Angelina Jolie poses with son Knox, 16, in a rare red carpet look

Angelina Jolie enjoyed a star-studded evening with her son.

Sunday 17 November at Maria actress, 49, walked the red carpet at the Governor’s Awards in Los Angeles, California, bringing her 16-year-old son Knox with her in a rare red carpet appearance for the mother-son duo.

Wearing a long cream and gold dress, Jolie posed arm-in-arm with her son, who wore a shaved head and black suit, with a black bow tie. The two smiled for the cameras as they walked the carpet before entering the event.

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The actress shares her six children with ex-husband Brad Pitt, 60 – Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16.

In late October, Jolie opened up about whether her children wanted to follow their parents into the film industry while speaking with E! News at the AFI premiere of her new film Maria in Los Angeles. The mother of six said she doesn’t expect any of them to become actors or be famous.

“No, I think they’re particularly shy, very private people,” she told the outlet, adding, “They want to be private.”

At the New York premiere of her film, Jolie walked the red carpet with three of her children – Pax Zahara and Maddox – while wearing a white vintage Madame Grès dress sourced from Man Vintage in Paris paired with Cartier jewels and Aquazzura heels.

Zahara wore a white YSL dress with Tom Ford heels, while Pax rocked a gray Dior suit and Maddox wore a black YSL suit.

Earlier this fall, Jolie shared a new interview with CR fashion book that she and her daughter Vivienne got matching tattoos during their special time working on the Broadway musical The outsiders.

“I got ‘Stay Gold’ with my daughter Viv during our time with The outsiders“, Jolie revealed. The phrase refers to the title of one of the original songs in the play, which Jolie co-produced with the assistance of Vivienne, as well as a line from the book written by SE Hinton.

“It means so much to us individually and together,” she continued of the tattoo, which she debuted in April at the opening of the Broadway play.

The tattoo sits on the actress’ wrist among her other ink, though she did not specify the location of Vivienne’s version of “Stay Gold.”