Angelina Jolie shares rare insight into why her and Brad Pitt’s ‘shy, very private’ kids aren’t interested in fame

Angelina Jolie revealed whether her and ex-husband Brad Pitt’s six children are interested in becoming actors.

“No, I think they’re especially shy, very private people,” the actress, 49, told E! News at the AFI premiere of her new film, “Maria,” in Los Angeles over the weekend.

“And they want to be private.”

The “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” co-stars — who divorced in 2019 — share six kids: Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

Angelina Jolie revealed whether her and ex-husband Brad Pitt’s six children are interested in becoming actors. Getty Images for Netflix “No, I think they’re especially shy, very private people,” she told E! News at the AFI premiere of her new film, “Maria,” in Los Angeles Sunday. Getty Images for AFI

Though the young adults and teens are mostly private, they have been making names for themselves outside the shadows of their famous parents.

Vivienne dabbled in a little acting when she appeared as a young Aurora alongside her mom in the 2014 movie “Maleficent.”

Earlier this year, the teen also recently helped Jolie produce the Broadway play “The Outsiders.” She famously dropped Pitt’s last name in the playbill.

Knox voiced a “Kung Fu Panda 3” character in 2016, while his sister Shiloh loves to dance.

The “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” co-stars divorced in 2019. WireImage The exes share six kids: Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne. AFP via Getty Images

Zahara previously nabbed a voice role in “Kung Fu Panda 3” and has followed her parents’ footsteps with humanitarian work by designing jewelry in October 2019 with proceeds benefiting battered women.

She is currently enrolled at Spelman College, where she has joined the Mu Pi Chapter of the first black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha.

Maddox has worked with his mom on multiple occasions, from acting as an assistant on his parents’ 2015 drama “By the Sea” to executive producing Jolie’s 2017 film “First They Killed My Father” about the Cambodian genocide.

Though the young adults and teens are mostly private, they have been making names for themselves outside the shadows of their famous parents. Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images None of the kids have a close relationship with Pitt and several of them have dropped his famous last name. FilmMagic

Pax worked with the “Eternals” actress over the years as a voice actor on “Kung Fu Panda 3” and as a set photographer for “First They Killed My Father.”

Page Six exclusively reported in January 2023 that Pax was secretly an artist working in “digital and mixed media” under the pseudonym Embtto, which Jolie’s rep denied.

None of the kids have a close relationship with Pitt, 60, and several of them have dropped his famous last name.