Actress takes up fight against Alzheimer’s
LINE Of Duty star Vicky McClure has told of her personal experience of dementia as she signed up to help fight the condition.
The Replacement actress, 35, has become an ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Society, which she said was “right up there with” winning a Bafta.
McClure, who is engaged to Welsh actor and director Jonny Owen, said “the fight against dementia is a cause that is really close to my heart” and that “raising awareness is so personal to me”.
She said too many people face the condition without support.
“Sadly, one person develops dementia every three minutes and it seems that almost everyone knows someone whose life has been affected,” McClure said.
Speaking about seeing her grandmother Iris develop dementia, she said: “I know from personal experience just how confusing and upsetting a condition it can be, and we need to unite and stand up to it together.”
Iris lived with Alzheimer’s until her death from the disease in 2015.
McClure said: “It’s great that dementia has been dragged out of the shadows and people are willing to talk about a condition that used to be a taboo subject. Yet too many people face the condition alone, without adequate support, and that is something I want to help Alzheimer’s Society put right.”