Angelina Jolie's girlfriend was a child soldier in Cambodia.

The 42-year-old currently has to deal with Brad Pitt's divorce and look after her children - luckily, she has support from her best friend. Loung Ung goes through thick and thin with the actress, but has suffered a difficult fate herself: When she was five years old, the Khmer Rouge came to power, leading to the genocide that killed over 500,000 people. Among them were Ung's parents and so the girl grew up in the orphanage and was trained as a child soldier. At the age of ten, she escaped and will later live in the United States. Your book 'The Long Way of Hope' is currently being filmed by Netflix.

After the separation from Pitt, Jolie told the Vanity Fair: "She is the friend who rolled up her sleeves, got on a plane and helped me on Christmas morning. She is my best friend. I have my shoulder cried. " Two strong women have found each other who apparently can handle everything.