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Angelina Jolie Shows Mastectomy Scars on Time France Debut Cover, Urges Wider Access to Screening

She uses the debut to call for affordable BRCA genetic testing.

Overview

  • TIME France’s first issue, out December 18, features Jolie on the cover with photos by Nathaniel Goldberg.
  • Jolie says she is sharing her scars in solidarity, noting, “I share these scars with many women I love.”
  • The actor underwent a preventive double mastectomy in 2013 after learning she carried the BRCA1 mutation, followed by an oophorectomy in 2015.
  • She argues that genetic testing and breast screening should be accessible and affordable, regardless of income or location.
  • Coverage links the reveal to her upcoming film Couture/Coutures, due in French cinemas on February 18, 2026, which engages with themes of breast cancer.