Ali Bastian insisted she is feeling more like herself following a brutal breast cancer battle as she let her hair down Westlife‘s 25th anniversary show.
The former Hollyoaks star, 43, looked radiant as she dressed up for a night with old co-stars Jodi Albert, 42, and Carley Stenson, 43, to see the band’s Royal Albert Hall performance in London.
The mother-of-two wore a black off-the-shoulder midi dress paired with matching heels.
Jodi, who is married to Westlife member Kian Egan, stunned in a black low-cut embroidered blazer with a mesh skirt.
While Carley opted for a floor-length pink sequin dress as the trio dressed up for a girls night out ‘ready to party’.
Ali took to Instagram to share her gorgeous up-do with her 100,000 followers and thanked her hair team for ‘making me feel more like me than I have in a very long time’.
Ali Bastian said she is feeling more like herself in a glamorous snap following her brutal breast cancer battle as she headed to West Life’s 25th anniversary show
The former Hollyoaks star, 43, looked radiant as she dressed up for a night with her co-stars Jodi Albert, 42, (centre) and Carley Stenson, 43, (left) to see the band’s Royal Albert Hall performance in London
She also went on to thank her friends in an emotional post.
‘These women who have held my hand through it all, who ever make it feel like it’s hard to love me or show up, even in the darkest moments,’ she wrote.
‘So many memories, so much magic. I love you so dearly.’
She added: ‘Such a beautiful night at the Royal Albert Hall. West Life absolutely blew me away it was simply magical.’
The actress was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer last year and underwent gruelling chemotherapy and had a mastectomy.
She discovered she had cancer after finding a lump, which she thought was a blocked milk duct while she was feeding her daughter.
In March of this year, however, Ali delighted fans by revealing she was officially cancer-free in a health update.
Now, the actress has opened up on her recovery, admitting her body is ‘under construction’ as she weighs up undergoing reconstruction surgery.
She thanked her friends in an emotional post: ‘These women who have held my hand through it all, who ever make it feel like it’s hard to love me or show up, even in the darkest moments’
Pictured: Ali and Carly on Instagram ‘ready to party’ as they enjoy drinks before the show
The actress was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer last year and underwent gruelling chemotherapy and had a mastectomy
Ali is best known for playing Becca Dean in the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks from 2001 to 2007 and also competed on Strictly Come Dancing in 2009.
Speaking to Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast, Ali said: ‘I couldn’t have a reconstruction at the time because we always knew I’d have to have radiotherapy. At some point there’ll be some kind of something.
‘Initially I was like 100 per cent it’s happening. But now, I want to have the conversations and talk through what the options are, but I’m not actually married to any of them at the moment.’
Giovanna, 40, asked Ali how she handled her recovery so far, which she answered: ‘In some ways better than I would have imagined actually, even the sort of gearing up for a mastectomy.
‘I’ve got a really good prosthetic that makes a big difference. It means in clothes I feel normal. It’s bright pink. It makes me happy.
‘It’s just very different to the lump of silicone that you get handed in the hospital, which is a hell of a moment.
‘This is a lot lighter and easy to wear. I quite like that it doesn’t look like a chicken fillet, like a pretend boob.
‘It’s something that I could show the kids as well because it’s so visually appealing.
‘It was one of those little bridging things. I just keep saying to myself really “I’m still under construction, I’ve been through a lot, I’m healing at the moment”.’
In March of this year, however, Ali delighted fans by revealing she was officially cancer-free in a health update
