‘When I was 42, I had a breast cancer scare. I was on the phone to the nurse, and one of the first things that popped into my mind was that I had to book a bungee jump. It was my “Oh, my God, I could actually die” moment. It made me realise I had to live my life. I had to reclaim my sense of who I really am, and being adventurous had always been part of that, but Id lost it over the years. ‘I came to London from Israel, where I’m from, and was working as a solicitor, looking for a clean start after my first marriage broke up. I was 30. You never think your marriage is going to end in a little room surrounded by strangers looking at their watches to see how long before lunch. But we had tried everything before we got the divorce, and sometimes the right thing to do is to give up. Getting through that taught me that I’m strong, and to listen to my gut. I left with nothing but a few photo albums.
‘I had always wanted to act, so I enrolled in a Performing Arts MA. I planned to stay in London for a year, but that all changed when I met my now-husband, Mike…