Angelina Jolie and daughter Zahara stepped out collectively within the actress’ first public look since her divorce from Brad Pitt was finalized.
The Lara Croft: Tomb Raider star, 49, and her daughter, 19, posed collectively on the crimson carpet whereas attending the Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Awards on Friday, January 3.
Angelina wore a black halter neck gown and debuted new bangs for the occasion, whereas Zahara opted for a white one-shoulder robe.
On the occasion on the Palm Springs Conference Middle, Angelina was honored with the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress for her work within the Netflix film Maria.
The mother-daughter outing comes lower than per week after Angelina and ex-husband Pitt finalized their divorce after eight years.
Angelina first filed for divorce in 2016, setting off a prolonged authorized battle over possession of their $164 million French vineyard, Château Miraval, and the custody of their youngsters — Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, Knox, 16 and Vivienne, 16. They settled their divorce on December 30 however have been legally single since 2019.
“Greater than eight years in the past, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt. She and the kids left all the properties that they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that point she has centered on discovering peace and therapeutic for his or her household,” Jolie’s lawyer James Simon instructed Us in an announcement. “This is only one a part of a protracted ongoing course of that began eight years in the past. Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, however she is relieved this one half is over.”
A rep for Pitt declined to substantiate or remark.
In terms of the previous couple’s children, a supply instructed Us Weekly completely in April 2019 of Angelina: “Her children are her life. Each day is a brand new journey.”
The insider added: “[Jolie] actually likes the life classes and new concepts that come from making an attempt all various things. The sky’s the restrict for her.”
Angelina has beforehand gushed over her youngsters, together with Zahara. The Maleficent star instructed Whats up journal in 2017 that there was a selected attribute her daughter had that introduced her pleasure.
“The sound of Zahara’s snort,” Angelina instructed the outlet when requested what made her blissful. “She is a kind of individuals who laughs together with her entire physique. Utterly open and stuffed with pleasure.”
The actress additionally raved about Zahara whereas talking with Ugandan local weather activist Vanessa Nakate for a TIME 100 Discuss in a video interview in 2020.
“My daughter is from Ethiopia, one in every of my youngsters … And I’ve discovered a lot from her,” Angelina stated. “She is my household, however she is a unprecedented African lady and her connection to her nation, her continent, is her personal and it’s one thing I solely stand again in awe of.”