Angelina Jolie is preparing for a more mobile life now that all six of her children have reached adulthood—but she is not abandoning the idea of a family home.
The 51-year-old actor, filmmaker and humanitarian told L’Officiel USA that she expects to spend more time outside the United States while traveling between creative projects, humanitarian work and family commitments. Her youngest children, twins Knox and Vivienne, turned 18 in July, removing a deadline Jolie had publicly identified years earlier.
“I’d like to be a bit nomadic for a while,” Jolie said in the September 9 interview.
The remark describes an aspiration rather than a finalized relocation schedule. Jolie has not announced one permanent destination, a departure date or a complete travel itinerary.
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When asked whether she would live in New York instead of Los Angeles, Jolie answered, “Out of the States more, I think.”
She explained that she does not expect to maintain one conventional base for herself. However, she still wants a family home where photographs, personal belongings and reminders of her years as a mother can remain available to her children.
That distinction is important. Jolie’s “nomadic” plan is not a declaration that she will live without roots or cut ties with the United States. It is a proposal for a flexible life built around a shared family base and extended periods in other countries.
Jolie described the transition as the end of a particular stage in her life. Her children with former husband Brad Pitt are Maddox, 25; Pax, 22; Zahara, 21; Shiloh, 20; and 18-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne, according to People.
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Jolie’s desire to leave Los Angeles is not new.
In a 2024 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, she said she was living in the city because of circumstances connected to her divorce and would be able to leave once the twins turned 18. She envisioned spending substantial time in Cambodia and visiting family members wherever they settled.
Jolie and Pitt separated in 2016, and their divorce was finalized in December 2024. Her earlier comments established the twins’ adulthood as a clear turning point rather than an arbitrary date attached to her latest interview.
All six children being adults gives Jolie greater freedom to travel, but it does not mean her role as a mother has ended. Her proposed family base suggests that she wants to preserve a central gathering place even if work and personal commitments take everyone to different parts of the world.
The shift also comes as Jolie reportedly prepares to leave the historic Los Angeles estate she bought in 2017. While the potential sale supports her stated intention to move, she has not publicly confirmed where she will establish the family base that replaces it.
Cambodia Will Be Central to Jolie’s Next Chapter
Cambodia is the clearest destination in Jolie’s plans.
She told L’Officiel that her Cambodian home would operate as a residency for Khmer culture during part of each year. She also intends to become more directly involved with the country-based Maddox Foundation and return to field work.
The connection stretches back decades. Jolie first traveled to Cambodia while making Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and later adopted Maddox from the country. The Maddox Foundation now supports locally led conservation, agriculture, health and education initiatives in Cambodia’s Samlout region.
Turning her home into a cultural residency would make the property more than a private retreat. It would connect Jolie’s personal relocation with her interest in providing space for Khmer artists and cultural work.
However, Cambodia is not expected to be her only destination. Her comments point toward a rotating schedule rather than a permanent move to one country.
Atelier Jolie Could Become an International Network
Jolie’s creative collective, Atelier Jolie, is another reason her future may involve extensive travel.
The New York-based venture opened in 2023 as a collaborative space for artists, designers, tailors and makers. Its programming includes upcycling, education and events intended to connect established creatives with local communities.
Jolie now wants the concept to expand internationally. She identified Brazil as a possible first location outside the United States, with Vienna and Cambodia also discussed as potential future hubs, according to People.
Her plan is to spend time at those locations, meet the participating artists and help each space reflect its surrounding community. That would make travel part of her working model rather than an extended vacation.
The collective’s official website describes Atelier Jolie as a center for creation, expression and education. Jolie has emphasized that she does not want its international growth to become a conventional retail expansion centered solely on selling more products.
A Nomadic Life Does Not Mean Jolie Is Retiring
Jolie is also maintaining an active film career.
Her latest directing project, Without Blood, opened in U.S. theaters on September 18. Adapted from Alessandro Baricco’s novella, the drama stars Salma Hayek Pinault and Demián Bichir and examines the lasting effects of war, memory and trauma.
She is also attached to star in Anxious People, an adaptation of Fredrik Backman’s novel, and the thriller Sunny. Her ability to work internationally means those projects can coexist with longer stays in Cambodia and the possible global expansion of Atelier Jolie.
For now, the confirmed story is a change in structure rather than a complete withdrawal from Hollywood. Jolie wants less attachment to one city, more direct involvement in her international projects and the freedom to follow her adult children around the world.
What remains unknown is where she will establish her family home, when she will formally leave Los Angeles and how much of each year she will spend in Cambodia. Her intended direction, however, is clear: after decades organized around raising six children, Jolie is designing a life with fewer geographic limits.
