Angelina Jolie & Daughter Vivienne Make Rare ‘Today’ Appearance
Angelina Jolie‘s daughter Vivienne is her number one fan.
After all, the Maleficent star’s 15-year-old daughter—who she shares with Brad Pitt along with Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 17 and Vivienne’s twin Knox, 15—joined her and The Outsiders cast in celebrating the Broadway musical’s 12 Tony nominations May 13. As Angelina, who serves as a producer on the show, recounted the show’s journey to the stage on Today, her daughter could be seen in the crowd.
And the 48-year-old revealed Vivienne was the one who alerted her to the show’s major achievements.
“I woke up,” Angelina told Hoda Kotb of the morning of the Tony nominations. “My daughter was sitting on my bed and she told me. And I love this group so much and I’m proud of the work that they’ve done—I’m in awe of all of them.”
And Vivienne’s commitment to the show isn’t just because of her mom’s work as a producer–or her own as a volunteer assistant. After all, the teen introduced Angelina to the musical in the first place.
“I think that’s to say for anybody watching and anybody who’s going to see this is that this is about family,” Angelina emphasized of the musical—which is based on S.E. Hinton‘s 1967 novel of the same name. “That’s the same reason it responded to her and the same reason she wanted me next to her watching it.”
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This isn’t the first time Vivienne has collaborated with her mom on a project. In 2014, when she was just 5 years old she appeared as the younger version of Elle Fanning‘s Aurora in Maleficent.
“It had to be a child that liked me and wasn’t afraid of my horns and my eyes and my claws,” Angelina explained to Entertainment Weekly at the time. “But the other three- and four-year-olds wouldn’t come near me—so it had to be Viv.”
Zahara and Pax, who were 9 and 10, respectively, at the time, also went on to make cameos in the Disney film.
As Angelina put it of her and Brad’s philosophy of letting their children participate, “We think it’s fun for our kids to have cameos and join us on set, but not to be actors.”
Keep reading for more moments from the Jolie-Pitt family.
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Eternally Adorable
The actress brings Maddox, Zahara, Shiloh and twins Vivienne and Knox to the U.K. premiere of Eternals in 2021.
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All Grown Up!
Jolie brought kids Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox to the Los Angeles premiere of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. How cute is this photo?
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Reunited
In early October 2019, Angelina reunited with son Maddox at the Maleficent premiere in Japan, two months after she dropped him off at college. Zahara also joined the duo at the movie event, where the trio posed for photos on the red carpet.
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Sharing a Laugh
LOL! The trio had a sweet moment together on the red carpet in Rome.
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Family Time
The actress brings Shiloh and Zahara to the 2018 Annie Awards, where the movie she co-produced, The Breadwinner, wins Best Animated Feature-Independent.
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Premiere Ready
The actress brings Shiloh and Zahara to the premiere of the animated movie The Breadwinner.
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Festival Family
Jolie and Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne appear at the premiere of First They Killed My Father at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Mom and the Boys
Jolie and sons Maddox and Pax appear at the premiere of First They Killed My Father at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Toronto Premiere No. 2
The actress brings Zahara, Shiloh and twins Vivienne and Knox to the premiere of The Breadwinner at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
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New York Night Out
Jolie appears with the kids at the premiere of First They Killed My Father in New York City.
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Mom’s Little Movie Stars
The January 2016 premiere of Kung Fu Panda 3 turned out to be a a real family affair!
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Humanitarian in Training
Angelina, a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, brought Shiloh along to this June 2015 meeting in Turkey.
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Life in the Fast Lane
Brad and Knox attended the the MotoGP British Grand Prix race at Silverstone ahead of the release of the 2015 documentary Hitting The Apex.
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Can You Hear Me Now?
Brad made sure his mini-me’s ears were protected from the loud engines!
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Black Tie Affair
Pax, Shiloh and Maddox all dressed up for the 2014 premiere of Unbroken, which was directed by their mom.
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Kids’ Choice Awards
Zahara and Shiloh were Angelina’s very special dates to the 2015 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.
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Top Mom
The kids were beyond excited when Angelina won the award for Best Villain for her role in Maleficent.
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On His Own
Brad and Angelina’s oldest son posed for a few photos solo at the 2014 premiere if Maleficent.
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Oldest Sibling Perk
Maddox got to join his parents at the 2013 Governors Awards, where mom Angelina was honored for her dedication to humanitarian causes around the world with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
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World War Z
Maddox and Pax joined their parents at the 2013 premiere of Brad’s zombie flick.
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