(CNN) One of Hollywood's highest profile marriages is over.

Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from husband Brad Pitt, citing irreconcilable differences.

According to the court documents, the pair separated on September 15, two years and one month after they married in August 2014.

Jolie is seeking physical custody of their six children and asking the court to grant Pitt visitation.

She is also asking to keep "miscellaneous jewelry and other personal effects" as well as any earnings from after the date of their separation and other separate assets to be determined later.

Already there is speculation that a tabloid-friendly, child-unfriendly custody battle may ensue over their six children. But a source close to them asserted that both sides want a cordial breakup.

"Other than the fame of the people involved, this is like so many other divorces," the source said.

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"I am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the wellbeing of our kids," Pitt said Tuesday in a statement to CNN. "I kindly ask the press to give them the space they deserve during this challenging time."

Jolie's camp is also focused on the children.

"This decision was made for the health of the family," Robert Offer, an attorney for Jolie told CNN in a statement Tuesday. "She will not be commenting at this time, and asks that the family be given their privacy during this difficult time."

While Pitt and Jolie married in 2014, their relationship became the subject of speculation in 2004, when they co-starred in "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." At the time, Pitt was married to actress Jennifer Aniston.

In January 2005, Pitt and Aniston announced they were splitting and Aniston filed for divorce a few months later.

In April 2005, photos surfaced of Pitt, Jolie and her adopted son Maddox in Kenya.

Jolie later adopted daughter Zahara from Ethiopia and in early 2006 she announced that she and Pitt were expecting a baby. Shortly thereafter, Pitt was granted the right to legally adopt Maddox and Zahara.

Their daughter Shiloh was born in May 2006 and son Pax was adopted from Vietnam in March 2007. Jolie gave birth to twins Vivienne and Knox in July 2008.

The couple announced their engagement in 2012.

Pitt was there to support Jolie in 2013 when she underwent a preventive double mastectomy.

Jolie said at the time that she underwent the surgery following the discovery she carried a mutation of the BRCA1 gene which greatly increased her risk for cancer

"My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the risk is different in the case of each woman," Jolie wrote in an article for the New York Times. "Once I knew that this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could. I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy."

In 2014 they were married in a small, private ceremony in a chapel at Château Miraval in the village of Correns.

The following year, Jolie once again made headlines for her health when she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to guard against cancer.

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The couple talked to NBC's Tom Brokaw in 2015 about their marriage, her health struggles and working together as they promoted their film "By the Sea."

Jolie also wrote and directed the film about a couple in a troubled marriage. Jolie said the characters' relationship was far from hers and Pitt's.

"I'm counting on the audience to know that if it was close to us at all we could never make this film," Jolie said. "It's because we are actually very, very stable and these aren't our issues."

The pair have also been partners in giving.

Pitt has worked for years to help rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Jolie is a United Nations special envoy for refugee issues, a critical topic at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York this week.</s>It was a grand Hollywood romance that made its presence felt far and wide, from the red carpet to refugee camps in the world’s trouble spots.

It was chronicled in lavish photo spreads in high-end fashion magazines and in paparazzi shots that appeared in the tabloids and on the gossip sites, as if to undercut the couple’s mythic status.

Now, with a lawyer’s blandly worded press statement on Tuesday morning, the love story of Angelina Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt, who were married in 2014, has come to an unhappy end.

“This decision was made for the health of the family,” Robert Offer, a lawyer for Ms. Jolie Pitt, said in the statement. “She will not be commenting, and asks that the family be given its privacy at this time.”</s>Angelina Jolie is filing for divorce from Brad Pitt, according to a US showbiz website.

TMZ is reporting that the Hollywood actress filed divorce papers yesterday citing irreconcilable differences. The pair have been together since 2004 and married in 2014.</s>Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt.

TMZ reports that the actress filed papers on Monday citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split and asking for physical custody of the couple's six children.

The pair began dating in 2004 and were married in August 2014.

Jolie, who is being repped by Laura Wasser, is not asking for spousal support in the divorce.

Wasser most recently represented Johnny Depp in his divorce from Amber Heard.

