The actress opened up about her cancer diagnosis and how it changed her outlook on life ahead of her Blackpool performance
Strictly Come Dancing’s Alex Kingston has said she feels “fearless” after her cancer journey.
The former ER actress, who is currently a contestant on the BBC ballroom show, faced a womb cancer diagnosis last year. She previously revealed how she had suffered severe bleeding whilst performing on stage, which subsequently led to her diagnosis.
Alex, 62, maintained privacy about her journey until feeling prepared to discuss her experience, which she hopes may encourage others, reports the Mirror.
“It has made me fearless,” said Alex, who was speaking ahead of her performance during the BBC ballroom contest’s Blackpool show.
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“It’s made me want to encourage people to just go for it. I do hope to help others by speaking out about what I have gone through. I hadn’t made it public, and I just thought, ‘I’m going to because I haven’t been voted off yet!’”
The actress said she is showing people that she is “taking this journey forward” and emphasises that if people have gone through something, whether it’s a health issue of a bereavement, it is “a reminder to just live, and live to your fullest”.
Alex has made it past the halfway stage on Strictly Come Dancing, with just a handful of celebs now remaining in the running to win and get their hands on the coveted Glitterball trophy.
The actress has proved popular with judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Anton Du Beke and Motsi Mabuse and has been turning in good scores.
However, the star, who is paired with pro Johannes Radebe in the competition, has admitted that she is just taking things “one day at a time” on the dancefloor.
“It’s a little bit like when I was going through radiation therapy,” said the actress, who is known to TV viewers for playing Dr Elizabeth Corday in the US medical drama.
“I just took my life one day at a time because you couldn’t do anything else with your day.
“There was nothing else.”
Strictly Come Dancing airs on BBC One.
