Angelina Jolie reveals her mastectomy scars for the first time in cover shoot for Time magazine: 'I share these...'

Angelina Jolie graced the cover of the inaugural edition of Time France, baring her mastectomy scars in a widely talked-about photoshoot.

Updated on: Dec 16, 2025, 09:27:42 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Actor Angelina Jolie has bared her mastectomy scars in a bold new photoshoot for an international magazine. The Oscar winner graced the cover of the inaugural edition of Time Magazine France, which was unveiled on Monday. Angelina revealed the scars of her double mastectomy for the first time ever, in the photoshoot.

Angelina Jolie on the cover of the inaugural edition of Time France.

Angelina Jolie bares her mastectomy scars for Time France

"I share these scars with many women I love. And I'm always moved when I see other women share theirs," the Hollywood star told the publication. Angelina was photographed by Nathaniel Goldberg for the shoot. The cover photo shows Angelina in a low-cut top, gazing at the camera, with her scars visible.

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In 2013, the actor had announced that she had undergone a double mastectomy, followed by a double oophorectomy in 2015, due to her genetic predisposition to cancer. Her decision to make the news public encouraged other women to undergo cancer screenings. "Access to screening and care should not depend on financial resources or place of residence," she told Time France.

The other pictures of the shoot included a monochrome close-up of the 50-year-old star, as well as a foggily-lit wide shot, where she sat in the middle of a room. The magazine’s debut edition also includes an interview with the US Ambassador to France, Charles Kushner.

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Angelina Jolie is currently awaiting the release of her film Coutures, directed by French filmmaker Alice Winocour. The film, which will hit French cinemas on February 18, 2026, has a story that echoes the actor’s personal experience with cancer.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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