Jolie has listed the separation date as September 15, 2016 , just last Thursday.

The couple had not been seen together in months and were last photographed together in November of last year while promoting their film By the Sea.

This will be the third divorce for Jolie, who was previously married to Sherlock star Johnny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton.

Pitt's first marriage to actress Jennifer Aniston ended in 2005 as a result of his relationship with Jolie, who he met when the two worked on the 2005 film Mr. and Mrs. Smith.</s>Angelina Jolie has reportedly filed for divorce from Brad Pitt in a move which will leave Hollywood stunned.

According to US website TMZ, Jolie filed legal documents on Monday citing "irreconcilable differences".

The couple have been together since 2004 after falling for each other on the set of Mr and Mrs Smith while Brad was still married to Friends star Jennifer Aniston.

They went public with their relationship a year later but only tied the knot on August 23, 2014 in a surprise ceremony at the their French estate.

Ang and Brad have six children together - Maddox, 15, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 8.

Their report claims she does not want Brad to have joint physical custody of their children, only joint legal custody.

Sources insist there is no "third person" involved and the decision was in relation to disagreements over parenting.

Angelina is being represented by Laura Wasser and is not asking for spousal support.

Jolie lists the date of separation as Sept. 15, 2016.

They married in August, 2014. They've been together since 2004.</s>Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt.

TMZ reports that the actress filed papers on Monday citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split and asking for physical custody of the couple’s six children.

A source close to the couple said Jolie, 41, made the decision to file because of the way ‘Brad was parenting the children,’ adding that ‘she was extremely upset with his methods.’

That same source claims Jolie became ‘fed up’ with Pitt’s consumption of ‘weed and possibly alcohol’ mixed with his ‘anger problem.’

The pair began dating in 2004 and were married in August 2014.

Jolie, who is being repped by Laura Wasser, is not asking for spousal support in the divorce.

Wasser most recently represented Johnny Depp in his divorce from Amber Heard.

Jolie has listed the separation date as September 15, 2016 , just last Thursday.

The couple had not been seen together in months and were last photographed at a event together in November of last year while promoting their film By the Sea.

This will be the third divorce for Jolie, who was previously married to Sherlock star Johnny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton.

Pitt’s first marriage to actress Jennifer Aniston ended in 2005 as a result of his relationship with Jolie, who he met when the two worked on the 2005 film Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

The split comes less than a year after the two released By the Sea, which told the story of an unhappily married couple.

Jolie directed and starred in the film alongside Pitt, and admitted how difficult the shoot was at times.

‘It was our way of testing ourselves. We knew that if we could get through this, we’d come out even stronger and happier. And we did,’ she said of making the film.

‘We’ve always liked putting ourselves through challenges, even though it was maybe a little more dangerous for us as a couple.’

She then added: ‘I don’t think we want to go through it again though.’

Jolie adopted her first son Maddox in March 2002, two years before she met Pitt on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith back in 2004.

The film was originally set to star Nicole Kidman, but the actress dropped out at the last second.

The couple denied that they were together, even after US Weekly ran photos in August 2005 of the two playing with Maddox at their rented villa on Diani Beach, Kenya.

It was later revealed that Pitt, 52, had been by Jolie’s side one month prior when she adopted daughter Zahara from a orphanage Ethiopia.

Soon after this is when Pitt formally adopted Jolie’s son Maddox, with the children changing their surname to Jolie-Pitt.

The pair finally announced they were together in 2006 after Jolie became pregnant with Pitt’s child.

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt was born in May 2006 in Namibia, with the couple choosing to give birth in Africa to avoid a press frenzy.

The following March the couple adopted again, this time travelling to Vietnam and adding 3-year-old Pax Thien as the newest member of the family.

Jolie then became pregnant once more, confirming in May 2008 that the couple was expecting twins.

Knox and Vivienne were born in July of that year, with the first photos of the two selling for an astounding $14 million in a deal between Hello and People.</s>Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt.

The couple, known collectively as Brangelina, married in 2014 after 10 years together.

