Actress Alex Kingston , known for roles on “ER” and “ Doctor Who ,” has revealed she was diagnosed with uterine cancer last year.

In an interview with The Independent, published Friday, the 62-year-old opened up about the hysterectomy she underwent and the radiation therapy she completed after.

“I had assumed that the way I was feeling was old age, and I just sort of accepted it,” she told the outlet. “I thought, ‘OK, this is what it’s like to be in my sixties.’ But a lot of how I was feeling was to do with my illness.”

Kingston — currently competing on “ Strictly Come Dancing ,” the U.K. version of “ Dancing With the Stars ” — shared that she’d been experiencing bloating and aches for a while before seeking medical attention after spotting blood in her urine.

“I never went d

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