Tessa James gives fans a rare insight into her marriage with NRL star Nate Myles and reveals the impact her cancer diagnosis had on their relationship

Tessa James gives fans a rare insight into her marriage with NRL star Nate Myles and reveals the impact her cancer diagnosis had on their relationship By MARY MRAD FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 19:16 EDT, 5 April 2025 | Updated: 19:16 EDT, 5 April 2025 e-mail View comments Former Home And Away star Tessa James has given fans a rare insight into her 15-year marriage to NRL star Nate Myles. The actress, who played Nicole Franklin on the popular soap from 2008 to 2011, told this week's Stellar Magazine her relationship with Nate has become stronger over the years. 'I said to him the other day, I wish we could get married now because I feel like I really know you.

I didn't know you then and you didn't know me. It was just pure love,' Tessa, 33, said. 'We're such a team.



We're in the trenches in the season we're in now. We have four kids: seven, four, three, and almost one. He's my ride or die.

'We have a very fluid life. He goes away a lot. I travel a lot.

To have that amount of children, I think you really have to have each other's back.' She also revealed how Nate took time off back in 2014 when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Former Home And Away star Tessa James (pictured) has given fans a rare insight into her 15-year marriage to NRL star Nate Myles The actress, who played Nicole Franklin on the popular soap from 2008 to 2011, told this week's Stellar Magazine her relationship with Nate has become stronger over the years 'My husband was the captain of the [Gold Coast Titans NRL] team, so he would have to take days off to come and sit with me,' Tessa said.

'He was travelling all the time. I had to get people to come and look after me because I couldn't drive and I just wasn't functioning.' Tessa and Nate share four children together: Saynt, six, Jaguar, three, London, two, and their newborn who they welcomed in July 2024.

They tied the knot in 2011 before welcoming their first child in December 2017. Tessa's pregnancy came three years after she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Speaking about her diagnosis in 2018, Tessa said that the disease stripped her of certainties.

'Going through something like (cancer) strips you of who you are, not only physically but mentally,' she told Women's Health Magazine. Tessa's full interview is available in this week's Stellar magazine Read More NRL star Nate Myles and wife Tessa James make rare public appearance as they attend the Australian Open in matching outfits - after secretly welcoming their fourth child Tessa added her cancer battle had brought her family closer together. 'We were always a close family But it brought us closer in some ways, because they've seen you in places and doing things that no one else has,' she said.

In the same month as her 2014 diagnosis, Tessa told the Herald Sun she credited her husband, who is married in 2011, for his unwavering support. 'I have a lot of help and I have a wonderful husband. I am really healthy and I credit a lot of that to how good I feel.

I think that happiness, it says a lot.' Home and Away Share or comment on this article: Tessa James gives fans a rare insight into her marriage with NRL star Nate Myles and reveals the impact her cancer diagnosis had on their relationship e-mail Add comment Comments 0 Share what you think No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards.

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