Youngest Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award winner Angelina Jolie gets emotional at annual Governors Awards night

On November 16 the Academy’s fifth annual Governors Awards was held at Hollywood & Highland and the event became an eye-witness to several heart-touching moments. But the most emotional moment arrived with the first award presentation featuring Hollywood diva Angelina Jolie. She is the youngest ever winner of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, presented on Saturday night.

After an audio-visual of Jolie’s immense global presence was screened, the actress took to the stage thanking her presenters (Bosnian and In the Land of Blood and Honey actors, Gena Rowlands and George Lucas), and her family.In her emotional speech she paid a special tribute to her motherwho first taught her to live “a life of use to others.” Jolie issued a remarkable reminder for her audiences that she is fortunate enough that she is blessed with the basic necessities of life, food, shelter and love and also a way to portray her talents. But there are several people across the globe who possess similar talents but they remain as mere refugees or tortured people with none of the basic amenities. Jolie said, “We are all, every one of us in this room, so fortunate.”

The 38-year-old actress expressed her emotions towards her near-and-dear ones in a quite heart-touching manner, "My family, my love, your love and support make everything possible.”She was accompanied by her fiancéBrad Pitt and eldest son Maddox at the event. She added, "Mad, and your brothers and sisters, there is no greater honor than being your mom."The star-studded event was attended by celebrities like Harrison Ford, Mark Wahlberg, Ben Stiller, Matthew McConaughey and Emma Thompson who were all praises for Angelina Jolie. As told by Thompson,"It comes from a very genuine place with Angie," adding, "That is the important thing. She has been very good at keeping things in the headlines that would all to easily slip away." In the emotional meter Angelina had a runner-up with Angela Lansbury who made entry into her acting career since 1944 at the age of 17. Angela thanked some of the biggest co-stars in her life like Ingrid Bergman, Katharine Hepburn, Orson Welles, Paul Newman, Frank Sinatra, James Earl Jones, George Cukor and John Frankenheimer.