Angelina Jolie changed her nature after divorcing Brad Pitt, like a different person

According to Dailymail, Angelina Jolie has recently undergone a major change. After completing her divorce from Brad Pitt, she attended this year's awards season with an open attitude. Instead of being haughty and untouchable, Jolie appeared friendly and warm.

Previously, the Oscar-winning star often kept her distance from her Hollywood colleagues and admitted that her best friends were her children. Jolie rarely socialized with artists while Brad Pitt, her ex-husband, had many close friends in the industry such as George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio...

At the Critics Choice Awards, she was seen hugging Demi Moore and chatting with Zoe Saldaña. Just days earlier, she hugged Kate Winslet and Salma Hayek at the Golden Globes. At the Palm Springs Film Awards in early January, the Maleficent star got cozy with Nicole Kidman. At the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 5, she spent time with screenwriter Ava DuVernay.

An insider says Angelina is trying to build new relationships and is really enjoying it. "She knows what she's doing. She loves making new female friends and has great respect for her famous friends," the source said.

Actress Salma Hayek is said to have played a key role in this. After working together on the superhero film The Eternals, Angelina and Salma became close and Salma also starred in the film Without Blood directed by Angelina. Sources said that Salma was the one who encouraged Angelina to show her warmer side and pushed her to integrate more into Hollywood.

While she's been actively expanding her social circle, Angelina Jolie is also handling setbacks professionally. The actress was snubbed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for her Oscar nominations this year, despite her critically acclaimed performance as opera singer Maria Callas in Maria. She also wasn't nominated for the SAG Awards despite her extensive promotional efforts, including late-night TV appearances, magazine covers, and major events.

Sources told Page Six that Angelina was desperate to be nominated and was heartbroken when the Academy didn't recognize her performance. Some sources said that Hollywood still supported Brad Pitt while the Foreign Press Association (which organizes the Golden Globes) favored Jolie. "No one dared to go against Brad and vote for Angelina," said one.

Of course, awards season is always full of surprises, and this year saw many first-time nominees, which may have contributed to Jolie's omission from the nominations. Regardless, Jolie didn't let it get to her. Instead of being upset, she showed up to events beaming, enthusiastically interacting with her colleagues, and enjoying the small wins at the awards shows.

Before her breakup with Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie had also been married to Jonny Lee Miller in 1999. However, their relationship was still quite good, not as noisy as with Brad Pitt.

Angelina Jolie has maintained a good relationship with her ex-husband Jonny Lee Miller 26 years after their split, according to People. Recently, the actress attended the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in Santa Barbara, California to talk about her life and career while receiving the Maltin Modern Master Award.

During the event, Jolie and the audience were shown clips from her previous films, including 1995's Hackers, in which Jolie co-starred with Miller, the actress's first husband. They married in 1996.

"I just spoke to him. I loved seeing my ex-husband with 2,000 people," Angelina Jolie shared. She added after watching the Hackers clip: "It was great to see it. It's funny, actually, but I don't usually watch my own movies. So I haven't seen this one since it came out. But I have a great relationship with Jonny. He and I have sons the same age. I'm so happy."

Angelina Jolie has an explosive reunion with her close friends after finalizing her divorce from Brad Pitt Đức Trí14:01:52 09/01/2025Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, and Kate Winslet had fun interactions when they met at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles (USA) last weekend. These are people considered to be close friends of Brad Pitt's ex-wife.