Tia Mowry is reflecting on the “surreal” moment that Angelina Jolie asked her for her insight about being a twin.
Posting via her Instagram Stories on Friday, February 27, Tia answered a fan question about whether she had ever had a starstruck moment with another celebrity.
“I’ve definitely been starstruck, and it happened the first time I met Angelina Jolie,” Tia, 47, responded. “She was unbelievably beautiful, genuinely kind and just so cool in person. What made it even wilder was that she actually knew who I was, and since she had twins, she started asking me questions about what it was like being a twin.”
She added, “It was such a surreal, wonderful moment.”
Tia and her sister Tamera are real-life twins and rose to fame together playing separated-at-birth siblings in Sister, Sister from 1994 to 1999.
While they’ve had their ups and downs over the years, Tia reflected on the unique bond that twins share in a heartfelt birthday tribute post to Tamera in 2024.
“I want to take this moment to cherish my sister and wish an early happy birthday to Tamera,” Tia wrote via Instagram in July 2024. “Having you by my side as we’ve grown and evolved has been an incredible blessing. Not everyone can say they’ve had someone with them through every major milestone in life.”
In 2019, Tamera shared during an episode of The Real that the pair attended counseling in order to learn how to communicate better with one another.
“It’s because we were so different, and we needed to learn to communicate in a way that was positive for the both of us,” Tamera explained. “I’m very sensitive as the world knows, and my sister — she’s very assertive and she can handle herself. We had to learn how to communicate properly with each other.”
Meanwhile, Jolie is mother to twins Knox and Vivienne, both 17, as well as their siblings Maddox, 24, Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, and Shiloh, 19. The Oscar-winning actress shares the children with her ex-husband Brad Pitt. (Jolie and Pitt married in 2014 and split two years later.)
Jolie, 50, has spoken candidly about motherhood over the years including when she wrote for Time magazine’s Parents newsletter in April 2020.
“It is a lovely thing to discover that your children don’t want you perfect. They just want you honest. And doing your best,” Jolie reflected at the time. “In fact, the more room they have to be great where you are weak, the stronger they may become. They love you. They want to help you. So in the end, it’s the team you build. And in a way, they are raising you up too. You grow together.”
The following year, Jolie described herself a “fortunate” mom in a May 2021 E! interview.
“Of course you wake up and you just feel like, ‘I’ve got to make sure they’re OK. I’ve got to make sure they’re mentally OK,’ but honestly I think a few years ago it switched and they’re thinking, ‘I’ve got to make sure mom’s OK!’ They take really good care of me, and we’re such a team,” she gushed. “I am very, very lucky. I worry — I’m always the one that worries — but I adore them. They’re cool people.”
