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Angelina Jolie<\/a><\/strong> is many things: an Academy Award-winning actress, a celebrated director, and a passionate activist. She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2000 for her role in Girl, Interrupted<\/em>, and has since directed films such as Unbroken<\/em>, First They Killed My Father<\/em>, and In the Land of Blood and Honey<\/em>. As an activist, she has worked extensively with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other humanitarian causes. But perhaps her most cherished role is that of mother. Angelina and her ex-husband Brad Pitt<\/strong><\/a> share six children\u2014Maddox<\/strong><\/a>, Zahara<\/strong><\/a>, Pax<\/strong><\/a>, Shiloh<\/strong><\/a>, and twins Vivienne <\/strong><\/a>and Knox<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Though Jolie and Pitt\u2019s 2016 split led to a contentious divorce<\/a> and custody battle<\/a>, the former couple has worked hard to co-parent their six children, whom Jolie once described as having \u201csaved\u201d her. \u201cI was 26 when I became a mother,\u201d she told Vogue<\/em> <\/a>in September 2023. \u201cMy entire life changed. Having children saved me \u2014 and taught me to be in this world differently. I think, recently, I would\u2019ve gone under in a much darker way had I not wanted to live for them.\u201d<\/p>\n Get to know her children better below!<\/p>\n Maddox (born August 5, 2001) is Angelina\u2019s oldest child. Angelina adopted Maddox from a Cambodian orphanage in 2002 when he was seven months old. The actress was still married to Billy Bob Thornton<\/strong><\/a> at the time, but she adopted Maddox on her own. In 2019, the young adult began attending Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Angelina dropped her son off at the school, and the emotional ordeal<\/a> left her a crying<\/a> mess.<\/p>\n In 2020, he returned home to study remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Angelina told a South Korean outlet in April 2020 that Maddox will return to campus<\/a> once the pandemic gets better. \u201cHe\u2019ll be back as soon as things settle,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s using the time to focus on his Korean and Russian studies. We are all so happy, as a family, that we will have the opportunity to get to know South Korea even better through Maddox, and with him, during his studies.\u201d<\/p>\n The eldest Jolie-Pitt has worked in Hollywood. He served as a producer on his mother\u2019s First They Killed My Father,<\/em> a biographical war film about the Khmer Rouge\u2019s reign of terror, and an assistant on By the Sea<\/em>, the 2015 romance drama that starred Angelina and Brad.<\/p>\n In 2022, Maddox reportedly celebrated his 21st birthday<\/a> with his mother and siblings. Brad was absent from the party due to work commitments. In 2020, a source told HollywoodLife <\/strong>EXCLUSIVELY that Brad and Maddox\u2019s strained relationship<\/a> had \u201cimproved<\/a>\u201d somewhat. However, since Maddox turned 18, he was under no legal obligation to spend time with his father.<\/p>\n Zahara (born January 5, 2005) is one of Angelina\u2019s adopted children. She adopted her daughter from Ethiopia in 2005 at six months old. Zahara has helped inspire her famous parents\u2019 charity work. The Jolie-Pitt Foundation created the Zahara Program and the Zahara Children\u2019s Center<\/a>, launched to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis and provide further research on the disease in Ethiopia. The foundation similarly created the Maddox Chivan Children\u2019s Centre in their son\u2019s name to help families affected by HIV\/AIDS in Phnom Penh. Like her brother, Zahara has forayed into Hollywood, having starred alongside her mom in Kung Fu Panda 3<\/em> as the voice of Meng Meng.<\/p>\n During a TIME 100 interview<\/a> with activist Vanessa Nakate<\/strong> in July 2020 amid discussions of Black Lives Matter, Angelina revealed she had learned a lot from Zahara.<\/p>\n \u201cMy daughter is from Ethiopia, one of my children,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I have learned so much from her. She is my family, but she is an extraordinary African woman, and her connection to her country, her continent, is very \u2014 it\u2019s her own, and it\u2019s something I only stand back in awe of.