Angelina Jolie flashed her back in a stunning black dress at the Couture premiere in Rome.
The ‘Tomb Raider’ actress appeared on the red carpet wearing a backless gown with a cape that revealed a huge tattoo on her back. She arrived at Saturday’s premiere in a midnight-hued midi dress that draped gracefully over her arms and shoulders as she waved to fans.
The “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” actress accessorized with jeweled earrings with black stiletto boots and sheer stockings. Jolie, 50, wore minimal makeup and wore her hair long and straight for the event, which was held at Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.
The iconic actress was joined at the event by co-stars Agné Anney and Louis Garrel, as well as writer and director Alice Winocour.
The actress, who recently made rare comments about her decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy, stars as a middle-aged “filmmaker” tasked with creating a short film for a Paris Fashion Week show named Maxine.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, “in the midst of the glitz and turmoil of fashion’s most frenetic week,” Maxine was eventually diagnosed with breast cancer.
“I chose to have the surgery because I lost my mother and grandmother at a young age,” the mother of six told Hello! magazine from the beginning of this month.
“I chose to have a double mastectomy 10 years ago because I carry the BRCA gene,” she added. “And I had my ovaries removed, too, because that’s what my mom did.”
The “Maleficent” star’s mother, Marcheline Bertrand, died in 2007 at age 56 after battling both ovarian cancer and breast cancer.
“It’s my choice,” Jolie continued. “I’m not saying everyone should do it, but it’s important to have a choice. And I don’t regret it.”
Last month, the actress reflected on her mother’s battle with the disease while promoting the film at the Toronto International Film Festival.
When asked for a message of “hope” during a Q&A session, Jolie became emotional.
“I’m going to say one thing that I remember my mom saying when she got cancer. She said to me once, when we were having dinner and people were asking her how she was feeling, she said, ‘The only thing everyone asks me about is cancer,'” she said.
“So I say, if you know someone who’s going through something, ask them about everything else in their life, too. They’re full human beings and they’re still alive.”
In a 2020 essay for the New York Times, the actress wrote, “Looking back, I realize how much her death changed me.”
