Her divorce from Brad Pitt dominated headlines in 2016.

And Angelina Jolie has revealed she leaned on her six 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren for support in the years that followed the difficult break-up.

‘My strength is from my 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren’, she told Studio 10 while on the red carpet at the Tokyo premiere of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.

‘My strength is from my 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren’: Angelina Jolie has revealed she leaned on her six 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren for support in the years that followed her separation from Brad Pitt. Pictured on January 9, 2015

‘Anyone who’s a parent knows that there’s a strength within you that grows,’ she said, adding that she always strives to be strong for her 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren so she can ‘pull them through anything.’

Angelina was joined at the event by her daughter Zahara and her son Maddox, who flew over from South Korea, where he is attending college.

It comes after Angelia told French magazine Madame that she ‘lost herself a bit’ after splitting from Brad, and admitted she didn’t even ‘recognise’ herself anymore.

Supportive: ‘Anyone who’s a parent knows that there’s a strength within you,’ Angelina said, adding that she strives to be strong for her 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren so she can ‘pull them through anything’

Night out: Angelina spoke about motherhood at the Tokyo premiere of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, where she was joined by her daughter Zahara and her son Maddox

She said: ‘I don’t know what my fate holds but what I am convinced of is that I am in a period of transition, like a return to my roots, a return to myself. Because I had lost myself a bit.

‘I think it happened as my relationship with Brad was coming to an end, then at the beginning of our separation.

‘It was a complicated moment, where I didn’t recognise myself anymore, where I had become… how can I say… smaller, almost insignificant, even if it wasn’t necessarily visible.’

Big family: Angelina and Brad share six 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh and twins Vivienne and Knox. Pictured together in Los Angeles on February 5, 2014

The Tomb Raider star confessed she felt a ‘deep and genuine sadness’ when her marriage fell apart, but it was also an opportunity to learn about herself.

‘It was interesting to reconnect with this humility and even this insignificance I was feeling,’ she said. ‘Maybe this is what being human is in the end?

‘On top of all this, I suffered some health issues. All these things settle in you and remind you of how lucky you are of being alive.’

‘I felt a deep and genuine sadness’: It comes after Angelia told French magazine Madame that she ‘lost herself a bit’ after splitting from Brad, and admitted she didn’t even ‘recognise’ herself