The daughter Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt adopted from an Ethiopian orphanage in 2005 has blossomed into a young college student.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are pictured with Zahara in 2005 – the year she was adopted. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)More From Celebrity Kids

Little Zahara Jolie-Pitt has blossomed from an adorable Ethiopian baby that captured the world’s heart to a young woman.

Adopted by movie stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in 2005 from an orphanage in Addis Ababa, Zahara is now a student at Spelman College — a historically black women’s liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia.

And her proud mum made Spelman’s 2022 homecoming weekend unforgettable as she surprised students on campus.

Zahara Jolie-Pitt began attending Spelman College in August 2022. Picture: Twitter/Lydia SermonsAngelina Jolie and Zahara Jolie-Pitt hang out by a pop-up shop at Spelman College’s homecoming weekend. Picture: Twitter/imnikkiheatJolie was happy to pose for photos with her daughter and other students.

The Hollywood actress, 47, couldn’t pass up a chance to visit her daughter’s first homecoming weekend after enrolling earlier this year.

The Maleficent star, who shares six children with ex-husband Brad Pitt, made sure to snap pics with eager fans who were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of her on campus.

“Angelina Jolie just casually walking around with her daughter at Spelman during Homecoming,” tweeted one fan alongside a snap with the actress.

Another student shared a selfie with Jolie, before revealing how the picture came about.

“‘Look I know you’re tryna be inconspicuous, so when we take this selfie just look down instead of me holding the camera up. Cool?’”

“Angelina Jolie: ‘Great plan!’” he wrote.

Spelman College students couldn’t resist the chance to take a selfie with Angelina Jolie. Picture: Twitter/JB1

Jolie dropped Zahara off at Spelman College in August. She even posed for snaps on move-in day, as shared by the school’s Vice President of Student Affairs, Darryl Holloman.

When asked how she felt about the milestone moment, the actress admitted, “I’m going to start crying if I talk about today. I haven’t started crying yet so … hopefully, I can hold it together.”

She added that she felt “so excited” to be the mother of a Spelman student.

The director’s ex-husband, Pitt, gushed about Zahara’s college plans later that same week, saying that he is “proud” of his “smart” daughter.

“She’s going to flourish even more at college,” the actor said. “It’s an exciting and beautiful time to find her own way and pursue her interests. I’m so proud. Where does the time go, right? They grow up too fast. It brings a tear to the eye.”

Angelina Jolie holds Zahara in India in 2006Zahara with her parents and older brother Maddox at LAX in 2014. (Photo by GVK/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)Zahara hugs Jolie at the Nickelodeon Annual Kids’ Choice Awards in 2015. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Zahara Jolie Pitt, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt and Knox Jolie Pitt arrive at the Premiere of Marvel Studios’ Eternals on October 18, 2021. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

The former couple, who split in 2016 and were declared legally single three years later, are also the parents of Maddox, 21, Pax, 18, Shiloh, 16, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 14.

In August 2019, Maddox headed to South Korea to attend Yonsei College. Jolie similarly was the only parent present at his drop-off.

Source: news.com.au