung Fu Panda" for DreamWorks Animation SKG, the studio said on Monday.

Angelina Jolie with her first biological child daughter Shiloh Nouvel. Weeks after returing to Los Angeles from Namibia, the new mum will co-star as a tiger in the upcoming kids film "Kung Fu Panda" for Dream Works Animation SKG.

Angelina Jolie with her first biological child daughter Shiloh Nouvel. Weeks after returing to Los Angeles from Namibia, the new mum will co-star as a tiger in the upcoming kids film "Kung Fu Panda" for DreamWorks Animation SKG.

The Academy Award-winning actress will supply the voice of Tigress, a martial-arts master who helps train the title character, Po the Panda, played by Jack Black, in the ways of kung fu, DreamWorks said.

Po, a waiter in a noodle restaurant, must get into shape when he is revealed to be the "Chosen One" to save ancient China from powerful foes.

The all-star cast of the computer-animated comedy, due to hit theaters in May 2008, also will feature the voice talents of Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Dustin Hoffman and Ian McShane.

Jolie, 31, and Black last worked together voicing two of the lead characters, Lola and Lenny, in DreamWorks' 2004 hit underwater adventure "Shark Tale."

Weeks after returning to Los Angeles from the African nation of Namibia, where she gave birth to her first biological child, daughter Shiloh Nouvel, with off-screen paramour Brad Pitt, Jolie is letting little grass grow under her feet.

Coming off the success of last year's action hit "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," pairing her with Pitt, Jolie recently completed work on "The Good Shepherd," to be released later this year, and is working on the Robert Zemeckis-directed "Beowulf," due out next year.

Editor: Donald