Universal Pictures said Friday that Jolie is suffering from “a mild bout of chickenpox” that will keep her from making public appearances in the coming days to support the film, which she directed.

Unbroken, about former Olympian Louis Zamperini, is set to premiere in Los Angeles on Monday.

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Director and actor Angelina Jolie poses on the red carpet for the UK premiere of the film Unbroken in London in November before she came down with chickenpox. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

Universal said Jolie’s children and her husband, Brad Pitt, will represent her at the premiere. The studio added that she’s “in very good spirits” regardless.

Angelina Jolie has just found out she has chickenpox. Picture: Screen shot YouTube. Source: Supplied

The actor, appearing pale and drawn, also explained her plight in a YouTube post.

In the video Jolie seems to be in goods spirits but is clearly covered with red spots from chickenpox. Picture: Screen shot YouTube Source: Supplied

“I will be home itching and missing everyone,” she says in the video. “I can’t believe it, because this film means so much to me ... But such is life. There it is.” Jolie’s illness comes days after she was maligned by top Hollywood executives in private emails made public by the Sony cyberattack and her film was ignored by the Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe awards.