Our first guest on the new season of the podcast is Lisa Riley. Lisa plays the iconic character Mandy Dingle on ITV soap Emmerdale. Mandy was involved in a breast cancer storyline last year, which explored family history and genetics, and sex and intimacy after cancer. Lisa tells us about the research and collaboration with Breast Cancer Now behind the scenes to get the details of the storyline right.
Lisa also sadly lost her mum to breast cancer in 2012. She opens up about how that affected her mental health and why she made the choice to live her life without undergoing genetic testing. Lisa also shares how she lives her life with positivity and humour in the face of adversity, and the importance of her work with Breast Cancer Now as Ambassador of the charity.
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