Angelina Jolie Gets Support From Kids Pax, Zahara & Maddox at 'Maria' Screening, Says 'It's Meant Everything'

Angelina Jolie snaps a family photo with three of her children – Pax, Zahara and Maddox – at the 2024 New York Film Festival screening of her movie Maria held on Sunday (September 29) in New York City.

The 49-year-old star of the movie was also joined at the event by the director, Pablo Larrain, as they shared the upcoming film with the crowd.

At the event, Angelina opened up about having her children’s support.

Keep reading to find out what she said…

“It’s meant everything,” the actress told Extra.

“You know, before you get into these things, you are always nervous,” she continued. “They just said, ‘No matter what, Mom… good luck and we know how hard you work and we love you.’ You just have that moment that the people that are with you tell you — succeed or fail, they care about you.”

Angelina added, “We all said we are gonna have a good time tonight.”

She also shared how her sons were on set while she was filming the movie, noting they saw her “break down crying” while making the pic.

“My boys were with me on set, and they were in the AD department, the photography department. So, it was kind of an amazing thing to have, you know, they don’t always… to see you work in this way because it was such a deeply emotional film that I didn’t catch it at first,” Angelina said. “They saw me learn how to sing, they saw me practice, they saw me nervous. They were there the first time I had to do it and I was terrified, and they were there when I broke down crying… So, it was an interesting time for us to kind of get closer in a different way.”

“Many of us that have children know you don’t often cry in front of your children,” she continued, adding, “or you don’t express certain things in front of your children, so to do that and then tell them it’s okay and be there for each other was very special.”

In case you missed it, watch the teaser trailer for Maria, which hits select theaters in the U.S. on November 27 and arrives on Netflix on December 11.

Also pictured: Angelina leaving her hotel in a black fur trench coat earlier that same day.