The heartbreaking moment Tessa James broke down as she opened up about her cancer battle

BEHIND former Home and Away actress Tessa James’ smile were tears as she began to fight her toughest battle yet.

BEHIND former Home and Away actress Tessa James’ smile were tears as she began to fight her toughest battle yet.

The 24-year-old, who is married to footy star Nate Myles, has revealed a rare glimpse of what life was really like on Sunday Night.

James was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in September last year and completed chemotherapy in February.

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“You’d see actresses and they seemed to always go through hardships,” she said on the Channel 7 program.

“I always thought, ‘Well I don’t have a story. My life is great’.

“Yeah, I have a story now.”

Nate Myles and Tessa James. Picture: Michael Ross

A tearful Tessa said on Sunday Night, “no one should have to go through that.”

In May, Myles revealed to The Sunday Telegraph that James would wake up confused and in a fright.

“It’s not something which would lead you to say to your wife, ‘get yourself to the doctor’,” he said at the time

“It was sickening — It was not cool what anyone has to go through because of that.

“She’s tougher than any footballer I have played alongside.

Tessa James and Nate Myles. Picture: Instagram

Tessa James. Picture: Instagram

“There’s a euphoric feeling when you walk off a field sore but for Tess when she was doing her treatment, she didn’t know for a lot of the time if it was a win, if it was helping.”

“I was more traumatised than her.”

James and Myles married in 2011.

Nate Myles and Tessa James. Picture: Michael Ross

Sunday Night will air the interview on Channel 7 on Sunday at 7pm.

Tessa James and Nate Myles. Picture: Instagram

Tessa James with friends. Picture: Instagram