Samatha Womack has opened about her financial struggles after rejecting acting work due to her treatment for breast cancer.
Womack, 52, who is better known for playing Ronnie Mitchell in Eastenders From 2007 to 2017, it underwent a year and a half of treatment for the carcinoma of invasive grade 3 ducts, a type of cancer that extends rapidly where cancer cells look very different from normal breast cells, and tend to grow faster.
She announced her diagnosis in 2022 and told fans that she was free of cancer in December of that year.
In a new interview with The mirror, Womack explained that he was in a cycle of saying “no” to the works, and that the bank account was “crunchy” as a result.
“After my year and a half of treatment, I began to reject many things, and I didn't have the bank balance to match that trust, he trusts me,” he said.
“But there was empowerment in that because I thought: 'Ok, I need to go through this, spend time with myself and discover things that I have never discovered, maybe things that I have buried under a carpet.'”
Womack admitted that he had “low self -esteem” when considering different roles, and decided to opt for more gentle parts.
“The soaps pay very, very good, but the reality of being autonomous means that yes, they pay him for the work he does, but for the six months of the year he does not work, they do not pay him,” he said. “I have never been a rich person. I have gone from one job to another, always thinking: 'Better to say yes because nobody will love me if I do not,'”
She continued: “I had a very low self -esteem. Going back to work after my treatment felt very hard. I could not return to that neurotic and crazy energy so easily. I was physically capable, but I was not emotionally capable. I was choosing things that I felt Gentile to me.”
One of those works was an invited role in the cozy series of crimes Marlow's murder clubthat she said she felt a safe space and involved “a charming group of women.”
Womack was diagnosed with breast cancer after looking for a private check -up, driven by the feeling that he needed to be seen.
“I felt perfectly well. There was no leather discoloration, dimples, irritation,” he said. “I knew that the NHS calls people at 50, but I only thought of:” I need to be reviewed before. “I was about to catch it too late and the speed with which I had to process information was unbearable.
The actor is the mother of Benjamin, 24, and Lili-Rose, 20, whom he shares with his ex-husband Mark Womack. His current partner, Oliver Farnworth, 42, currently divides his time between Spain and the United Kingdom, where he plays John Sugen in ITV soap Emmerdale.
Womack explained that her husband's filming schedule, which means she gets home for two or three days at the same time before leaving again, has worked well for her.
“That has been quite good for me, having some space on my own. It has been weird in my life that has had enough confidence to do so, so it has been useful.”
Womack added that his experience has changed his perspective of life, saying: “I feel much more enlightened. I know myself better, I feel more humble, I feel calmer.”
Before starting his career as an actor in the 1990s, Womack represented the United Kingdom in Eurovision In 1991 under his bachelorette name, Samantha Janus, and has become papers in the Kingsman films series and Sky's comedy series Nice mount.
