--- description: Her first appearance since announcing she had surgery to remove her ovaries. title: Watch Angelina Jolie's Uplifting Speech at the Kids' Choice Awards image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Angelina Jolie's Uplifting Speech at the Kids' Choice Awards ## Video: Angelina Jolie Had Her Ovaries Removed Due To Cancer Risk [Watch (HLS stream): Angelina Jolie Had Her Ovaries Removed Due To Cancer Risk](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PX01UmjB.m3u8) (1:28)  _Published 2015-03-24. Angelina Jolie opens up about having her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed in an essay in The New York Times._  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 29, 2015 2:49 PM CUT  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 29, 2015 2:49 PM CUT Angelina Jolie gave the audience at the 2015 Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday a few words of inspiration after winning “Favorite Villain” for her role in _Maleficent_. Here’s what the actress told her fans: --- > “” --- The 39-year-old’s uplifting speech was her first public appearance since [announcing](http://time.com/3756167/angelina-jolie-ovaries-removed-cancer/ "undefined") last week that she had recently undergone surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes. Wrapping up her remarks to the crowd, she advised to “cause a little trouble, it’s good for you.” _Read next:_ [_Why Angelina Jolie Chose to Have Her Ovaries Removed_](http://time.com/3756167/angelina-jolie-ovaries-removed-cancer/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3762599/angelina-jolie-kids-choice-awards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3762599/angelina-jolie-kids-choice-awards/"},"headline":"Watch Angelina Jolie's Uplifting Speech at the Kids' Choice Awards","datePublished":"2015-03-29T14:49:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:31:28.951Z","description":"Her first appearance since announcing she had surgery to remove her ovaries","url":"https://time.com/3762599/angelina-jolie-kids-choice-awards/","keywords":["celebrities","movies","Angelina Jolie"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3762599/angelina-jolie-kids-choice-awards/","name":"Watch Angelina Jolie's Uplifting Speech at the Kids' Choice Awards"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Angelina Jolie Had Her Ovaries Removed Due To Cancer Risk","description":"Angelina Jolie opens up about having her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed in an essay in The New York Times.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/PX01UmjB/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-24T13:55:10.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PX01UmjB.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3762599/angelina-jolie-kids-choice-awards/","duration":"PT1M28S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3762599/angelina-jolie-kids-choice-awards/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```