Johnny Depp once described her as a walking poem. Looking at her now, you could say he was spot-on. A poem that is constantly evolving, and which is at once brilliant, committed, maternal, beautiful, combative and kind.
Born into Hollywood royalty, Angelina Jolie has managed to channel her unique talent and influence for good. Her career - which saw her debut at the age of seven, starring alongside her father, Jon Voight - now spans nearly (years. In addition to being an Oscar-winning actress, the 6 year-old has extended her repertoire to producer, director, humanitarian-activist, and special envoy to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
This year - as the face of French cosmetic house Guerlain - she partnered with UNESCO and Guerlain, one of the sponsors of the Women for Bees program, to raise awareness of the plight of bees and their challenges for survival. In May, Angelina was photographed, covered in bees, by world-renowned photographer Dan Winters, for National Geographic.
“I’m going to sound like my Buddhist practices, but it just felt lovely to be connected to these beautiful creatures,” she says of the photoshoot. “There’s certainly a hum. You have to be really still and in your body, in the moment, which is not easy for me. I think part of the thought behind it was, this creature is seen as dangerous sometimes, or stinging. So how do we just be with
