Welcome back to the Remarkable Women series where you can read posts on inspirational women who have shared their story with the world and no doubt changed the lives of other women for the better.

Michelle Yeoh

In an interview with BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, the Oscar winning actress spoke openly about her infertility struggles and how it contributed to the break down of her first marriage. When discussing the time that she went for help with her fertility, she said, “𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦...” She went on to say, “...𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”

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Michelle Obama

In her must-read, international bestselling book, 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴, the attorney, author, and former First Lady of the United States of America, tells her story spanning from her childhood all the way to the family's two terms in the White House. She wrote about how she was treated by some aspects of the media during the 2008 Presidential campaign, stating, "𝘐𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭, 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥-𝘴𝘦𝘵, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 "𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺.""

At the end of the book she reflects on the value of sharing our stories. She went on to write that, "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦."

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Zara McDermott

The filmmaker, presenter, & television personality has spoken openly about the devastating impact of revenge porn - the sharing of explicit or sexual images or videos without consent - on her and her family in a BBC documentary released in 2021. When speaking to a friend about what happened to her she said, "𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴...𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥...𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺."

In an Instagram post discussing a visit to Buckingham Palace where she was recognised for her work in the film and television industry, she wrote, "𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰. 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 (& 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳) 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 & 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰. 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘶𝘱."

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Oprah Winfrey

In her book, '𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂?', (co-authored with Dr Bruce Perry) the TV host, television producer, actress, and media proprietor, has conversations with those who have experienced childhood trauma to understand how it affects current behaviour. The book starts with Oprah describing her own experience as a child. She writes, "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 - 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 - 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥-𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦... 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦."

She went on to write, "𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘳 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 - 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴."

📸: Tyren Redd

Hannah Waddingham

In an interview with Glamour Magazine, the Emmy Award winning actress, singer, and television presenter spoke about being bullied at school for being tall. She said, "𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥."

She spoke about how her height impacted her ability to get acting roles in her late 20s and early 30s stating..."𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦."

She now feels empowered by her height and went on to say, "...𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘐 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵, “𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 '𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭' 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳.” 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥."

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