Former Home And Away star Tessa James has given an update on her cancer battle after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Tessa, who played Nicole Franklin on the popular soap from 2008 to 2011, was diagnosed with the illness in 2014 at just 23.
A decade on, Tessa, 33, took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a series of images detailing her cancer fight.
One throwback photo showed the actress having her head shaved, while another showed her smiling while receiving chemotherapy.
Captioning the images, Tessa shared the welcome news that she is now cancer free.
‘Ten years ago today I underwent 6 months of chemotherapy treatment after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma,’ Tessa wrote.
Former Home And Away star Tessa James has given an update on her health after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Pictured
‘Today, I’m proud to say that I’m cancer-free, with 4 beautiful, healthy kids. Grateful for this journey and everything that came with it.’
The good news was met with a flurry of comments from friends and followers, with many congratulating Tessa.
‘You’re amazing and inspirational,’ one commented. ‘Sending lots of love to you, Tessa.’
Another chimed in with a similar: ‘Such a warrior!!!! Loved you on home and away and still love you!
‘Such an inspiration and your kicked cancer’s button with such courage, bravery, and grace! Your kids will thanks you for being so amazingly resilient and fighting.’
Tessa is married to former NRL star Nate Myles and the pair share four children together: Saynt, six, Jaguar, three, London, two, and their newborn who they welcomed in July 2024.
They tied the knot in 2011 before welcoming their first child in December 2017.
Tessa’s pregnancy came three years after she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
A decade on from her diagnosis, Tessa, 33, took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a series of images detailing her cancer journey.
‘Today, I’m proud to say that I’m cancer-free, with 4 beautiful, healthy kids. Grateful for this journey and everything that came with it,’ Tessa announced
‘Such a warrior!!!! Loved you on home and away and still love you,’ another wrote. ‘Such an inspiration and your kicked cancer’s button with such courage, bravery, and grace!’
Speaking about her diagnosis in 2018, Tessa said that the disease stripped her of certainties.
‘Going through something like (cancer) strips you of who you are, not only physically but mentally,’ she told Women’s Health Magazine.
Tessa added her cancer battle had brought her family closer together.
‘We were always a close family But it brought us closer in some ways, because they’ve seen you in places and doing things that no one else has,’ she said.
In the same month as her 2014 diagnosis, Tessa told the Herald Sun she credited her husband, who is married in 2011, for his unwavering support.
‘I have a lot of help and I have a wonderful husband. I am really healthy and I credit a lot of that to how good I feel. I think that happiness, it says a lot.’
Tessa played Nicole Franklin on the popular soap from 2008 to 2011
Tessa is married to former NRL star Nate Myles (pictured) and the pair share four children together
