Actress Angelina Jolie Opens Up About Past Plan to End Her Life and Conceal It as a Robbery

American star actress Angelina Jolie has disclosed that she once considered hiring a hitman to end her life as she grappled with suicidal thoughts.

The 49 years old actress shared that during her early twenties, specifically at the age of 22, she devised this plan.

In a revealing interview, Jolie discussed how her mental health struggles had driven her to the brink, where she contemplated ending her life. However, she was concerned about the impact her death would have on her family and friends, fearing they might feel responsible for not providing adequate support.

She explained that her intention was to make her death appear as a result of a robbery rather than a suicide, so that her loved ones would not feel they had let her down. Jolie initially disclosed this unsettling plan to IMDb, stating, "This is going to sound insane but there was a time I was going to hire somebody to kill me."

Further elaborating in a 2003 interview with *The Face* magazine, Jolie remarked, "They're not that hard to find in New York. As insane as it sounds, I think a lot of people consider suicide when they're young. I was very aware that so many people around me, like my mother, would feel as though they didn't give enough or do enough if I'd taken my own life. So my solution to that was if someone else had taken my life, like in a 'robbery,' then it would be murder and it wouldn't be that anyone would feel they'd let me down."

Jolie also revealed her plan to obscure the true nature of her death by withdrawing cash over time to avoid a large sum in her bank account. She noted that the man she had hired allowed her time to reconsider, suggesting she call him back in two months. Ultimately, something in her life shifted, leading her to choose to continue living.