NEWSSingle Angelina Jolie Reveals Why She Hasn't 'Dated' Since Filing for Divorce From Brad Pitt a 'Decade' Ago
The iconic actress has been married three times.
June 29 2026, Published 5:41 p.m. ET
Though Angelina Jolie has long been considered one of Hollywood's most beautiful and successful stars, the actress admitted she hasn't had any romance in her life for years.
The Oscar winner shared the confession in a new interview about her flick Couture, in which she plays a single mother, just like she is in real life. However, her character — who is a movie director — has a boyfriend.
Angelina Jolie Hasn't Dated for a Decade
'I haven’t dated since I divorced a decade ago,' Angelina Jolie admitted.
"To be candid, I haven’t dated since I divorced a decade ago. So I kind of get in my head that that aspect of me is not centered in my life if I’m focusing on my children, my family," she explained to Yahoo! Entertainment.
"It took me a second to kind of say, well, she can also love her daughter and be dedicated to her daughter and also need this as a woman and receive this as a woman," Jolie, 51, added of putting dating on the back-burner for parenting.
The actress filed for divorce from Brad Pitt in 2016 after a decade together.
The star's last public relationship was with ex-husband Brad Pitt, 62, whom she filed for divorce from in September 2016. The Mr. & Mrs. Smith costars wed two years prior but started dating in 2006.
The exes' relationship exploded in 2016 when Jolie accused him of verbally and physically abusing her and some of their kids while on a family flight. He denied the accusations and was cleared after an FBI investigation, but their children have remained estranged from Pitt ever since.
In fact, several of them have dropped "Pitt" from their hyphenated last name, with Shiloh, 20, making the change legal after she turned 18 in 2024.
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The Actress Says Her Kids Are 'Bringing Me Back to My Old Self'
The mom-of-six credited her kids for helping her heal after the difficult split.
Jolie's relationship with her children hasn't wavered — in fact, she admitted, "I think in some way they’re bringing me back to my old self."
"My desire for them to have all of the strength and openness and softness and faith and ferocity is reminding me. I think they kind of want me now to not just be 'Mom,'" she expressed.
The actress had a realization about herself as her daughters grew up.
"I've come around a little bit to being more of the person I used to be," Jolie continued. "I’m discovering something now that my daughters are older now and they’re talking to me as young women. I’m seeing what I want for them and I’m seeing what I don’t want them to lose and what I want them to hold on to."
“I’m thinking I have to live again. Be free again,” the Tomb Raider alum added. “In a way that maybe life has broken me a little bit.”
