Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has hinted she might enter politics and even run for US President.

The film star who is a worldwide humanitarian campaigner said she “would go where I am needed” when asked if she would contemplate a political career, potentially by entering the race for Democrat party presidential nomination.

She indicated she had the attributes - no skeletons in her closet, a tough chin and open thinking - but said she was also happy with her current role as a UN Special Envoy which gave her the chance to work with people in need as well as governments and the military.

“So for now, I will stick quiet,” she concluded when asked about her political ambitions while guest editing BBC Radio Four’s Today programme. The “for now” was picked up by the interviewer.

“If you asked me 20 years ago, I would have laughed. I really don’t know. I always say I will go where I am needed.

“I don’t know if I am a fit for politics but the I have also joked that I don’t know if I have got a skeleton left in my closet. I am pretty open and out there. I can take a lot on the chin. That’s good. I honestly will do whatever I think can really make change.