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BreakingNews.ie
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BreakingNews.ie
Kylie Minogue and Richard E Grant send ‘love' to actress with stage 4 cancer
Kylie Minogue and Richard E Grant have sent 'love' to Australian comedian Magda Szubanski, following her announcement that she has been diagnosed with stage 4 blood cancer. The Liverpool-born actress, 64, known for her work on family films Happy Feet and Babe and their sequels, is 'hopeful' that a new treatment will help her get through the illness. Advertisement The Melbourne resident posted on Instagram on Thursday, describing her stage four mantle cell lymphoma as a 'rare and fast-moving blood cancer'. Under the post, Australian singer and former Neighbours actress Minogue, who has previously spoken about going through breast cancer decades ago, wrote: 'Sending all love' along with heart emojis. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Magda Szubanski (@magda_szubanski) Grant, who co-starred with Szubanski in the film Kath & Kimderella and whose wife, Joan Washington, died from lung cancer, wrote: 'We all love you soooooo much Mags.' Jurassic Park star Sam Neill, who was diagnosed with a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2022, wrote to his Ride Like A Girl co-star saying: 'Sending huge, healing love and hugs to you, dear Magda. Advertisement 'You are supported and held in all our hearts.' Muriel's Wedding actress Toni Collette, and singer and TV host, Dannii Minogue, also sent their support. Collette said: 'Sending huge, healing love and hugs to you, dear Magda. You are supported and held in all our hearts.' Minogue wrote: 'We will see you walking down the street – everyone will be waving to you and sending long distance.' Advertisement Australian actress Magda Szubanski (Rod McGuirk/AP) Along with the post, Szubanski appeared in a video saying she had shaved her head 'in anticipation of it all falling out in a couple of weeks', which can be a common side effect of undergoing chemotherapy. 'It's serious, but I've started one of the best treatments available (the Nordic protocol), and I'm lucky to be getting absolutely world-class care here in Melbourne,' Szubanski also wrote. 'I won't sugar-coat it: it's rough. But I'm hopeful. I'm being lovingly cared for by friends and family, my medical team is brilliant, and I've never felt more held by the people around me.' According to Cancer Research UK, mantle cell lymphoma 'develops when white blood cells called lymphocytes grow out of control' and about 600 people are diagnosed with it each year in the UK. Advertisement The charity said that a common treatment is the chemoimmunotherapy combinations, known as the Nordic protocol, which sees the patient have drugs on certain days. Szubanski received international acclaim for her role as the farmer's wife, Esme Hoggett, in the 1995 movie, Babe, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning one for visual effects. She played sports-loving Sharon Strzelecki in Australian sitcom Kath And Kim, which inspired an American remake with the same name, and has been in Neighbours, and Oscar-nominated 2024 animated film, Memoir Of A Snail. Szubanski, who voiced the role of penguin teacher Miss Viola in the animated films Happy Feet in 2006 and Happy Feet Two in 2011, moved to Melbourne with her family in 1966 from the UK. Advertisement
CTV News
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Australian actor, star of ‘Babe' and ‘Kath and Kim,' reveals cancer diagnosis
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian comedian and actor Magda Szubanski, best known for roles in the television sitcom 'Kath and Kim' and the movie 'Babe,' announced on Thursday she had been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer. The 64-year-old Melbourne resident posted on social media that she had started treatment for stage four mantle cell lymphoma, which she described as a 'rare and fast-moving blood cancer.' 'It's serious, but I've started one of the best treatments available (the Nordic protocol), and I'm lucky to be getting absolutely world-class care here in Melbourne,' Szubanski posted. 'I won't sugar-coat it: it's rough. But I'm hopeful. I'm being lovingly cared for by friends and family, my medical team is brilliant, and I've never felt more held by the people around me,' she added. Szubanski said that she had shaved her head before appearing in a video 'in anticipation of it all falling out in a couple of weeks.' That was an apparent reference to undergoing chemotherapy. Szubanski received international acclaim for her role as the farmer's wife Esme Hoggett in the 1995 movie 'Babe.' The movie that tells the story of a pig that wants the job of a sheepdog was nominated for seven Academy Awards. Szubanski reprised the role in the 1998 sequel: 'Babe: Pig in the City.' She played sports-loving Sharon Strzelecki in Australian sitcom 'Kath and Kim.' The series ran from 2002 to 2005 and inspired an American remake with the same name. Szubanski voiced the role of Miss Viola in the animated films 'Happy Feet' in 2006 and 'Happy Feet Two' in 2011. Both were produced and directed by George Miller. Szubanski was born in Liverpool, England, on April 12, 1961, and moved to Melbourne with her family in 1966. Rod Mcguirk, The Associated Press
ABC News
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Comedian Magda Szubanski reveals serious cancer diagnosis
Beloved Australian actor and comedian Magda Szubanski reveals she has been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive stage 4 blood cancer.
BreakingNews.ie
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BreakingNews.ie
Babe and Kath And Kim star Magda Szubanski announces cancer diagnosis
Australian comedian and actor Magda Szubanski, best known for roles in the television sitcom Kath And Kim and the movie Babe, has announced she has been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer. The 64-year-old Melbourne resident posted on social media that she had started treatment for stage four mantle cell lymphoma, which she described as a 'rare and fast-moving blood cancer'. Advertisement 'It's serious, but I've started one of the best treatments available (the Nordic protocol), and I'm lucky to be getting absolutely world-class care here in Melbourne,' Szubanski posted. 'I won't sugar-coat it: it's rough. But I'm hopeful. I'm being lovingly cared for by friends and family, my medical team is brilliant, and I've never felt more held by the people around me,' she added. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Magda Szubanski (@magda_szubanski) Szubanski said that she had shaved her head before appearing in a video 'in anticipation of it all falling out in a couple of weeks'. That was an apparent reference to undergoing chemotherapy. Szubanski received international acclaim for her role as the farmer's wife Esme Hoggett in the 1995 movie Babe. The movie that tells the story of a pig that wants the job of a sheepdog was nominated for seven Academy Awards. Advertisement Szubanski reprised the role in the 1998 sequel: Babe: Pig In The City. She played sports-loving Sharon Strzelecki in Australian sitcom Kath And Kim. The series ran from 2002 to 2005 and inspired an American remake with the same name. Magda Szubanski, left, with John Travolta, right, in 2004 (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File) Szubanski voiced the role of Miss Viola in the animated films Happy Feet in 2006 and Happy Feet Two in 2011. Both were produced and directed by George Miller. Szubanski was born in Liverpool, England, on April 12 1961 and moved to Melbourne with her family in 1966. Advertisement
Washington Post
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Australian comic actor Magda Szubanski, star of 'Babe' and 'Kath and Kim,' reveals cancer diagnosis
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian comedian and actor Magda Szubanski, best known for roles in the television sitcom 'Kath and Kim' and the movie 'Babe,' announced on Thursday she had been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer. The 64-year-old Melbourne resident posted on social media that she had started treatment for stage four mantle cell lymphoma , which she described as a 'rare and fast-moving blood cancer.'
