Actress Angelina Jolie, 33, has given birth to twins. Angelina Jolie first confirmed that she was expecting twins during an interview at the Cannes film festival in May.
The obstetrician who delivered the twins, Michel Sussmann, said the actress, the babies and Jolie's partner, actor Brad Pitt, ''are doing marvellously well''.
The twins were delivered by Caesarean section at the Lenval hospital on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, with her partner, Brad Pitt, the father of the babies, at her side. Dr Sussman said that the Caesarean delivery had been planned for a long time but the date was brought forward for medical reasons.
The girl and boy have been named Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon.
Exclusive rights to the first photographs of the babies have been sold for $11 million (£6 million) to an US magazine. The couple intend to give the money to charity. After the couple’s first child, Shiloh, was born in Namibia in 2006, worldwide photo rights were sold to a magazine for between $5-7 million.
The couple, have adopted three children – Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, and Zahara, 3 – from Cambodia, Vietnam and Ethiopia, respectively. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt now have a total of six children.