Mumbai, Oct. 25 -- Mistress of Evil actress Angelina Jolie wrote a heart-warming essay in Time where she opens up about losing her mother Marcheline Bertrand to cancer. The Lara Croft: Tomb Raider actress Angelina Jolie states that it was not just her mother, but even her grandmother who lost a battle to cancer. According to the essay written by Mr. and Mrs. Smith actress Angelina Jolie both her mother and grandmother suffered from breast cancer. The Taking Lives actress Angelina Jolie had done a double mastectomy as a preventative step.

Later on, the Salt actress also got her ovaries and Fallopian tubes removed when she learnt of her genetic vulnerability to breast and ovarian cancer. The By the Sea actress Angelina Jolie recounts the i...