Jolie bravely announced that she had undergone a double mastectomy in 2013 after her doctor determined that she had an 87% risk of developing breast cancer due to the BRCA1 gene. the gene for breast cancer. Her mother, Marcheline Bertrand passed away from breast cancer.
The mother of six addressed her extreme weight loss after her mother died in 2007. "I have always been lean, and this year I lost my mom and I've gone through a lot," she said. "Instead of people saying I look like a person dealing with something emotionally, they assume it's because I want to fit into skinny jeans. I want people to understand who I am as a person is not somebody that's trying to look thin, but just trying to work through a very difficult year."
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Jolie's looked gaunt with her hair pulled severely back off of her face.
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The Mr. and Mrs. Smith star looked skeletal with her bony arm protruding from her shroud.