Robert Offer, Jolie's lawyer, said she has filed for the dissolution of the marriage "for the health of the family".

Jolie cited irreconcilable differences in legal documents filed on Monday, the celebrity news website TMZ said.

They first met when they played married spies in Mr And Mrs Smith, when Pitt was still married to Friends star Jennifer Aniston.

Jolie is asking for physical custody of the couple's six children - Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and Vivienne, t he website claimed.

The Maleficent star is apparently being represented by divorce lawyer Laura Wasser, who helped in her divorce from Billy Bob Thornton and is representing Johnny Depp in his divorce from Amber Heard.

The couple married in private at their chateau in France in 2014.

They had waited for gay marriage to become legal, with Pitt telling Esquire magazine in 2006: "Angie and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able to."

Their ceremony included all their children, including adopted offspring Maddox, Pax and Zahara and their daughter Shiloh and twins Knox and Vivienne.

Jolie's Atelier Versace gown featured dozens of designs from her children's drawings sewn into the dress and veil and the children served as ring bearers and threw flower petals.

Jolie was previously married to Thornton and British actor Jonny Lee Miller.

Since Mr And Mrs Smith, the couple have appeared on screen together in By The Sea, a film written and directed by Jolie and produced by Pitt, in which they played a glamorous couple whose marriage is in crisis.

Before they began filming, Jolie told the Radio Times: "It feels a little daunting. We haven't worked together for 10 years. But all of the reasons why people say we should be scared of it, we feel that's exactly why we have to do this - because we can. So we're going to go boldly."

She added: "He's a pretty strong actor. It's going to be interesting. He's a really great artist, such an interesting artist, and of course he's the man I love, so I think we're going to have a great time."

In May 2013 Jolie had a preventative double mastectomy after tests showed that she carries the BRCA1 cancer gene, and she later told the American show Today: " I knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn't something where I was going to feel less of a woman because my husband wasn't going to let that happen.

"To face these issues together and speak about them and talk about what it is to be human, I think can be a beautiful thing."</s>Is love dead? Unclear. But Brangelina is through.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, whose coupling nearly caused a tabloid meltdown when they started dating more than a decade ago, are headed for a divorce. Jolie filed for a dissolution of their marriage, her attorney told the Associated Press.

It was a decision she made "for the health of the family," attorney Robert Offer said.

The actress listed Sept. 15 as the date of their separation and cited irreconcilable differences, according to TMZ. She is seeking physical custody of the couple's six children while granting Pitt visitation, the outlet reported.

Rumors of a potential split or divorce have swirled around the couple for some time now. Jolie and Pitt have been romantically linked for years but did not marry until 2014. Only close family and friends attended the private ceremony, including their six children, who at the time ranged in age from 6 to 13.

The infatuation between Pitt and Jolie (or "Brangelina," as they were better known) famously began on the set of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" in 2004. Jolie once told the New York Times she was excited about eventually showing the film to their kids because "not a lot of people get to see a movie where their parents fell in love."

This comment drew backlash because Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston during filming. Pitt and Aniston — known as Hollywood's golden couple — shocked the entertainment industry when they split in early 2005. Speculation swirled about Pitt and Jolie; a couple months later, rumors were confirmed when the two were photographed on a beach in Kenya playing with Jolie's 3-year-old son, Maddox.

Thus began one of the most controversial couplings in Hollywood history, as people took sides of "Team Aniston" or "Team Jolie." At first, Pitt and Jolie refused to comment on their relationship, instead doing things like posing as a happy family in a W magazine photoshoot in July 2005. "There's a sensitivity chip that's missing," Aniston told Vanity Fair about her ex, after the photos published.

But observers could fill in the gaps, such as when Pitt went to Ethiopia with Jolie in the summer of 2005 to adopt her daughter, Zahara. ("People are going to try to say it's about their relationship. It's not. Angelina's adopting as a single mother, and she wants that emphasized," a source told People at the time.) However, they finally confirmed what the world knew in winter 2006, when Pitt filed to legally adopt Jolie's kids, Maddox and Zahara.

