Angelina Jolie won an Oscar, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for her turn as the manipulative, charismatic sociopath wardmate Lisa in the 1999 film Girl, Interrupted. Photo: Reuters

From Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman to Jennifer Lawrence and Jung Yu-mi – actresses who have tackled mental health honestly on screen

These films offer compelling, relatable portraits of women living with mental health issues

Topic | Health and wellness

Rob Garratt

Published: 2:00am, 3 Jan, 2020

Updated: 4:22am, 3 Jan, 2020

Angelina Jolie won an Oscar, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for her turn as the manipulative, charismatic sociopath wardmate Lisa in the 1999 film Girl, Interrupted. Photo: Reuters

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Rob Garratt

Rob Garratt is a writer and editor with more than a decade’s experience in arts and lifestyle journalism. Before joining SCMP STYLE as a digital production editor, Rob worked as a culture feature writer at Abu Dhabi’s The National – covering music, film and more – and as online editor of Time Out Dubai. Published on three continents, he has contributed regularly to specialist publications including Travel Weekly, Photography is Art and All About Jazz.