HAPPY Valley star Sarah Lancashire says she is suffering from “the most terrible menopause”.
The 58-year-old actress said she had been struck down by hot flushes and is using gels to tackle lower hormone levels.
She said: “I’ve got brain fog.
"I was in Sainsbury’s the other day, and I found myself just stood there in the aisle and could not remember what I was there for.
“It just comes over you all of a sudden.”
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Last week, she won two categories at the National Television Awards, with Happy Valley winning another.
But she joked she needed two fans to keep cool inside London’s O2 Arena, and brought a pal to look out for cameras.
The actress said: “If it looked like they were going to pan to us, he’d let me know so I could hide them.”
Speaking to The Sun after her win last week, the BBC star admitted she was expecting it at all.
“I’m shell shocked, I’m absolutely shell-shocked and almost speechless,” she said.