Shortly after, they dropped the bombshell that not only were they officially a couple, but Jolie was pregnant with Pitt's baby. The first pictures of little Shiloh Jolie-Pitt reportedly went to People magazine and the British press for nearly $8 million combined; the proceeds went to charity.

About a year later, the couple adopted Pax, a 3-year-old from Vietnam. In summer 2008, Jolie gave birth to twins, Vivienne and Knox, and the tabloid obsession over the family continued to rise: People magazine and London's Hello! split a $14 million price tag for the first photos.

The glamorous family captured headlines as they traveled around the world together, as the children would follow their parents wherever they filmed, from Los Angeles to France to Australia. Speculation about their marital status followed them for years, though Pitt said they would not get married until gay marriage was legal.

Eventually, they got engaged in 2012. Pitt told CBS News that they were receiving increased pressure from their kids, who said, "Get Mommy a ring!" About two years later, the couple finally tied the knot at a small ceremony in France. In true quirky-Jolie style, the actress incorporated her children's artwork into her Donatella Versace wedding dress.

In 2013, Jolie wrote a New York Times op-ed about deciding to have a double mastectomy after discovering she carried a gene that sharply increased her risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers. The piece sparked a larger conversation about the preventative procedure.

"I am fortunate to have a partner, Brad Pitt, who is so loving and supportive," she wrote. "So to anyone who has a wife or girlfriend going through this, know that you are a very important part of the transition. Brad was at the Pink Lotus Breast Center, where I was treated, for every minute of the surgeries. We managed to find moments to laugh together. We knew this was the right thing to do for our family and that it would bring us closer. And it has."

More recently, Jolie has taken up directing, including 2014's "Unbroken" and 2015's "By The Sea," the latter of which starred Pitt and Jolie as a troubled married couple.

"We were joking at one point," Jolie said during a 2015 "Today Show" interview. "We were saying, like … 'See, this is the beginning. And then this is 10 years later. This is what 10 years of marriage will do to you."'</s>Angelina Jolie Pitt has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, bringing an end to one of the world's most star-studded, tabloid-generating romances. The couple has six children.

NEW YORK (AP) — Brangelina is no more. Angelina Jolie Pitt has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, bringing an end to one of the world’s most star-studded, tabloid-generating romances.

An attorney for Jolie Pitt, Robert Offer, said Tuesday that she has filed for the dissolution of the marriage. Offer said the decision to divorce was made “for the health of the family.”

The couple has six children together: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and Vivienne.

Though together for 12 years, Pitt and Jolie Pitt only wed in August 2014. They married privately in the French hamlet of Correns in Provence with their children serving as ring bearers and throwing flower petals. They announced the ceremony days later.

This is the second marriage for Pitt, who previously wed Jennifer Aniston. It’s the third for Jolie Pitt, who was previously married to Billy Bob Thornton and Jonny Lee Miller.

Though their initial romance — begun after the pair starred together in 2005’s “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” — sparked an avalanche of interest, Jolie Pitt and Pitt settled into their own unique kind of domesticity.

The pair adopted children from Cambodia, Vietnam and Ethiopia. And they sought to direct the glare of their celebrity toward other causes. Jolie Pitt, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, became an outspoken voice for refugees and various causes in Africa, as well as for breast cancer treatment after undergoing a double mastectomy.

Jolie Pitt also launched herself as a film director. Last year, the couple starred together in her “By the Sea,” playing a glamorous couple vacationing together in France while their marriage was on the rocks.</s>NEW YORK — Angelina Jolie Pitt has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, bringing an end to one of the world's most star-studded, tabloid-generating romances.

An attorney for Jolie Pitt, Robert Offer, said Tuesday that she has filed for the dissolution of the marriage. Offer said the decision was made "for the health of the family."

The couple has six children together: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and Vivienne.

Though together for 12 years, Pitt and Jolie only wed in August 2014. They married privately in the French hamlet of Correns in Provence with their children serving as ring bearers and throwing flower petals. They announced the ceremony days later.
Citing irreconcilable differences, Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt and seeks full custody of their six children. The couple married in 2014 and had been in a relationship since 2005.