jessica redmayne | 38
Jessica Redmayne joins Takaya Honda for a deeply personal conversation about Home and Away, acting, grief and dementia. Fresh from her final episode as Harper Matheson, Jessica reflects on leaving Summer Bay, tackling a domestic violence storyline, losing her mum to younger onset dementia and the family history that continues to shape her life.
What we get into:
· Leaving Home and Away after three years as Harper Matheson
· Why Jessica knew it was time to leave Summer Bay
· Tackling Harper’s domestic violence storyline
· Women sharing their own experiences after watching the story
· Returning to work three days after her mum’s funeral
· In the first of Takaya’s Just Tak Talks Dementia, Jessica and Takaya share their experiences of losing their mums to dementia
· Jessica’s mum’s younger onset dementia diagnosis
· The early signs her family noticed
· Her dad’s years caring for her mum
· Grieving someone before they die
· Dementia across multiple generations of Jessica’s family
· Her fears about becoming the next generation affected
· Why she refuses to live in fear
· What she hopes comes next after Home and Away
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