Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may be two of the most famous actors in the world, but to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie they are just mom and dad.
The former couple welcomed their third child on May 27, 2006. Before Shiloh, two older siblings – Maddox and Zahara – were born, followed by Pax and twins Knox and Vivienne.
Jolie was initially nervous about motherhood, writing in TIME that she “never thought” she could be a mom because of her volatile youth. “I remember the decision to become a parent. It wasn’t hard to love. It wasn’t hard to commit to someone and something bigger than my life,” she wrote. “It was hard knowing that from here on out I was supposed to be the one to make sure everything was okay.”
The Eternals The star went on to say that it is “impossible” to achieve perfection as a parent. “Your children don’t want you to be perfect. They just want you to be honest,” she wrote. “The more room they have to be great where you are weak, the stronger they can become. In the end, it’s the team you build. And in a way, they also lift you up. You grow together.”
That growth started early with Shiloh, who Jolie described as a “little cutie” when she was young. “Shi is so full of light and love … and very, very funny,” Jolie told MSN in 2007. “I think I recognize some of myself in that — she’s going to be a little bit of a troublemaker!”
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Pitt also loved seeing Shiloh’s personality grow over the years. “I love it [my kids] to find their own path, to find things that interest them, to find their own voice and to thrive,” he said Party tonight in 2022
However, Troy the actor was reportedly “upset” when Shiloh decided to legally change her last name from Jolie-Pitt to Jolie after she turned 18.
From her love of dance and film to her international charity trips, here’s everything you need to know about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s daughter Shiloh Jolie.
She was born in May 2006
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The young star was born on May 27, 2006 in Swakopmund, Namibia, PEOPLE exclusively reported. Local governor Samuel Nuuyoma called the birth “an honor for our country” and added that the “wonderful news” of the baby is “something very special in our African tradition.”
Deputy Minister Leon Jooste said that “under Namibian law, [Shiloh will] allowed to obtain Namibian citizenship if parents decide to do so” and that Jolie and Pitt were “absolutely overjoyed”.
Just two months later, baby Shiloh got her own wax figure at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in New York. Shiloh’s wax figure also shows her parents standing by her cradle.
She tried her hand at the film industry
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Shiloh first appeared in the film as a baby with her father The curious case of Benjamin Button in 2008. She was offered the chance to play the young Aurora in her 2014 movie Mom Evilbut she refused him.
“I asked Shiloh about being an Aurora, and she laughed in my face,” Jolie said Ella. – She said it would be a horned creature. Her younger sister, Vivienne, took over the role for her. Shiloh continued to vote Shuai Shuai Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016).
What do her parents think about a potential acting career? “Brad and I decided not to take them away from the sets and the fun of making movies, but we won’t [glorify it either]”, Jolie told the newspaper. “But I’d really rather they were doing something else.”
Her mom supports her fashion choices
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Shiloh has imitated her mother’s style for years. In 2021, she wore a black and white Dior dress with a print on Eternals premiere in London — a look Jolie previously wore two years earlier.
Jolie only supported her daughter’s fashion choices. “I think she’s fascinating, the choices she makes,” Jolie told Reuters in 2010.
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“I would never be the parent who pushes someone to be something they’re not. I think it’s just bad parenting,” she said. “Children should be allowed to express themselves in whatever way they want without being judged because it is an important part of their growing up.”
The proud mom added: “Society always has something to learn when it comes to the way we judge and label each other. We still have a long way to go.”
She is a dancer
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Shiloh practices dance at Movement Lifestyle Studio in Burbank, California and often works with choreographer Lil Kelaan Carter.
“Her moves are crazy. Thank you for your energy @sh1lohj,” Carter wrote on Instagram alongside a video of Shiloh dancing to “Tanzania” in May 2024.
In August 2022, Pitt said Party tonight that Shiloh’s dance often brings him to tears.
“It’s very nice,” he said. “I don’t know where she got that from. I’m Mr. Twolegs here.”
He often supports his mom on the red carpet
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Shiloh is no stranger to the red carpet and has appeared with her parents and siblings many times.
In 2014, she posed with Pitt at the premiere of Jolie’s film Unbroken in Los Angeles. Jolie was ill at the time, so Pitt, his parents, Shiloh and her brothers walked the carpet together.
She also appeared at premieres Dumbo, They killed my father first, Evil and Eternals.
She is a world traveler and humanitarian
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Shiloh accompanied her parents on many adventures around the world.
In 2018, Jolie, Shiloh and her sister Zahara met with Syrian refugees during a UNHCR trip to the Zataari refugee camp in Jordan. Having already visited the refugees twice, Shiloh specifically asked to join her mum on the trip while her siblings Vivienne remained in France.
In 2022, Jolie shared a photo of Shiloh from a visit to Cambodia — where her brother Maddox was born. “A few days in Cambodia among the warm local people and I feel my soul is recovering,” Jolie wrote alongside the photo. “This has always been a special country for me and our family.”
Shiloh also joined her mom in Bosnia for the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2012, visited Ethiopia in 2019 and joined many other humanitarian trips over the years.
She legally changed her last name
In August 2024, a judge granted Shiloh’s request to change her last name from Jolie-Pitt to Jolie. According to the source, World War Z the actor was “upset” by his daughter’s decision.
“Reminders that he lost his children [are] it’s not easy for Brad. He loves his children and misses them. It’s very sad,” an insider told PEOPLE.
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