A WIRRAL breast cancer survivor is playing a starring role in the national launch of a Cancer Research campaign.

Jean Mudie, from Bromborough, is one of 10 “If I Can Do It . . .“ ambassadors chosen from across the UK to show that women everywhere are invited to take part in the charity’s 2009 Race for Life.

To launch the campaign, grandmother Mrs Mudie joined a team of celebrities to create a live billboard advert, positioned in London’s Paternoster Square.

Together, the women – who are cancer survivors or have a loved one who has been touched by the disease – recreated the iconic police line-up image from the cult 1995 mystery film, The Usual Suspects.

The image underlines that the 5km event is achievable for all women, who can complete the course in their own time as a walk, jog or run.

The famous faces in the unlikely group are TV presenter Lynda Bellingham, larger-than-life comedienne Amy Lamé, Casualty actress and breast cancer patient Rebekah Gibbs, Green Goddess and breast and skin cancer survivor Diana Moran and Eastenders actress Laila Morse, who plays Mo Harris.