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We are defined by many moments in our lives. Jane Badler is known worldwide for playing one of the most iconic scenes in 80’s television, and for her wonderful body of work as an actress since. She is also someone who has experienced great loss, including her beautiful son. In this raw and moving episode, Jane shares what she has learned about living with grief. And how she is choosing to live as a person who can change and inspire others.
About Jane Badler
Jane Badler, born in Brooklyn on the last day of 1953, is a well-known American and Australian actress, most famous for her role as the villainous reptilian leader “Diana” in the NBC series V (1983) and its sequels.
Jane spent her teenage years in Manchester where she won the Miss New Hampshire title in 1972 and competed in the Miss America Pageant before studying drama at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
In 1977, Jane landed her first major role on the TV soap opera One Life to Live (1968), playing “Melinda Cramer Janssen” until 1981, with a brief return in 1983. She also starred in the soap opera The Doctors (1963). Jane’s TV roles include Falcon Crest (1981) as “Meredith Braxton” from 1986 to 1987 and “Agent Shannon Reed” in the Mission: Impossible revival (1988) filmed in Australia. She guest-starred in various TV series.
Her Australian TV roles include Cluedo (1992) and a guest-starring role in Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (1994). In the 1990s, she ventured into stage and cabaret, including the one-woman show “The Love Goddess: Rita Hayworth.”
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1:53 Welcome Jane Badler- philanthropist, actor, singer, wife, and mother.
2:24 How Trump sent Jane down a route of activism and why women over 40 are some of our most powerful changemakers.
5:27 Jane’s early years and trauma- losing her brother and father in a plane accident.
8:43 Revisiting an iconic show and an iconic character- Jane as the villainous reptilian leader Diana in ‘V’ and the moment we’ll never forget, eating the rat!
12:22 Jane’s early acting motivations and the importance of forgiving our younger selves.
13:55 Jo and Jane explore their unique connection, both having lost their fathers in plane crash accidents and how it’s shaped their awareness of mortality.
16:13 Jane speaks to memories of her beautiful boy, Harry, the journey of losing him to addiction and living with grief.
21:30 Jane shares her learnings from healing, including a retreat guided by Deepak Chopra.
27:00 “This is madness”- Exploring the hold grief takes on us as Jane opens up about the legacy project she embarked on after losing Harry.
32:29 Jane shares her advice to anyone living with grief, Jo opens up about an emotional moment she shared with her community, and we explore how as a society we fear grief.
37:17 How has Jane’s lifetime of extraordinary experiences shaped who she is today? She’s a stronger feminist with a different view of her past experiences.
40:53 What is Jane Badler’s ‘Be’?
Meet Jo
Jo Stanley is Founder and CEO at Broad Radio – radio for women, by women. Comedian, author, MC, speaker. Co-host of The House of Wellness TV and Radio. Hope messenger. Equality warrior. Mother, wife, awesome friend.
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Mimi is the Author of House of Kwa, Journalist, MC, Facilitator, Keynote, Mum of four, studying to become a mindfulness mediation teacher, also did architecture at university and didn’t become an architect. Quite a good friend.
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