What have Angelina Jolie’s 6 children been up to amid her custody battle with Brad Pitt?

Jun 6 , 2024

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Knox Jolie-Pitt attend the Eternals UK premiere at BFI Imax Waterloo, in October 2021.

Vivienne worked on a Broadway show while Maddox was a White House guest … but what did Pitt think about Shiloh dropping her dad’s last name?

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been embroiled in a messy legal battle since ending their relationship – and the biggest stake in the divorce continues to be the custody arrangements for the couple’s youngest children.

In 2021, Pitt was awarded joint custody of his six children with Jolie, a source familiar with the situation confirmed. Then, in a shocking 2022 court filing, Jolie accused Pitt of choking one of their children and striking another on a September 2016 flight.

Here’s what you need to know about all six of the Jolie-Pitt children.

1. Maddox Jolie-Pitt, 22

Angelina Jolie and Maddox Jolie-Pitt arrive for the state dinner with President Joe Biden and South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol at the White House, in April 2023, in Washington DC. Photo: AP Photo

Maddox was adopted by Jolie in 2002 from Cambodia. She originally changed his name from Rath Vibol to Maddox Chivan Thornton Jolie when she was still married to Billy Bob Thornton.

The following year, Jolie opened a foundation in Cambodia (now the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation) that helps provide healthcare, education and conservation projects. In 2006, a children’s centre was opened under his name in Cambodia’s capital.

Maddox also helped his mother with work on a Netflix original film based in his home country of Cambodia. Jolie directed and produced an adaptation of the Loung Ung memoir, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers.

Pitt formally applied to adopt Maddox in 2005 at the same time he applied to adopt the couple’s other adopted daughter, Zahara.

Maddox Jolie-Pitt is seen at the entrance ceremony for Yonsei University in August 2019, in Incheon, South Korea. Photo: GC Images

It has also been reported that an alleged fight between Pitt and Maddox on a plane trip may have played a role in Jolie’s decision to file for divorce. In a statement released by Jolie’s lawyer at the time of the announcement, it was said the decision to divorce “was made for the health of the family”. The FBI cleared Pitt of child abuse allegations in November 2016.

Maddox studied at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. In April 2023, Maddox and Jolie attended a state dinner at the White House hosted by President Joe Biden in honour of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee.