2020-01-01_InStyle_Australia

(coco) #1

WOMAN


BEHIND
EVERY GREAT

IS 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
c\jjfej#Xcck_\_Xi[nfibXe[jXZi`ÊZ\#`kÂjXcc
^f`e^kfY\FB%;feÂkc\kXepfe\\cj\[\Êe\
n_fpflXi\%;\Êe\pflij\c]%À

8jXÊm\$p\Xi$fc[#XccD`iXe[XKXgj\ccnXek[


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


i\c\Xj\f]_\icXk\jkÊcd#Kfg<e[N[[`e^#


n`Zj_\XcjfZf$nifk\%I\dejZ`e^XYflk


her childhood in Kakadu National Park, she


i\Ë\Zkjfek\kn`jkjXe[kliej\ic`]\Âj


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,”


j_\jXpj%¿9lkXjbpflij\c]1N_pefk6N_p


HYUNDAIBEHINDEVERYGREATWOMAN.COM.AU


;<=@E<


PFLIJ<C=


DiXe[XKXgj\cc_Xjc\Xie\[k_Xkc]\iXi\cpjk`Zbjkfk_\gcXe%


She reflects on her childhood dreams, her doubts and the


advice she’d give her younger self.


HYUNDAI advertising feature

Free download pdf