Amy Dowden has returned to dancing after overcoming breast cancer.
Amy Dowden has returned to dancing after overcoming breast cancer
The 33-year-old TV star, who is best known for appearing on 'Strictly Come Dancing', took to the dance floor backstage at the West End's 'Mamma Mia' show after she was given the all-clear in February.
Appearing on 'Lorraine', she said: "I am just itching to get on that stage and do some dance moves."
A TV insider also emphasised Amy "never lost any of her sparkle" after battling stage three breast cancer since May 2023.
They told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "It was quite the moment when Amy got up to dance … and she obviously blew everyone away with just how good she is. It’s been such a long journey for her but she has never lost any of her sparkle."
After being told she was cancer-free, Amy took to Instagram to share the news and thank her husband Benjamin Jones for his "unconditional" support.
She penned: “NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE! Words I dreamed of! My biggest accomplishment yet!
"I won’t be getting the all clear for 5 years especially with a hormone fed cancer. But it was all worth it. Words I never thought I’d hear at one point.
"So grateful for all the care I received and continue to have. To my husband, family and friends who supported me unconditionally and to you guys! Thank you!"
The TV star also emphasised she was determined to return to 'Strictly Come Dancing' after being forced to drop out of the show once she began chemotherapy.
She told 'BBC Breakfast': "This is the longest I've never danced for since May, so I need to get my body back into it.
"Obviously my body has been through so much with chemo so it's building up gradually, but I've missed it so much."
"I used to go and support them and it was bittersweet.
"I was supporting my best friends, but I didn’t want anything more than to be on that dancefloor. It was so cruel.
"So that’s the aim, is that they’ll have me back, to be back on that dancefloor with my best friends doing what I love most later this year."