Angelina Jolie again The Real Housewives of Potomac star Gizelle Bryant revealed an unexpected bond at a sorority event in Atlanta over the weekend.
Bryant, 55, shared photos of herself and the Hollywood icon, 50, posing with their daughters – Angel,19, and Zahara21, respectively – during lunch at Spelman College on Sunday, April 26. RHOP The star celebrated “mother daughter magic,” as Angel and Zahara are members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Photos on social media of the event – which was sponsored by the Pearls of Purpose Foundation and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority – showed Zahara giving a speech about “the importance of the relationship between mother and daughter.” (Zahara is graduating from Spelman College with a degree in Psychology.)
“It felt challenging to find words… it wasn't a challenge because I don't appreciate you, but because my mother and I have a different relationship, almost like relatives that would be difficult to put into words,” explained Zahara.
Angelina Jolie and Gizelle Bryant and their daughters.
Courtesy Instagram / Gizelle BryantZahara touched on the changes in her famous family. (Jolie and ex-husband Brad Pitt and shared Maddox24, Pax22, Said19 and twins Knox and Vivienne, 17.)
“Our love for each other is available,” he explained. “I was adopted at 6 months old and given special and loving people as siblings.” I have a mother who raised us with the importance of helping others, being kind and always striving to grow as people.”
“These values may sound simple, but in a world where kindness is ignored and helping others is costly, I am happy that I had a good example to show me what it looks like to be a decent person,” he said. “For any daughters in the room who may not know the feeling of seeing their mother as a superhero and not knowing how to do it, this is something I've been trying to understand my whole life.”
He went on to describe Jolie as “the most selfless, loving and understanding woman I've ever called my mother.”
Angelina Jolie; Gizelle Bryant
Getty Images (2); Gareth Cattermole/BFI; Brian Ach/YouTube“With the addition of the social life we live, it can be difficult to find those special and intimate moments without being overwhelmed by a lot of eyes on us,” Zahara admitted. “This has never stopped my mother from being curious about everything I learn inside and outside of my classes at Spelman.”
Meanwhile, Bryant has a 35-year history with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, having been a member during her college years at Hampton University. His daughter, Adore, is also a member of the history fraternity at Hampton.
The Bravo star welcomed Angel into the Alpha Kappa Alpha family when her daughter officially pledged last fall.
Angelina Jolie proudly supported her daughter Zahara at a dinner party where the 20-year-old gave a speech. Jolie, 49, joined the Spelman College student at a mother-daughter brunch for Women in Training, Inc. in Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday, March 1. When Zahara took the stage to address the crowd, her mother watched from the middle. […]
“THANK YOU ANGEL for being my SOROR. 🩷💚🩷💚 Tears of joy and pride I've been feeling all day,” Bryant announced in November 2025. “LEGACY! Welcome to the beautiful pink and green world of Alpha Kappa Alpha.”
Gizelle is mother to Grace, 20, and twins Adore and Angel. She shares her three daughters with her ex-husband Jamal Bryantmarried to him from 2002 to 2009.
