was pictured stepping out in Paris on Tuesday after making rare comments on her double mastectomy.
The Oscar winner, 50, looked chic in an all-black look as she was spotted arriving at her hotel in the evening.
The actress wore a long coat with matching black pants, and completed her look with pointed toe black heels. Her light brunette tresses cascaded down her shoulders.
Earlier on Tuesday, Jolie discussed her mastectomy scars — which she recently in December — after having a preventive double mastectomy over a decade ago.
Jolie — who plays Maxine Walker, a woman diagnosed with breast , in — stated that her double mastectomy scars 'are a choice' that she is 'grateful' she was able to make.
'I've always been someone more interested in the scars and the life that people carry,' she said in an interview with Inter.
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Angelina Jolie, 50, was pictured stepping out in Paris on Tuesday after making rare comments on her double mastectomy scars, which she recently showed for the first time in December
'I’m not drawn to a perfect idea of a life that has no scars.'
'My scars are a choice I made to stay here as long as I could with my children. I love my scars because of that. And I'm grateful that I had the opportunity and the choice to do something proactive about my health.'
The Oscar winner looked chic in an all-black look as she was spotted arriving at her hotel. The actress wore a long coat and matching black pants
On Tuesday, Jolie discussed her mastectomy scars, after having a preventive double mastectomy over a decade ago. She said the scars 'are a choice' that she is 'grateful' she was able to make in an interview with FranceInter; Pictured on Monday in France
In May 2013, Jolie had both breasts surgically removed, and then underwent a reconstructive surgery, after discovering she carries a genetic mutation that dramatically increases the chance of being diagnosed with potentially fatal breast cancer; Seen in 2024
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In her new film Couture, directed by Alice Winocour, Jolie plays Maxine Walker, a woman whose life is upended when she receives a breast cancer diagnosis; Jolie seen in a still
'I share these scars with many women I love,' she stated. '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.'
In May 2013, Jolie had both breasts surgically removed, and then underwent a reconstructive surgery, after discovering she carries a genetic mutation that dramatically increases the chance of being diagnosed with potentially fatal breast cancer.
The mutation in her BRCA1 gene, left the mother-of-six with an estimated 87 per cent risk of breast cancer and 50 per cent risk of ovarian cancer.
In March 2015, as a preventive measure against developing ovarian cancer.
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In her Time France interview, Jolie called for making BRCA screenings available to every woman.
'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.'
'When I shared my experience in 2013, it was to encourage informed choices,' she added.
In March 2015, she also had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed as a preventive measure against developing ovarian cancer; Pictured with ex-husband Brad Pitt in 2014
'I know my children will never have to say, "Mom died of ovarian cancer,"' she previously told the New York Times in 2015; Seen with her six children in 2019
'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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In 2015, Jolie shared about her decision to remove her ovaries due to a second health scare.
The Maleficent star published a lengthy opinion piece, titled Angelina Jolie Pitt: Diary Of A Surgery in the New York Times explaining her decision.
According to Jolie, she had been planning to undergo surgery to remove her ovaries and Fallopian tubes for a while at the time, but a call from her doctor made the procedure more urgent.
A blood test detected potential anomalies linked to the protein CA-125, which is used to monitor ovarian cancer, Jolie's doctor told her, urging the actress to see her surgeon, who also had treated her late mother.
'I went through what I imagine thousands of other women have felt,' she wrote.
'I told myself to stay calm, to be strong, and that I had no reason to think I wouldn't live to see my children grow up and to meet my grandchildren.'
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She noted that she chose to keep her uterus because there is no history of uterine cancer in her family.
Jolie has previously spoken of the void in her life that her mother's death had left - a pain that led her to taking the brave decision to have a double mastectomy, so her children may not have to experience the pain she did.
The Unbroken director lost her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, to cancer at age 56 in 2007. Her grandmother and aunt also passed away from cancer; Seen with her mom in 2001
The actress's aunt, Debbie Martin, then died of breast cancer at the age of 61 less than two weeks after Jolie revealed she had undergone her mastectomy.
To counteract the loss of her ovaries, Jolie turned to hormone replacement therapy and had a device inserted in her womb.
'Regardless of the hormone replacements I'm taking, I am now in menopause,' she wrote. 'I will not be able to have any more children, and I expect some physical changes. But I feel at ease with whatever will come, not because I am strong but because this is a part of life. It is nothing to be feared.'
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'I know my children will never have to say, "Mom died of ovarian cancer,"' she added.
