Farewell, Brangelina! Timeline of their whirlwind romance

Brad Pitt and Angelina JolieThe biggest celebrity divorce is upon us After twelve years of jet setting adopting and birthing babies charity work and several collaborations news broke that Angelina Jolie was filing for divorcefrom Brad Pitt effectively leading to a fan meltdown across the world and much speculation on what went wrong between the high profile coupleJennifer Anistonand Brad Pitt werethe quintessentialcelebrity couple tillhe ditched her forJolie in 2005Jolie is seeking physical custody oftheir six children and asking the courtto grant Pitt visitation rights There is speculation that a tabloidfriendly childunfriendly custody battle may ensueover their six childrenAngelinarsquos longtime manager Geyer Kosinski says ldquoAngelina will always do whatrsquos in the bestinterest oftaking care of her family rdquoPittlater broke his silence in a statement saying ldquoI am very saddened by this but what matters most now is the wellbeing of our kids I kindly ask the press to give them the space they deserve during this challenging timerdquo The pair has six kids together Maddox JoliePitt 15 Pax JoliePitt 12 Zahara JoliePitt 11 Shiloh JoliePitt 10 and twins Knox JoliePitt and Vivienne JoliePitt 8Brad cheatPitt 52 had been rumoured to have been cozying up to his Allied costar Marion Cotillard 40 for months during the pairrsquos filming of the World War II drama in London ldquoAngelina hired a private eye because she felt that he was fooling around with her on the set and it turns out he was And that was the final strawrsquorsquo a source told a websiteTimeline of their whirlwind romance2004 Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie started filming Mr and Mrs Smith a steamy actioncomedy movie about two married spies At this point Pitt and JenniferAniston had been married for nearly five yearsPitt and Jolie with their kids Maddox Pax Zahara Shiloh and twins Knox JoliePitt and Vivienne2005 After a month long separation Jennifer Aniston filed for divorce from Pitt citing lsquoirreconcilable differencesrsquo Soon after the promotions for Mr and Mrs Smith began with rumours doing the rounds about a possible fling between the two2006 Itrsquos well and truly on Jolie confirmed to a magazine that she was having a baby with Pitt Soon after he legally adopted Maddox and Zahara Jolie her two adopted children and they change their last names to JoliePitt2007 The couple continue expanding their brood adopting threeyearold son Pax Thien from Vietnam2008 Jolie reveals shersquos pregnantwith twins Marcheline and Knox Leacuteon when the couple appeared on the red carpet atthe Cannes Film Festival2011 Pitt reveals in an interview that during the end of his relationship withAniston he was ldquotrying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasnrsquotrdquo and that meeting Jolie was reinvigoratingfor himPitt and Jolie arrived at the 2014 BAFTAs in lsquohis and herrsquo suits taking couples style to the next level on the red carpet2012 The two announced they are engaged to be married2014 Brad and Angelina formalise their union with a wedding attended by a small number of guests and their six children2014 The two actors appear together on the big screen again mdash but this time Jolie wrote and directed the film By the Sea a story on a disintegrating marriage2015 After spending eightyears with their New Orleans house they decide to say goodbye to their French Quarter home2016 Jolie files for divorce In a statement Pitt said that his focus is on the ldquowellbeing of our kidsWho is Laura WesserAccording to a gossip site Jolie will be represented by Hollywood divorce lawyer Laura Wasser Her extensive list of previous clients include Johnny Depp Kim KardashianWest and Stevie Wonder Wasser who most recently represented Johnny Depp during his divorce from Amber Heard has a long list of celebrity clients and is dubbed by several websites as the queen of dissolving marriages Earlier this year Bloomberg credited her as lsquoHollywoodrsquos complete divorce solutionrsquo Itrsquos worth noting her full name is Laura Allison Wasser mdash making her initials LAW