Angelina Jolie began her illustrious career in 1993 in a low-budget film called Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow. It would take her two more years to land her first major role in the film Hackers, and until 1999 to be rewarded for the first time. She indeed won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the film “Girl, Interrupted”. Subsequently, a series of successful productions followed, such as the Tomb Raider saga, which earned her immense fame and made her one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. Since the 2010s, she has also become a director and has made a name for herself with films like Unbroken, By the Sea, First They Killed My Father, and Without Blood. But Angelina Jolie is also known as a caring and dedicated mother.
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In 2002, at the age of 27 and while still married to actor Billy Bob Thornton, Angelina Jolie decided to adopt her first child in Cambodia. Touched by the country during the filming of Tomb Raider, the already very famous actress observed and was distressed by the poverty of the orphans there. Without hesitation, she decided to take action and on March 10, 2002, she officially welcomed the little Cambodian boy named Maddox Chivan, born on August 5, 2001. Despite the media attention, this first adoption did not discourage the American actress from adopting two more times, welcoming an Ethiopian girl named Zahara Marley on July 6, 2005, and a 4-year-old Vietnamese boy named Pax Thien on March 15, 2007.
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In 2004, on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Angelina Jolie met Brad Pitt (who was then married to Jennifer Aniston). It was love at first sight between them, and a relationship began that eventually led to the actor’s divorce. In 2006, between her second and third adoptions, Angelina Jolie gave birth to her first biological child, a daughter named Shiloh Nouvel, who was born in Namibia on May 27, 2006. Brad Pitt also formally adopted Angelina’s first two adopted children, Maddox Chivan and Zahara Marley, changing their names to Jolie-Pitt. Pax Thien, on the other hand, was adopted by the couple and took on their surnames directly.
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In 2008, after months of speculation and rumors, Angelina Jolie confirmed that she was pregnant with twins during an appearance at the Cannes Film Festival. She gave birth to twins in July of the same year through a caesarean section at the Santa Maria Clinic in Nice, France. The twins, a boy and a girl, were named Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. Angelina Jolie agreed to sell the first photos of her children to People and Hello! for $14 million, the most expensive celebrity photos at the time. The money went to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation to support various charitable causes.
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After eleven years of life together, including two years of marriage, Angelina Jolie filed for divorce and requested exclusive custody of their children in September 2016. The legal battle lasted until April 2019, and tensions over the custody of the children escalated between the former spouses. Angelina Jolie accused Brad Pitt of domestic violence, allegations that were confirmed by her children, particularly Pax and Shiloh. However, an FBI investigation ultimately cleared the actor.
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Today, the six children of the couple are all adults, except for the twins who are not yet of legal age. Maddox Chivan, aged 24, graduated from Yonsei University in Seoul with a degree in biochemistry. He also participated in the production of the biopic “Maria,” in which his mother portrays the opera singer Maria Callas. According to many sources, his relationship with Brad Pitt is described as “nonexistent.”
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