<body><div><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/angelina_jolie/index.html" rel="nofollow"> Angelina Jolie </a> cut a glamorous figure as she attended the premiere of Maria at the 68th BFI London Film Festival&nbsp;at The Royal Festival Hall in London on Friday. The actress, 49, showed off her sense of style as she arrived on the red carpet in a black blazer with matching trousers. The film star also wore a matching low cut blouse while she added height to her frame with a pair of black boots. Letting her blonde locks fall loose down her shoulders, Angelina complimented her outfit with a pair of gold drop earrings. The Oscar-winning actress accentuated her natural beauty with a light palette of makeup. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=48R7PS_0wCZdWb900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=48R7PS_0wCZdWb900" width="634" height="852" ><figcaption>The actress, 49, showed off her sense of style as she arrived on the red carpet in a black blazer with matching trousers </figcaption></figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1xWSU5_0wCZdWb900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1xWSU5_0wCZdWb900" width="634" height="423" ><figcaption>The film star also wore a matching low cut blouse while she added height to her frame with a pair of black boots </figcaption></figure><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><video allowfullscreen="true" controls="true" frameborder="0" poster="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/10/18/19/91025825-0-image-a-1_1729277804716.jpg" scrolling="no" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute" title="Angelina Jolie attends London Film Festival gala of 'Maria'"><source src="https://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2024/10/18/8265694376935471019/1024x576_MP4_8265694376935471019.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video></div><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Also at the BFI on Thursday was the premiere of the documentary film Twiggy about the life of the famous 1960s model. Twiggy, whose real name is Lesley Lawson, attended the event in a fuchsia blazer and trousers paired with a white top. She posed alongside the film's director Sadie Frost who opted for a black silk dress with a low cut neckline. Angelina's film Maria follows the life of famed opera singer Maria Callas. The film opens in the last days of the soprano's life and looks back on all the triumphs and tragedies along the way. Callas died of a heart attack at her Paris home on September 16, 1977. She was 53. Angelina said that roles like Callas come along 'once in a lifetime,' adding, 'I mean, it’s certainly the most challenging,' Deadline reported. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> To portray the opera singer, Angelina spent seven months learning six of the late singer's most famous arias. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2kmzY0_0wCZdWb900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2kmzY0_0wCZdWb900" width="634" height="942" ><figcaption>Letting her blonde locks fall loose down her shoulders, Angelina complimented her outfit with a pair of gold drop earrings </figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0Pwyxf_0wCZdWb900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0Pwyxf_0wCZdWb900" width="634" height="951" ><figcaption>Angelina looked in good spirits as she posed on the red carpet alongside Maria director Pablo Larrain and her co-star Alba Rohrwacher </figcaption></figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=13rLpN_0wCZdWb900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=13rLpN_0wCZdWb900" width="634" height="436" ><figcaption>Letting her blonde locks fall loose down her shoulders, Angelina complimented her outfit with a pair of gold drop earrings </figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0aq9jg_0wCZdWb900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0aq9jg_0wCZdWb900" width="634" height="951" ><figcaption>Angelina was all smiles as she signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans </figcaption></figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4V7j1s_0wCZdWb900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4V7j1s_0wCZdWb900" width="634" height="431" ><figcaption>Angelina's film Maria follows the life of famed opera singer Maria Callas during the last days of her life </figcaption></figure><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><video allowfullscreen="true" controls="true" frameborder="0" poster="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/09/26/16/90140325-0-image-a-42_1727365654733.jpg" scrolling="no" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute" title="Angelina Jolie in tears as she plays haunted opera singer Maria Callas"><source src="https://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2024/09/26/5116429551494934819/1024x576_MP4_5116429551494934819.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video></div> Angelina was also excited to work with director Pablo Larraín saying, 'This kind of work is not asked of me very often. And if it’s asked of me, it’s not often with this kind of material and this director, so these things come once in a lifetime.' Her experience making the film 'was beyond anything I could imagine, and it was a gift emotionally for me,' she said, adding that the role, 'changed me as a person. It helped heal a part of me.' The Mr. and Mrs. Smith actress said it is hard to explain all the ways the role changed and healed her. 'It would be too personal to explain. But from that first day [on set] not being able to breathe and crying to singing at the top of my lungs at La Scala, Milan, those moments changed me.' 'Having the chance to combine my two most deep and personal passions, cinema and opera, has been a long-awaited dream,' Pablo Larraín said in a statement to Variety. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1LgsTq_0wCZdWb900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1LgsTq_0wCZdWb900" width="634" height="949" ><figcaption>Also at the BFI on Thursday was the premiere of the documentary film Twiggy about the life of the famous 1960s model </figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3HBcu1_0wCZdWb900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3HBcu1_0wCZdWb900" width="306" height="664" ><figcaption>Twiggy, whose real name is Lesley Lawson, attended the event in a fuchsia blazer and trousers paired with a white top </figcaption></figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2FgUnS_0wCZdWb900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2FgUnS_0wCZdWb900" width="306" height="664" ><figcaption>She posed alongside the film's director Sadie Frost who opted for a black silk dress with a low cut neckline </figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3HdfUF_0wCZdWb900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3HdfUF_0wCZdWb900" width="634" height="951" ><figcaption>Angelina Jolie's Maria co-star&nbsp;Aggelina Papadopoulou looked incredible in a red mini dress </figcaption></figure> 'To do this with Angelina, a supremely brave and curious artist, is a fascinating opportunity. A true gift.' The Netflix film hits theaters in the U.S. on November 27 and debuts on the streamer on December 11. It is considered to be a major awards season contender and premiered to an eight-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival. Angelina is also serving as an executive producer of the musical adaptation of The Outsiders on Broadway and her daughter Vivienne, 16, worked as her assistant. </div></body>

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The actress, 49, attended the premiere of Maria at the 68th BFI London Film Festival at The Royal Festival Hall in London on Friday.