Angelina Jolie is revealing her mastectomy scars in a new interview in an effort to encourage women to take breast health seriously.
Jolie, 50, who earned an Academy Award for her portrayal of a troubled woman in a psychiatric facility in Girl, Interrupted, opposite Winona Ryder and Brittany Murphy, recently filmed Anxious People with Jason Segel and White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood in London. Best known for films like Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the actress, who was previously married to Brad Pitt, is also known as an activist for worthy causes in Hollywood and beyond. One of those causes is breast health.
Jolie underwent a preventative double mastectomy in 2013. In a new interview with TIME France, she explained why she chose to bare her scars in the magazine.
“I share these scars with many women I love,” she told the publication. “And I'm always moved when I see other women share theirs.”
“I wanted to join them, knowing that TIME France would be sharing information about breast health, prevention, and knowledge about breast cancer," she continued, PEOPLE translated.
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Jolie’s mother, actress Marcheline Bertrand, died of breast cancer in 2007 at age 56. When Jolie discovered she had the BRCA1 gene, which significantly increased her risk of having breast cancer, she decided to undergo a double mastectomy. She revealed the decision in a 2013 New York Times piece titled "My Medical Choice."
“I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy,” Jolie wrote. “But it is one I am very happy that I made. My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer.”
She's Advocating For Making BRCA Screenings Available to Every Woman
In the TIME France piece, Jolie speaks about how she wants BRCA screenings to be available to all women.
“Every woman should always be able to determine her own healthcare journey and have the information she needs to make informed choices: genetic testing and screening should be accessible and affordable for women with clear risk factors or a significant family history,” Jolie shared.
“When I shared my experience in 2013, it was to encourage informed choices,” she noted. “Healthcare decisions must be personal, and women must have the information and support they need to make those choices. Access to screening and care should not depend on financial resources or where someone lives.”
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