Angelina Jolie paid an emotional tribute to her late mother Marcheline Bertrand during a London press conference for her film Changeling on Monday. The French actress, 57, lost her battle with breast cancer in January 2007.

“Her name was Marcheline, but we used to call her Marshmallow, as a joke, because she was just the softest, most gentle woman in the world,” Angie explained.

“She was really sweet and was never angry – she couldn’t swear to save her life. But when it came to her kids, she was really fierce and so this (film) is very much her, her story….She was the woman I related to, who had that elegance and strength for knowing what was right.”