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# 'Chicago Med' Star Marlyne Barrett Diagnosed with Uterine and Ovarian Cancer
- URL: https://celebritykind.ghost.io/chicago-med-star-marlyne-barrett-diagnosed-with-uterine-and-ovarian-cancer/
- Published: 2022-09-28T01:29:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-29T23:49:15.000Z
- Author: Celebritykind
- Tags: Health, Marlyne Barrett, #Migrated-1790725431459, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-29 23:45

*Chicago Med* star **Marlyne Barrett** has revealed she has uterine and ovarian cancer.

Speaking to [*People*](https://people.com/health/chicago-meds-marlyne-barrett-has-cancer/?ref=celebritykind.ghost.io) magazine, the actress explains that doctors found a tumour in her uterus and left ovary in July and as she embarks on her third round of chemotherapy, she feels a responsibility to tell her story:

"We as human beings are so scared to face the mortality of life, or even pronounce the word cancer. But we have so much more strength inside of us than we think."

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Marlyne says she shaved her head in front of her 11-month old twins "so they'd see it was still Mommy."

She adds, "I wept, I wept, I wept. But it was a beautiful experience to do it in front of them."

In 2019, Marlyne filmed emotional scenes when her *Chicago Med* character Maggie Lockwood went through breast cancer. "I had a sea of people reach out to me through social media. They brought me courage, and so I felt a sense of inevitability to meet their hearts where they met me."

Read more at People.com

*(Feature Image Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)*