\u201d<\/p>\n In August 2022, Angelina announced<\/a> that Zahara would attend Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Spelman College is an HBCU \u2014 a \u201chistorically black college or university, which has been a way for higher education to offer \u201call students, regardless of race, an opportunity to develop their skills and talents,\u201d per the U.S. Department of Education. When dropping off her child at college, Angelina got emotional<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m gonna start crying! I have not started crying yet,\u201d she said at the time, adding that she\u2019s holding it together.<\/p>\n Brad raved about his eldest daughter during an interview at one of his Bullet Train <\/em>premieres. \u201cShe\u2019s so smart. She\u2019s going to flourish even more at college,\u201d he said, per Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a>.<\/em> \u201cIt\u2019s an exciting and beautiful time to find her own way and pursue her interests. I\u2019m so proud.\u201d<\/p>\n In February 2023, Angelina and Zahara traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with lawmakers and advocate for the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2022. The legislation aims to protect crime victims by establishing a right to evidence and agency reports, improving forensic science, addressing the rape kit backlog, and tackling racial disparities in wrongful convictions.<\/p>\n Later that year, Zahara joined a college sorority<\/a> during her undergraduate education at Spelman College.<\/p>\n Angelina adopted Pax (born November 29, 2003) from Vietnam in 2007 when he was three years old. In an interview with Vogue India<\/em>, the actress reflected on adopting her son<\/a> from Vietnam after adopting Maddox from Cambodia, two places that have been at war.<\/p>\n When asked if it were a conscious decision, Angelina said, \u201cI did think about that. I did originally think not to adopt from Vietnam because Mad was Cambodian, and the two countries have a complex history,\u201d she said. \u201cThen I was reading a book on human rights and found myself staring at an image of a Vietnamese fighter held captive by Americans. I thought of my own country and our involvement in Southeast Asia. I thought of focusing on a future where we were all family.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am very blessed to have been allowed to be their mom,\u201d Angelina continued. \u201cI am grateful every day.\u201d Like his siblings, Pax has worked in a few of his mom\u2019s films, starring in Kung Fu Panda 3<\/em> as Yoo and working in camera and electrical in First They Killed My Father.<\/em><\/p>\n In August 2022, Pax, who graduated from high school in 2021, worked on Without Blood<\/em> alongside his brother Maddox. Angelina, who directed the film, shared of her sons, \u201cWe work well together. When a film crew is at its best, it feels like a big family, so it felt natural.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2024, Pax was hospitalized following an e-bike accident in Los Angeles. A source told PEOPLE<\/em> that after Pax was discharged from the ICU, \u201cHe suffered complex trauma and now begins the long road of recovery and physical therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Shiloh is Angelina and Brad\u2019s biological firstborn child. The teen was born in Swakopmund, Namibia, on May 27, 2006, and has dual citizenship in the African country and the United States.<\/p>\n In an interview with Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a> in June 2010, Angelina opened up about her daughter\u2019s personality. \u201cShiloh\u2019s hysterically funny, one of the goofiest, most playful people you\u2019ll ever meet,\u201d she said, adding that she was most like Shiloh as a kid. \u201cGoofy and verbal, the early signs of a performer, I used to get dressed up in costumes and jump around. But at some point, I got closed off, darker. I don\u2019t remember anything happening. I think you just get hit with the realities of certain things in life, think too much, start to realize the world isn\u2019t as you wished it would be, so you deepen.\u201d<\/p>\n Shiloh has an interest in the arts and loves her dance class<\/a>. In 2022, her dance moves<\/a> with the Millennium Dance Complex went viral thanks to a few social media videos. In one video, Shiloh danced along<\/a> to Doja Cat\u2019s<\/strong> \u201cVegas,\u201d showing off grace and coordination that left her father stunned.