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Shiloh Jolie-Pitt’s little double? 6 reasons why Vivienne and her lookalike sister are more than just teen mirror images, from exotic birthplaces to roles in films with Brad and Angelina

Sisters Shiloh and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt have more in common than just A-list genes. Photos: Getty
Sisters Shiloh and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt have more in common than just A-list genes. Photos: Getty

  • Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s only biological daughters, now teens, have recently been confused for one another – Vivienne was mistaken for Shiloh during an LA shopping spree
  • They’ve both been in Hollywood films: Vivienne was in Disney’s Maleficent with Angelina, and Shiloh in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Brad and Kung Fu Panda 3

Is that Shiloh, or is that Vivienne? These days, that’s becoming a common question when we see new photos of the Jolie-Pitt sisters. As the biological daughters of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, it’s no wonder the two sisters share similar looks.

Angelina Jolie has six children with ex-husband Brad Pitt. Photo: Getty Images
Angelina Jolie has six children with ex-husband Brad Pitt. Photo: Getty Images
But how much does 13-year-old Vivienne and her older sister Shiloh, who turns 16 this week, really have in common?

Born in exotic locations

The Jolie-Pitt children attend the First They Killed My Father New York premiere at DGA Theater, in September 2017, in New York City. Photo: Getty Images
The Jolie-Pitt children attend the First They Killed My Father New York premiere at DGA Theater, in September 2017, in New York City. Photo: Getty Images
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In May 2006, then-couple Pitt and Jolie flew down to Swakopmund in Namibia, where Jolie gave birth to their first biological child, Shiloh. Jolie filmed Beyond Borders in the African nation a few years prior, and was inspired to give birth there by the country’s beauty. As an ambassador for the UN refugee agency, she has also widely been praised for her commitment to Africa.
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt attend the premiere of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil in Los Angeles, California, in September 2019. Photo: Reuters
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt attend the premiere of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil in Los Angeles, California, in September 2019. Photo: Reuters
Vivienne and her twin brother Knox were famously born to much fanfare on the French Riviera in 2009, in the charming seaside city of Nice, with Knox born first, about a minute before his twin sister. They spent their childhood at their parents’ historic Chateau Miraval in Correns, France.

Their names both have special meanings

Angelina Jolie with her daughter Shiloh Jolie-Pitt on the red carpet for a screening of Eternals at the Rome Film Fest 2021. Photo: Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images
Angelina Jolie with her daughter Shiloh Jolie-Pitt on the red carpet for a screening of Eternals at the Rome Film Fest 2021. Photo: Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images

In addition to their exotic birthplaces, the origins of the sisters’ names are equally intriguing.

Vivienne’s middle name is Marcheline, which is a tribute to her maternal grandmother, Jolie’s mum Marcheline Bertrand. Shiloh’s name has an equally special meaning. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Jolie revealed: “It was a name my parents almost named their first child – there was a miscarriage: Shiloh Baptist. Because my father had been shooting in Georgia and that was the most Southern name [my parents] could come up with.”

Angelina Jolie gave Vivienne the middle name Marcheline after her mother. Photo: Invision/AP
Angelina Jolie gave Vivienne the middle name Marcheline after her mother. Photo: Invision/AP

“It’s a name I always liked. I used to go under it in hotels: Shiloh Baptist. I’d gone under it when Brad called hotel rooms where I was staying,” she said.

The biological connection