When actress Lysette Anthony first landed the role of Hollyoaks’ Marnie Nightingale in 2016, she was understandably over the moon.
But, unbeknown to viewers of the Channel 4 soap, Lysette was hiding a crushing secret – she had just been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the young age of 52.
Now, breaking her silence for the first time in an exclusive interview and shoot with OK!, Lysette has detailed the lows she’s overcome since her initial diagnosis, as she vows to live life to the full and continue working.
While she admits that her symptoms have naturally worsened over the past six years, the 58 year old is glad to be feeling considerably better than she did just two months ago when her health declined so much, she thought she was dying.
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