Miranda Tapsell fronts cancer awareness campaign

Australian actor Miranda Tapsell says she’s working to use her platform for good as the face of a new campaign that affects “our sisters, our mothers, our friends.”

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Actor Miranda Tapsell believes conversation is key to finding a cure for ovarian cancer.

Fronting this year’s White Shirt Day campaign, Tapsell has urged women, and men, to talk about their health.

“It is important to use my platform for good in any way that I can,” she said.

“This affects our sisters, our mothers, our friends, it doesn’t just affect women, it affects the people around the women and we do need an ovarian cancer test that is available to all women and it should be as habitual as a pap smear or a mammogram.”

Miranda Tapsell posing for White Shirt Day to raise money and awareness for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF) with the help of Witchery.

The White Shirt campaign kicks off on May 6 and runs through until the 31st of the month. World Ovarian Cancer Day is May 8, which is also White Shirt Day.

The partnership between Witchery and the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation has been running for 12 years and sees all proceeds from sales of the shirt go to raising awareness and funds for the cause.

“I know it can be hard for a lot of women to talk about,” she said. “These campaigns exist and are created so that the dialogue does become easier because that is where it all starts. If we don’t create that safe space for women to talk about these concerns, how do we encourage the research to happen?”

Actor Miranda Tapsell has a new book coming out next week. Picture: Brenton Edwards

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This time last year, Tapsell was preparing for the release of her critically acclaimed film Top End Wedding. Now, the multiple Logie Award winner’s memoir – Top End Girl – is out next week.

She’s urged other actors, entertainers and creatives not to be hard on themselves in this time of coronavirus when they are unable to work.

“This time is so crazy for everyone that I just want to make it very clear to my fellow artists that it is important that we stay positive and keep going,” she said. “But it is also a time to be kind to ourselves so if an idea isn’t springing to mind or if there isn’t a hook in a song that they haven’t figured out yet or if they haven’t figured out what their story is for a film or book, that is okay too.”

Originally published as Miranda Tapsell fronts cancer awareness campaign