Strictly Come Dancing's Alex Kingston reveals how shock cancer diagnosis has changed her

Alex Kingston has revealed how her cancer diagnosis has changed her outlook on life.

Speaking for the first time about her hidden health woes, after being diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2024, Alex has revealed how the ordeal has impacted her outlook on life.

The 62 year old Strictly Come Dancing star was diagnosed with uterine cancer after suffering a haemorrhage while performing a play on stage. She had been experiencing symptoms of bloating and aching beforehand, but had written these off to "old age".

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But, after the incident, which took place during a play at the Chichester Festival last summer, Alex sought medical advice and received her diagnosis. She was told the cancer was in her fallopian tubes but had not spread to her ovaries. Alex subsequently underwent a hysterectomy and radiation therapy and her treatment finished towards the end of last year.

As she discussed her cancer diagnosis for the first time, Alex revealed how the health ordeal had changed her. She explained how her attitude towards visibly ageing has changed.

"My attitude has changed since I’ve had my diagnosis, because there’s part of me that doesn’t care so much about that," Alex explained to The Independent. "There are far more important things in life than how am I looking, or can I still be cast as a 40-year-old? Of course you can’t! Get over it."

Her health woes are also the reason why she decided to say yes to Strictly Come Dancing. Alex is competing in the current series and has been putting on impressive performances with her partner Johannes Radebe.

Alex revealed: "When they approached me, I thought of that cliché: life is too short.

"Go for whatever it is you secretly long to do, because if you’re not brave and you don’t do it, it won’t happen."

Initially, Alex had written off her symptoms, which included bloating and aching, as "old age" and she "just sort of accepted it" – however she now knows that what she was experiencing was symptoms of her illness.

The actress now wants to urge others to seek medical advice about any mysterious symptoms they may experience.

She said: "Womb cancer is really tricky because it is so sneaky. What I would say is, the body does know – and that was the body saying to me: ‘Help! There’s something really wrong."

'It’s so important to seek advice and have a check-up."

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