WOMAN
BEHIND
EVERY GREATIS HERSELF“ASK YOURSELF: WHY
CAN’T A LEADING LADY
BE A SHORT LARRAKIA
GIRL FROM DARWIN?”
MIRANDA TAPSELL
can’t a leading lady be a shor t Larrakia girl
from Darwin?” Prestigious drama school
NIDA clearly saw potential and accepted
her to study drama. “I’d never felt more
alone coming to Sydney on my own,” she
remembers.”But now I’d tell my younger self
that it’s the growing pain you need to have.
You’ll have your ability questioned, and you’ll
doubt yourself.” But with her mum’s advice
to be brave, trust herself and give 10 0 per
cent no matter what, Miranda persevered.
“Finally, I’d tell myself that after all the
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to be was a ballerina. Rarely seen without
her pink tutu and ballet shoes, she subjected
her family to countless per formances which,
in hindsight, were clearly a sign of things to
come. Fast for ward to today and Miranda,
acclaimed actor, screenplay writer and proud
Larrakia woman, has recently celebrated the
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journey has taken, as she ponders the advice
she’d give her younger self.
GROWING PAINS
In her early teens, Miranda discovered the
thrill of telling stories onstage and her dream
to act was born. But along with big dreams
there also came doubt – and doubters. So
what would she tell her younger self today
about this time in her life? “People will say
you’re not tall enough, not white enough,”
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She reflects on her childhood dreams, her doubts and the
advice she’d give her younger self.
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