Angelina Jolie has stripped naked for a daring Harper’s Bazaar photo.

Angelina Jolie is embracing herself and everything that lies ahead in this new chapter of her life with bravery. The Maleficent: Mistress of Evil actress wore nothing but a thin, white transparent veil that flowed softly over her body for the cover of Harper’s Bazaar’s December 2019/January 2020 edition. Angie is shown in the creative shot with her body tilted and her head turned to the camera, her eyes looking down the lens. Her face is very stoic, with no obvious excessive emotion visible. As her veil billows and dances around her body, the gray background completely sets the tone for the image. Along with the gorgeous photographs, Angelina Jolie spoke candidly about her history and future plans.

She stated that she would want to stay abroad, but that her ex-husband Brad Pitt wants their children to remain in Los Angeles until they reach the age of eighteen. When asked where she would live if she weren’t in the United States, the ‘Maleficent’ actress responded, “I would love to live abroad and will do so as soon as my children are 18. Right now, I’m having to base where their father chooses to live.”

Before their shocking breakup in 2016, Angelina and Brad were Hollywood’s golden couple.

Shiloh, Vivienne, and Knox are the couple’s biological children, and Maddox, Pax, and Zahara are their adoptive children. Maddox, their 18-year-old son, is presently studying in South Korea.

“My body has been through a lot over the past decade, particularly the past four years, and I have both the visible and invisible scars to show for it,” the A-list star remarked, posing naked in just a sheet.

Angelina Jolie for Harper’s Bazaar [Sølve Sundsbø].

Angelina Jolie has openly discussed becoming a mother and watching her children grow up this year, and it’s been a transformational year for her. However, in a Harper’s Bazaar feature, the usually secretive actress opened up about her personal doubts and problems. The Oscar winner shared a touching story about her mother and a tattoo that reminds her to embrace her “wild heart” every time she sees it. ’ “I have a tattoo, ‘A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.’ I got it when I was 20,” the actress shared. “I was with my mom one evening, and I was feeling lost. I was restless—always. I still am,” she confessed. “We were driving to dinner, and she talked about spending time with Tennessee Williams and how much she loved his words. She told me he wrote that, about the wild at heart.” Feeling inspired, Angie revealed that she and her mother “drove to a tattoo parlor, and I got it inked on my left arm. What she did for me that night was to remind me that the wild within me is alright and a part of me.”

Jolie opened out to the magazine on regaining her inner strength and reclaiming her genuine self with the aid of her six children.

“The part of us that is free, wild, open, curious can get shut down by life. By pain or by harm. My children know my true self, and they have helped me to find it again and to embrace it,” she said. “They have been through a lot. I learn from their strength. As parents, we encourage our kids to embrace all that they are, and all that they know in their hearts to be right, and they look back at us and want the same for us.”

Angelina went on to thank her children for assisting her in getting through the difficult times.

“My children know my true self, and they have helped me to find it again and to embrace it,” Maleficent added.

While Angelina Jolie’s history has shaped her into the powerful actress she is today, she is ready to face the future. She revealed her wish for everyone in the next year, saying that she wishes “everyone in 2020 to remember who they are and to be who they are regardless of what might be disrupting their ability to be free. If you feel you are not living your life fully, try to identify what it is or who it is that is blocking you from breathing,” she said. She also encouraged readers to, “Identify and fight past whatever is oppressing you. That takes many forms, and it is going to be a different fight for everyone.”

As a visiting professor at the London School of Economics, she has long advocated for humanitarian issues, working with the UN Refugee Agency and even educating students about peace, security, and women’s rights.

She said: “I say this with a deep understanding that for so many women, freedom is simply not an option,” she shared. “Their own system, community, family, government works against them and is part of what is shutting them down.” Those words and ideas have been instilled in her daughters as they continue to grow up. But for Angelina, the future is about embracing her true ‘wild heart,’ and her photos in Harper’s Bazaar show just that.