Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has given birth to twins in a French Riviera hospital.

Dr Michel Sussmann, at the Lenval hospital, said Jolie had a boy and a girl on Saturday night.

The girl has been named Vivienne Marcheline and the boy Knox Leon.

Dr Sussmann said: "The babies are doing well. The operation went just perfectly. Angelina is in very good spirits. Brad Pitt was at her side. He was there and all was well."

The birth extends the Jolie and Pitt family to six children and there are reports that the couple is considering an additional adoption in the near future.

Jolie, 33, has a suite of rooms reserved for her and Pitt at the hospital, which have been sealed off by bodyguards.

The couple have reportedly sold the first photos of their newly born babies to an US publication for more than £5 million.

Jolie, star of current hit movie Wanted, and Pitt, of Ocean's Eleven fame, went public with their relationship after co-starring in the 2005 film Mr & Mrs Smith.

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