Not every award show can be a duet.
Angelina Joliehit the red carpet at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards solo, breaking her streak of having her 19-year-old daughter Zahara as her go-to date for the season.
Instead, Jolie’s most notable pairing at the Feb. 7 ceremony at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar was the bold red lip she was sporting, a rare departure from the neutral makeup she usually favors.
The rest of the Maria star’s look, a romantic bisque-colored dress by Elie Saab, was subtly stunning. (See all the fashion at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards.)
The ceremony at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., being hosted once again by Chelsea Handler, was delayed a month due to the Los Angeles wildfires, making for a lower-key carpet.
Zahara did join Jolie—who settled her divorce from ex-husband Brad Pitt in December after a tense eight-year battle—at the 2025 Golden Globes. And the actress couldn’t help but reflect on her journey, detailing the “lifetime of difference” in the 25 years since taking home her Golden Globe for Girl Interrupted in 2000. (After which she took home all the prizes, including an Oscar.)
“Now I’m here with my daughter, so I’m here as a mom,” she explained to Live from E!: Golden Globes’ Zuri Hall while on the red carpet. “That’s different.”
While Zahara accompanied her mom on a few red carpets this season, Angelina’s son Knox, 16, joined her for a rare mother-son date at the Governor’s Awards in Los Angeles in November.
But the Eternals star has emphasized that, while they were born into the public eye, her six kids aren’t looking for life in the spotlight.
“They’re especially shy, very private people,” she told E! News in October of Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16, “and they want to be private.”
Still, they’ve followed in her footsteps behind the scenes as in addition to Vivienne working as her assistant as she produced the Tony-winning Broadway musical The Outsiders, Maddox and Pax both took on production roles on Maria.
“Mad and Pax were on this one doing AD [assistant directing] work,” Angelina told The Hollywood Reporter in August. “They’ve done that quite a few times, and I think that’s good for them.”
Keep reading to see all the stars who turned up at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards:
Ariana Grande
In Christian Dior
Cynthia Erivo
In Armani Privé
Angelina Jolie
In Elie Saab
Hannah Einbinder
In Louis Vuitton
Nicole Kidman
In Saint Laurent
Demi Moore
In Schiaparelli Couture
Matt Bomer
In Berluti
Zoe Saldaña
In Saint Laurent
Orlando Bloom
Leighton Meester & Adam Brody
Leighton in Christian Dior and Adam in Santoni
Michelle Yeoh
In Balenciaga
Lupita Nyong’o
In Chanel
Kate Hudson
Maren Morris
In Monique Lhuillier
Naomi Watts
In Prada and Tiffany & Co. jewelry
Rachel Brosnahan
In Miu Miu and Pomellato jewelry
Kathryn Hahn
In Oscar de la Renta
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Colin Farrell
Mikey Madison
Logan Lerman
Cristin Milioti
In Saint Laurent and Brilliant Earth jewelry
David Harbour
Jodie Foster
Jessica Gunning
Dakota Fanning
In Irene Neuwirth jewelry
Jeff Goldblum
Marissa Bode
In Maria Lucia Hohan
Ethan Slater
Harvey Guillen
