The Lady, Interrupted star’s eldest daughter, Zahara Marley Jolie, was born in Hawassa, Ethiopia, on January 8, 2005, and was adopted when she was seven months outdated.
“My daughter is from Ethiopia, one among my kids,” Angelina stated of Zahara throughout a TIME 100 interview in July 2020. “And I’ve discovered a lot from her. She is my household, however she is a unprecedented African lady and her connection to her nation, her continent, could be very – it is her personal, and it is one thing I solely stand again in awe of.”
Following in her mom’s footsteps, Zahara has joined Angelina in her philanthropic and humanitarian work. The Jolie-Pitt Basis later created the Zahara Program and the Zahara Youngsters’s Middle, named in honor of Zahara. The mother-daughter tandem additionally spoke with members of Congress and the White Home relating to the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2022.
When she was 14, Zahara teamed up with jeweler Robert Procop to create the Zahara Assortment jewellery line. All proceeds benefited the Los Angeles-based Home of Ruth Shelters, which “supplied transitional housing for battered ladies and youngsters.”
In 2022, she started attending Spelman School. She then joined the Mu Pi chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in November 2023.
“My identify is Zahara Marley Jolie,” Zahara launched herself when she received inducted into the sorority, dropping Pitt’s final identify. “And [I] landed all the best way from the Golden State within the metropolis filled with angels: Los Angeles, Calif.”
Whereas Zahara is busy carving out her personal identify, she additionally makes time to make public appearances together with her mom.