<\/p>\n \u201cIt brings a tear to the eye,\u201d Brad said in a 2022 interview<\/a>. \u201cI love them to find their own way, find things they\u2019re interested in, find their own voice and flourish. \u2026 I don\u2019t know where she got it from. I\u2019m Mr. Two-Left-Feet here.\u201d<\/p>\n Like her siblings, Shiloh has appeared in her mother\u2019s films, including Kung Fu Panda 3<\/em> as the voice of Shuai Shuai.<\/p>\n When Shiloh turned 18, she legally changed her last name<\/a> from Jolie-Pitt to Jolie. According to a new report from E! News<\/em>, it was revealed that Shiloh used her own money and hired an attorney to file the petition independently.<\/p>\n Vivienne (born July 12, 2008) is Angelina and Brad\u2019s youngest daughter and twin of son Knox. Like her siblings, she has starred opposite her mom in her films, including Maleficent<\/em> as a young Princess Aurora. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly<\/em> in 2014, Angelina explained that they cast<\/a> her daughter in the role because she was the only child who was not afraid of her in her costume.<\/p>\n \u201cWe think it\u2019s fun for our kids to have cameos and join us on set, but not to be actors. That\u2019s not our goal for Brad and I at all,\u201d she explained. \u201cBut the other 3- and 4-year-old [performers] wouldn\u2019t come near me. It had to be a child [who] liked me and wasn\u2019t afraid of my horns and my eyes and my claws. So it had to be Viv.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking with BBC Radio 4 in 2016, Angelina also revealed that Viv had a strong interest in learning<\/a> Arabic. The actress said that all six of her children were learning new languages. \u201cI asked them what languages they wanted to learn, and [Shiloh] \u2018s learning Khmer, which is the Cambodian language, Pax is focusing on Vietnamese, Mad has taken to German and Russian, [Zahara] \u2018s speaking French,\u201d she said. \u201cVivienne really wanted to learn Arabic and Knox is learning sign language.\u201d<\/p>\n In August 2023, Angelina announced that she would be adapting S.E. Hinton\u2019s novel and Francis Ford Coppola\u2019s 1983 film The Outsiders<\/em> for Broadway. Vivienne joined the project as her mother\u2019s volunteer assistant. In a statement, Angelina said of her daughter: \u201cViv reminds me of my mother in that she isn\u2019t focused on being the center of attention but rather on supporting other creatives. She\u2019s very thoughtful and serious about theatre and works hard to understand how best to contribute.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking to PEOPLE<\/em> in April 2024, Angelina revealed that it was Vivienne who inspired her involvement in The Outsiders<\/em>, calling her \u201ca young artist who channels her energy into supporting others.\u201d In the Playbill for The Outsiders<\/em>, Vivienne was listed simply as \u201cVivienne Jolie,\u201d suggesting she may have dropped her father\u2019s last name, though it remains unconfirmed whether this reflects a legal name change.<\/p>\n Knox is Angelina and Brad\u2019s youngest child and the twin brother of Vivienne. The siblings were born in Nice, France, on July 12, 2008. In an interview with Vanity Fair<\/em>, Angelina shared a glimpse into their personalities: \u201cKnox and Viv are classic boy and girl,\u201d she said. \u201cShe\u2019s really female. And he\u2019s really a little dude.\u201d<\/p>\n Knox and Vivienne have also shown a bit of entrepreneurial spirit. In 2019, they were spotted selling organic dog treats<\/a> with their famous mom at a park in Los Angeles, raising funds for Hope For Paws, an organization that rescues homeless dogs.<\/p>\n Though Knox has largely grown up out of the spotlight, he voiced the character of Ku Ku in Kung Fu Panda 3<\/em>. He also made a rare appearance with his mom at the 2024 Governors Awards at the Dolby Theatre.<\/p>\n \n\t\t<\/div>\nMaddox Jolie-Pitt, 23<\/h2>\n
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Zahara Jolie Pitt, 19<\/h2>\n
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Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, 18<\/h2>\n
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Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, 16<\/h2>\n
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Knox Jolie-Pitt, 16<\/h2>\n
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