Julie Walters, one of Britain’s most famous actresses, said she had undergone surgery to remove 30 cm (12 inches) of her colon and taken a course of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer.
Walters, who rose to prominence for her portrayal of a mature student learning beside an alcoholic professor played by Michael Caine in the 1983 film Educating Rita, said she was now “really well”.
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She described the shock at being told by a doctor that she had cancer.
“He said: ‘Well I,’m worried it is cancer,’” Walters, 69, told the BBC. “The impact: “Shock. First of all, shock.”
“I’ve just had a scan, and I know that [I’m] clear,” she said.
The illness meant she had to be cut from certain scenes in the soon-to-be-released film The Secret Garden, in which she stars alongside Colin Firth, the BBC said.
