ANGELINA Jolie revealed her extensive tattoo collection at the Hollywood premiere of Disney’s Dumbo reboot on Monday.
The 43-year-old usually keeps her inkings covered up but showed them off wearing a white Versace gown which was cut low at the back.
Angelina Jolie showed off her vast tattoo collection on Monday eveningCredit: Splash News
She attended the premiere alongside her four youngest children – Zahara 14, Shiloh, 12, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 10.
The mum-of-six currently has seventeen designs covering her body and has no plans on stopping.
Her famous central back tattoo, which apparently “binds” her and ex-husband Brad Pitt, was on full display.
Angelina also displayed her arm tattoo, which has geographical coordinates (longitudes and latitudes) from the locations where her children first entered her life inked on her arm and the coordinates for Brad Pitt’s place of birth in Oklahoma.
The actress has 17 tattoos, many of which are on her backCredit: The Mega Agency
Angie’s vital tattistics
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- Children’s birthplace co-ordinates and ex BRAD PITT’s place of birth – Oklahoma
- A Buddhist spell dedicated to her adopted son Maddox
- Lyrics to THE CLASH song Know Your Rights
- A Buddhist temple which symbolises having mercy
- Buddhist mantras to bring luck and wealth
- Design representing four continents and the classical elements – earth, water, air and fire
- Bengal tiger to represent Angelina’s Cambodian citizenship, granted in ’05
- Design meaning “Determination” in Arabic over earlier tatt with ex Billy Bob Thornton
She attended the premiere with Zahara 14, Shiloh, 12, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 10Credit: Getty Images – Getty
While on a break from filming First They Killed My Father in Cambodia, Angelina spent time with her family in Thailand where former monk Ajarn Noo Kanpai inked three intricate tattoos onto her back.
The Sak yant tattoos were added to her skin using a series of steel rods mounted with a surgical steel needle – a painful process that is said to be more accurate than a modern day tattoo gun.
Speaking about her love of tattoos previously, she said: “I love them. They’re body art.
“I don’t think it’s abnormal that someone who spends their life in other skins wants to claim their own by marking things on it that matter to them.”
The central tattoo on her back was supposed to bind her to ex husband Brad PittCredit: The Mega Agency
While the majority of her tattoos are well thought out, she admitted her blue dragon on her hip came after a “crazy” night in Amsterdam.
She revealed: “Getting my dragon was perhaps the biggest surprise. I was in Amsterdam and got a little crazy, dropping my pants at a tattoo parlour and woke up the next morning and saw this really funny dragon.
“I’ve always wanted a dragon but this one had a funny blue tongue. To me a dragon is very much a woman, strong and elegant.”
