Overview
- In a French radio interview this week, Jolie said she feels gratitude for her scars and described them as the result of a conscious decision.
- Jolie underwent a preventive double mastectomy in 2013 after testing positive for a BRCA1 mutation, later removing her ovaries and fallopian tubes.
- At the time, she publicly cited medical estimates that her mastectomy reduced her breast cancer risk from roughly 87–90% to under 5%.
- She first showed her operation scars publicly in December 2025 in Time France, presenting them as an act of solidarity with women who have faced similar surgeries.
- Her reflections align with her role in the film Couture, in which she plays a filmmaker diagnosed with breast cancer, a drama that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2025 and was recently presented in Paris.