The 60-year-old comedian, who will star in a Super Bowl commercial encouraging women to look after their breast health, shares her personal journey with cancer.

Comedian Wanda Sykes is raising breast cancer awareness in a new commercial airing on Superbowl Sunday. After Sykes was diagnosed with stage 0 breast cancer she underwent a double mastectomy.

In addition to the partnership with Steinfeld and Sykes, Novartis is collaborating on awareness efforts and advocacy events with organizations like the Susan G. Komen, Living Beyond Breast Cancer, TOUCH (The Black Breast Cancer Alliance) and Breastcancer.org.

A powerful Super Bowl ad featuring Hailee Steinfeld and Wanda Sykes flips the script on society’s obsession with women’s bodies—urging early breast cancer detectio

The Super Bowl is always packed with attention-grabbing ads, but Novartis’s cleavage-packed commercial created particularly major buzz after it aired on February 9. Called “Your Attention, Please,” the grabby ad runs through a series of breast-focused scenes,