KAT STEWART ‘Mum’s still always with me.’

They say the darkest hour comes before the dawn. The Five Bedrooms star opens up about learning to find the silver lining, no matter how tough the times.

WORDS by TIFFANY DUNK

In 2015, Kat Stewart should have been on top of the world. She was in the first flush of pregnancy with a much longed-for second child, a daughter she would call Gigi. Her marriage to fellow actor David Whiteley was going from strength to strength, the pair having successfully navigated their way from colleagues to friends to blissful lovers. And her career was still on an upward trajectory, with a comeback seventh season of Offspring soon to be announced, and several other projects in the works. Yet behind closed doors she was in the midst of unthinkable heartbreak. Five days after she’d learnt she was pregnant, her mother Kitty had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer – a disease that would claim her life four-and-a-half months later. Not only that, but…

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The Australian Women's Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2021

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