She's a household name and has graced Australian TV screens  throughout the early Seventies and Eighties, but it's her appearance as a bubbly, upbeat housewife on the Ajax Spray'n'Wipe advertisements that is perhaps Paula Duncan's most famous role. However, despite the glossy, upbeat image portrayed on our screens, Duncan, now 62, has revealed she attempted to commit suicide at age 43, and that her teenage daughter Jessica Orcsik was the one who found her. 'I woke up and there was an ambulance and Jess was waiting for me at home,' Duncan told Studio 10 in a sobering interview. Scroll down for video . Revelation: Actress Paula Duncan revealed her battle with depression and attempt to take her own life in an interview with Studio 10 . Harrowing: The actress' daughter Jessica Orcsik explained her memories of finding her mother and calling an ambulance . 'I said ‘What happened?’ and she said, ‘Mum, the supermarket rang to say you’d collapsed in a foetal position in the park.’ 'I had no idea when or how. I don’t know if I was losing brain cells or if the pain was that hard to endure I just didn’t even want to think or feel anymore,' she told Studio 10. A few days later she began taking antidepressants, and it was during this time Duncan reveals she attempted to take her own life, with daughter Jessica finding her after a suicide attempt. Distressing: Orcsik (pictured with her mother in 2002) being the one to discover her was the hardest part of Duncan's experience, the pair explained in the interview . Behind the screen: The actress, best known these days as the bubbly face of Spray'n'Wipe, has revealed her marriage breakdowns contributed to her depression . 'My first instinct was to call 000, roll her on her side, it was kind of crazy,' said Orcsik. 'I think for her knowing I found her like that, is probably the hardest thing.' Cop shop crew: Paula Duncan with former husband and co worker John Orcsik . Duncan, who suffered a marriage break down to fellow actor John Orcsik, and then subsequently a second marriage breakdown to Steve Mason, the cycle of rejection were devastating blows in her life. John Orcsik, a fellow actor from  Cop Shop, was Duncan's first love. She admits that she felt so overpowered with love for him, so much so it took precedence over the love of her baby. This left her  feeling like a bad mother, and was the start of a series of triggers she says lead to 'episode depression.' Episodic depression, according to Duncan, meant she could feel low as a result of one specific episode, despite there being a lot of happy things still happening in her life. For Duncan,  these episodes included -  feeling like a bad mother,  suffering a marriage breakdown, her mother  passing away and then her marriage to Steve Mason taking an unexpected turn for the worse. 'I was filming Strange Bedfellows and Paul Hogan and Michael Caton came up and said, "I wouldn't read the Sunday paper if I were you."' They said "your husband’s just admitted he’s found his true love." And I couldn't work anymore, I went into a very, very dark place,' she says. Around this same period she attempted suicide, Duncan received an 'Order of Australia' award from the Queen and was given a 'This is your Life' tribute, a somewhat cruel irony, that she couldn't fathom celebrating during such a dark time in her life. Her salvation came though by getting involved in charity work. From cop to cleaning queen: Cop Shop actress Paula Duncan is also famous for Ajax Spray'n'Wipe ad . Raising over nine million for paralympians and the Special Olympic program (whom she still is a patron of now), Duncan admits helping others has served more to her than she could ever give back to them. 'For anyone who is really down or depressed, the first thing you should do before anything else, is do something for someone else. If you do you will feel appreciated and you’ll find an element of self worthiness you’ll never have otherwise felt,' she says. Anyone who is suffering from depression or mental health issues should contact Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636 (Australia), the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1800 273 8255 (USA) or the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 (UK), or a local help group. Value: Duncan attributes her passion for charity work as her salvation and for finding self worth again .
Paula Duncan is an Australian actress famous for 'Ajax Spray'n'Wipe' ad . Previously starred in seventies shows 'The Young Doctors' and 'Cop Shop' Jessica Orcsik, daughter of Duncan, found her after  suicide attempt . Duncan talks candidly  about feeling rejected and attempting to take her life .