Angelina Jolie and daughter Vivienne visit TODAY for Broadway Week

Angelina Jolie and her teen daughter Vivienne joined the solid of “” for a high-energy efficiency at TODAY.

Jolie, who’s a producer on the Broadway present with 12 Tony nominations, informed TODAY’s that her 15-year-old daughter impressed her involvement.

“That is about household,” on Could 13. “And the identical purpose it responded to her and the identical purpose she wished me subsequent to her watching it and the identical purpose all of us hugged once I got here out right here, is as a result of that is about household and it’s about neighborhood.”

Vivienne is an assistant on the musical which is customized from the 1967 younger grownup novel “The Outsiders” and the 1983 Francis Ford Coppola’s movie, a few 14-year-old boy named Ponyboy Curtis dwelling amongst adversary gangs in Oklahoma.

“The Outsiders” solid carried out “Grease Obtained a Maintain” for TODAY’s annual “Better of Broadway” week, which promotes new musicals.

Previous to the present’s debut on April 11, Jolie opened as much as journal about working along with her daughter.

“She noticed an early workshop a couple of instances after which invited me to it,” she shared.

Jolie praised her daughter’s inventive skills. “Viv is a younger artist who focuses her efforts on her assist of others,” she stated.

“She has been there to help in any method she will be able to and has discovered a lot from (rating and co-book author) Justin Levine and the entire inventive crew,” she added.

The mom and daughter duo posed for images collectively on the opening evening of “The Outsiders” on April 11 at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York Metropolis.

The “Salt” actor wore a gold robe and brown cape that she paired with chunky gold earrings. Her daughter sported a blue jumpsuit and sneakers.

They beforehand attended a preview exhibiting of the play on April 3 and snapped images with the solid and crew.

This isn’t the primary time Jolie has collaborated along with her youngsters — Zahara and Pax helped her launch , a vogue enterprise, final 12 months, she shared in her September 2023 profile for .

In recent times, Jolie has been working extra behind the digicam and on different tasks as she focuses on .

Jolie, 48, adopted her first baby, Maddox, from Cambodia in 2002, after which she adopted Zahara from an Ethiopian orphanage in 2005. She gave beginning to her first organic baby, Shiloh, in 2006. Then Jolie adopted Pax (who is definitely her second-oldest baby), and she or he gave beginning to twins Knox and Vivienne in 2008.

“I don’t actually have…a social life,” Jolie informed within the December 2023 interview.

“I noticed my closest mates are refugees,” she defined to the outlet. “Possibly 4 out of six of the ladies that I’m near are from battle and battle.” Apart from the refugees she aids, she stated she principally spends time along with her youngsters.

“They’re the closest folks to me and my life, and so they’re my shut mates,” she stated. “We’re seven very completely different folks, which is our power.”

Pitt and Jolie had been collectively for 12 years and cut up in 2016. Jolie and Pitt’s divorce was finalized in 2019, and Pitt was awarded in 2021. A  is ongoing.

In her September 2023 cowl story for , Jolie mirrored on her function as a mom. “My total life modified,” she stated. “Having youngsters saved me — and taught me to be on this world in a different way.”

“I’d’ve gone underneath in a a lot darker method had I not wished to reside for them,” she added.

She confirmed on the time that Zahara and Pax had been “closely concerned” in Atelier Jolie. The truth is, it was Zahara who discovered the retail house for the store, situated in The Massive Apple. In the meantime, brother Pax was busy serving to his mother store for a New York Metropolis condo.

Jolie has actually inspired her youngsters to find themselves as they develop. “I don’t inform the children how one can costume. Even after they had been little, I simply put issues in entrance of them,” she informed Vogue.

Within the characteristic, she described a pivotal household second of self-expression as an example her level. For a 2021 crimson carpet premiere of her Marvel film, “Eternals,” 5 of the Jolie-Pitt youngsters dug via their mom’s closet and chosen their very own outfits. Shiloh selected a Gabriela Hearst costume, Zahara picked Elie Saab and Knox chosen classic gear.

“I don’t assume any certainly one of us is overly ‘trendy,’ however as a result of we reside in our garments, it’s so a lot part of who we’re, and one thing that’s vital to discover, particularly for younger folks,” Jolie shared within the interview.

Jolie appeared to eagerly anticipate the subsequent part of motherhood as her youngsters come into their very own. She stated, “I see them taking up so many various elements of our household.”

So, what have her six youngsters been as much as lately? Learn on to be taught extra in regards to the Oscar-winner’s household.

Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt, 22

Maddox was the primary baby to come back into Jolie’s life. In 2002, she adopted him as an toddler from his beginning nation, Cambodia, the place she additionally filmed “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.”

On the time, Jolie was nonetheless married to Billy Bob Thornton, although months later, she and the “Sling Blade” actor parted methods.

On the age of 4, .

The eldest of the Jolie-Pitt youngsters turned 21 in August 2022 and in Seoul, South Korea.

“I’m so completely happy for him that (Maddox has) grown up into such an excellent man,” Jolie informed shortly after . “I say that ‘trigger he’s good and he’s doing his work, however he’s additionally wild.”

In 2017, Jolie directed the movie “First They Killed My Father,” based mostly on a memoir in regards to the Cambodian genocide. On the premiere in Cambodia, Jolie spoke to the function the nation had in her life.

“With out Cambodia I could by no means have change into a mom. A part of my coronary heart is and can at all times be on this nation. And a part of this nation is at all times with me: Maddox,” she stated along with her youngsters in attendance, per .

Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt, 19

Jolie adopted daughter Zahara from an Ethiopian orphanage in 2005, per . “Maddox and I are very completely happy to have a brand new addition to our household,” Jolie informed in a canopy story.

Pitt in 2005 to undertake Zahara. He formally adopted Zahara the next 12 months, at to Maddox.

“I’ve discovered a lot from her,” Jolie throughout a in 2020. “She is my household, however she is a rare African lady. … Her connection to her nation, her continent, could be very — it’s her personal and it’s one thing I solely stand again in awe of.”

On July 31, 2022, Jolie posted on to disclose that . “A really particular place and an honor to have a member of the family as a brand new Spelman woman,” she wrote.

, Jolie obtained emotional. “I’m gonna begin crying. I’ve not began crying but,” Jolie informed vice chairman for scholar affairs, Darryl Holloman, in a video posted to , which is now non-public.

However they weren’t aside for lengthy. By October 2022, . “Angelina Jolie simply casually strolling round along with her daughter at Spelman throughout Homecoming,” one lady .

On Nov. 15, 2023, Essence shared a video from Spelman Faculty the place Zahara , the primary Black traditionally intercollegiate sorority within the U.S. Within the video, the then 18-year-old proudly introduced her title is Zahara Marley Jolie and that she hails from Los Angeles.

Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, 17

Born in 2006, , Shiloh was the primary of the three organic youngsters Jolie and Pitt welcomed collectively throughout their relationship.

At simply 16 years outdated, Shiloh, who was in 2022, has already gained a level of fame of her personal — as a dancer.

In June 2022, shared a clip of to Doja Cat’s “Vegas.”

Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, 20

Whereas he was the fourth baby to enter Jolie life, Pax is definitely the second-oldest within the household.

Born in 2003, in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis, Vietnam, when he was three. He was adopted by Pitt in 2008, per .

Knox Léon Jolie-Pitt, 15

Born in , together with twin Vivienne, Knox is the youngest of Jolie and Pitt’s sons.

Together with Pax, Zahara and Shiloh, Knox had small voice roles in Jolie’s 2016 animated movie “Kung Fu Panda 3.”

However Knox isn’t breaking into showbiz, in keeping with his well-known mother.

“They don’t wish to be actors,” Jolie informed shortly after the movie’s launch. “However I didn’t need them to overlook the chance.”

Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, 15

Vivienne was additionally born in Good, France, in 2008 alongside Knox.

Previous to this 12 months, particulars of the 15-year-old’s life remained largely non-public. However she has been making current public appearances along with her mother as a consequence of their collaboration on the play “The Outsiders.”

Jolie’s involvement with the present was reported by in August 2023.

On the time, the publication additionally reported that Vivienne was working as her mother’s volunteer assistant on the manufacturing. The actor and filmmaker praised her daughter’s work ethic in an announcement obtained by Individuals.

“Viv jogs my memory of my mom in that she isn’t targeted on being the focal point however in being a assist to different creatives,” she stated. “She’s very considerate and severe about theatre and dealing exhausting to greatest perceive how one can contribute.”

“The Outsiders” play is predicated on the 1967 e book of the identical title by S.E. Hinton that was was Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 film starring Matt Dillon, Emilio Estevez, Ralph Macchio, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe and Tom Cruise. Dillon was additionally in attendance for the preview on April 3. He was included within the solid and crew photograph with Jolie and Vivienne.

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