Angelina Jolie: children, career, and activism — all about her life
18 november 2024 в 21:37
Angelina Jolie is a multifaceted person: an Oscar-winning actress, a renowned director, and a passionate activist. She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2000 for the film «Girl, Interrupted», - and has also directed films such as «Unbroken», - «First They Killed My Father», - and «In the Land of Blood and Honey». As an activist, she has worked extensively with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and other humanitarian organizations. But perhaps her most cherished role is that of a mother. Angelina and her ex-husband Brad Pitt are raising six children together — Maddox, Zahara, Pax, Shiloh, and twins Vivienne and Knox.
Although Jolie and Pitt’s divorce in 2016 led to a bitter custody battle, the former couple diligently works on co-parenting their six children, whom Jolie once described as having «saved» her. «I was 26 when I became a mother», - she said in an interview for Vogue in September 2023. «My life completely changed. The children saved me — and taught me to see the world differently. I think recently I would have gone to a much darker place if I didn’t want to live for them».
Meet her children closer below!
Maddox (born August 5, 2001) is Angelina’s eldest child. Angelina adopted Maddox from a Cambodian orphanage in 2002 when he was seven months old. At the time, the actress was still married to Billy Bob Thornton, but she adopted Maddox independently. In 2019, the young man began studying at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Angelina accompanied her son to university, and this emotional experience brought her to tears.
In 2020, he returned home for remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Angelina told a South Korean publication in April 2020 that Maddox would return to campus once the situation improved. «He will return as soon as everything settles down», - she said. «He is using this time to focus on studying Korean and Russian languages. We are all so excited as a family to have the opportunity to learn more about South Korea through Maddox and with him during his studies».
The eldest of the Jolie-Pitt children has worked in Hollywood. He served as a producer on his mother’s film «First They Killed My Father», - a biographical war film about the Khmer Rouge regime, and assisted in the filming of «By the Sea», - a 2015 romantic drama starring Angelina and Brad.
In 2022, Maddox reportedly celebrated his 21st birthday with his mother and siblings. Brad was not at the party due to work commitments. In 2020, a source told HollywoodLife exclusively that Brad and Maddox’s relationship had «improved» slightly. However, since Maddox turned 18, he has not been legally obligated to spend time with his father.
Zahara (born January 5, 2005) is one of Angelina’s adopted children. She adopted her daughter from Ethiopia in 2005 when she was six months old. Zahara helped inspire the charitable work of her famous parents. The Jolie-Pitt Foundation created Zahara’s program and the Zahara Children’s Center, launched to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis and conduct further research on the disease in Ethiopia. The foundation also created the Maddox Chivan Children’s Center in honor of their son to help families affected by HIV/AIDS in Phnom Penh. Like her brother, Zahara tried her hand in Hollywood, voicing the character Meng Meng in the animated film «Kung Fu Panda 3» alongside her mother.
During a TIME 100 interview with activist Vanessa Nakate in July 2020 discussing the Black Lives Matter movement, Angelina revealed that she had learned a lot from Zahara.
«My daughter from Ethiopia, one of my children», - she said. «And I have learned a lot from her. She is my family, but she is an outstanding African woman, and her connection to her country, her continent, is very — it’s her own, and I just admire that».
In August 2022, Angelina announced that Zahara will attend Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Spelman College is a historically black college
Although Jolie and Pitt’s divorce in 2016 led to a bitter custody battle, the former couple diligently works on co-parenting their six children, whom Jolie once described as having «saved» her. «I was 26 when I became a mother», - she said in an interview for Vogue in September 2023. «My life completely changed. The children saved me — and taught me to see the world differently. I think recently I would have gone to a much darker place if I didn’t want to live for them».
Meet her children closer below!
Maddox (born August 5, 2001) is Angelina’s eldest child. Angelina adopted Maddox from a Cambodian orphanage in 2002 when he was seven months old. At the time, the actress was still married to Billy Bob Thornton, but she adopted Maddox independently. In 2019, the young man began studying at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Angelina accompanied her son to university, and this emotional experience brought her to tears.
In 2020, he returned home for remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Angelina told a South Korean publication in April 2020 that Maddox would return to campus once the situation improved. «He will return as soon as everything settles down», - she said. «He is using this time to focus on studying Korean and Russian languages. We are all so excited as a family to have the opportunity to learn more about South Korea through Maddox and with him during his studies».
The eldest of the Jolie-Pitt children has worked in Hollywood. He served as a producer on his mother’s film «First They Killed My Father», - a biographical war film about the Khmer Rouge regime, and assisted in the filming of «By the Sea», - a 2015 romantic drama starring Angelina and Brad.
In 2022, Maddox reportedly celebrated his 21st birthday with his mother and siblings. Brad was not at the party due to work commitments. In 2020, a source told HollywoodLife exclusively that Brad and Maddox’s relationship had «improved» slightly. However, since Maddox turned 18, he has not been legally obligated to spend time with his father.
Zahara (born January 5, 2005) is one of Angelina’s adopted children. She adopted her daughter from Ethiopia in 2005 when she was six months old. Zahara helped inspire the charitable work of her famous parents. The Jolie-Pitt Foundation created Zahara’s program and the Zahara Children’s Center, launched to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis and conduct further research on the disease in Ethiopia. The foundation also created the Maddox Chivan Children’s Center in honor of their son to help families affected by HIV/AIDS in Phnom Penh. Like her brother, Zahara tried her hand in Hollywood, voicing the character Meng Meng in the animated film «Kung Fu Panda 3» alongside her mother.
During a TIME 100 interview with activist Vanessa Nakate in July 2020 discussing the Black Lives Matter movement, Angelina revealed that she had learned a lot from Zahara.
«My daughter from Ethiopia, one of my children», - she said. «And I have learned a lot from her. She is my family, but she is an outstanding African woman, and her connection to her country, her continent, is very — it’s her own, and I just admire that».
In August 2022, Angelina announced that Zahara will attend Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Spelman College is a historically black college
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