Angelina Jolie does not regret undergoing a double mastectomy and having her ovaries removed.

The actress, 50, had the procedure after discovering she carried the BRCA gene mutation that increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

Angelina, best known for roles in Tomb Raider and her latest film Maria, reflected on the surgeries in a new interview with Hello! magazine, explaining how her decision came after losing both her mother and grandmother to cancer.

She said: “I did choose to have that (surgery) because I lost my mother and my grandmother very young.

“I have the BRCA gene, so I chose to have a double mastectomy a decade ago. And then I’ve also had my ovaries removed, because that’s what took my mother.”

Agelina’s mother, Marcheline Bertrand, died in 2007 aged 56 following

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