Oscar-winning actor, and Anthony Nolan Patron, Olivia Colman shares an emotional conversation with Holly Cross.
Holly is a mum of two who did everything after her family’s lives were turned upside down when her son, Rupert, was diagnosed with a rare and acute blood disorder.
We have released Holly and Olivia’s conversation to mark what would have been the 50th birthday of Anthony Nolan, the little boy our charity was named after.
Unlike Holly’s son, Rupert, Anthony never found the matching donor he needed, and he died when he was just seven years old. His mother, Shirley pioneered and launched the world’s first stem cell register in 1974. Since then, Anthony’s story has given the hope of a lifesaving transplant to millions of people with blood cancer or a blood disorder across the world.
