Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt

Some Lesser Known Facts About Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt

• Angelina Jolie adopted Zahara when she was seven months old.

  

• Jolie visited Zahara’s orphanage in Ethiopia with her son Maddox, who wanted to travel to Africa.

• Maddox noticed Zahara who needed care and pointed it out.

• Jolie returned later with Brad Pitt to finalize the adoption.

• In July 2005, Angelina Jolie adopted Zahara and moved to the USA.

• After that, Zahara was treated for a salmonella infection at a New York City hospital and fully recovered.

• Zahara has often travelled worldwide with her family since her adoption.

  

• In 2019, she visited Ethiopia, her birth country, for a special trip.

• During the trip, Angelina Jolie and Zahara met Ethiopia’s first female president, Sahle-Work Zewde. During the meeting, they discussed Ethiopian culture, history, education, and drug-resistant tuberculosis.

  

• In 2019, Zahara launched the Zahara Collection jewellery line with jeweller Robert Procop. All profits from the jewellery line will go to the ‘House of Ruth Shelters,’ which helps women and children in need.

  

• In 2020, Jolie shared that Zahara had undergone several surgeries.

• Zahara recovered at home during the pandemic while doing online schooling.

• After that, during a media conversation, Jolie spoke about raising Zahara and called her an ‘extraordinary African woman.’

• Angelina Jolie said that Zahara has a strong connection to Ethiopia and her continent.

• In August 2022, Jolie dropped Zahara off at Spelman College. There, they met with school president Dr Helene Gayle and Vice President Darryl Holloman, who shared the event later on Instagram.

  

• In November 2023, Zahara joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at Spelman.

• Zahara has been actively involved in her mother’s humanitarian work and as a college student.

  

• In February 2023, Jolie and Zahara visited Washington, D.C., to advocate for the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2022.

• The act focuses on protecting crime victims, improving forensic science, addressing the rape kit backlog, and reducing racial disparities in wrongful convictions. There, they met with lawmakers such as Senator Patrick Leahy, a bill sponsor, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

• Rumours of her engagement began to spread in June 2025 after she was spotted wearing a diamond ring on her ring finger during a dinner out with Elijah.