Angelina Jolie hires 15-year-old daughter Vivienne as her assistant

The actress is keeping her circle even smaller with news she hired her teenage daughter to be her assistant for an upcoming production.

Angelina Jolie with her daughters Shiloh, Zahara and Vivienne. Picture: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images

Angelina Jolie is keeping it in the family.

The A-lister hired her youngest daughter, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, 15, to be her assistant on the upcoming Broadway production of The Outsiders, Page Six reports.

“Viv reminds me of my mother in that she isn’t focused on being the centre of attention but in being a support to other creatives,” Jolie said in statement, referring to her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, who was an actress and producer until her death in 2007.

“She’s very thoughtful and serious about theatre and working hard to best understand how to contribute,” the actress added.

Angelina Jolie was seen arriving at JFK Airport in New York City on August 15 accompanied by two of her children, Vivienne and Pax. Picture: Backgrid

A source close to the Mr. & Mrs. Smith star said Vivienne “fell in love” with the musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s 1967 novel when she accompanied her mom to the world premiere in San Diego, California, earlier this year.

“Angelina has been taking her daughter Vivienne to the theatre since she was a little girl. Angelina and Vivienne met with S.E. Hinton, who was around Vivienne’s age when she wrote the novel,” the insider explained.

The actress with five of her six children: Shiloh, Zahara, Vivienne, Maddox and Knox. Picture: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images

Vivienne (left) is no stranger to the limelight. Picture: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images

Additionally, the source noted the conversation with Hinton inspired the Oscar winner to take on the lead producer role for the show’s Broadway run.

Another source close to Jolie, 48, said she wants the musical to “resonate with young people.”

“She wants to ensure the team is listening and working with young people every step of the way, and that their voices are leading in bringing this production to life on Broadway,” they explained.

Vivienne and her twin brother, Knox, are the youngest children of Jolie and her ex-husband Brad Pitt, who have been locked in a years-long battle over their French property, Château Miraval.

Angelina Jolie shares Vivienne with ex-husband Brad Pitt. Picture: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Jolie arrives with baby Vivienne in 2009. Picture: Junko Kimura/Getty Images

The couple with their young children in 2009. Picture: Junko Kimura/Getty Images

The former couple also share Shiloh, 17, Zahara, 18, Pax, 19, and Maddox, 22.

They raised their six children together until they broke up in 2016 after 12 years together. The pair legally became exes in 2019.

But Vivienne isn’t the only child following in her parents’ footsteps in the entertainment industry.

Both Maddox and Pax worked in the assistant director department of Jolie’s upcoming film, Without Blood, which was shot in Italy last year.

The Maleficent star’s eldest child has also been studying biochemistry at Yonsei University in South Korea since 2019.

Zahara, for her part, started her freshman year at Spelman College in Atlanta in 2022, while Shiloh proved she may have a career in performing ahead of her when a video of her dancing surfaced that same year.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission

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