Former Neighbours star Bonnie Anderson has opened up about the fear she experienced when she discovered growths in her throat that threatened her singing career.

The brunette beauty, who played Bea Nilsson on Neighbours, underwent surgery earlier this year after facing vocal issues in late 2023.

‘Even going out for dinner with mates I was feeling this tension and I would have to go home and rest,’ she told Josh Piterman on the Behind The Mask podcast.

‘Every gig I was doing, (I would) completely lose my voice afterwards, directly after the show. I was struggling to even sing the last few songs. My gigs last year, a few of them I would say, “Sorry guys, I have just lost my voice” and it started to get really serious,’ she shared.

The 29-year-old revealed doctors discovered cysts on her vocal cords, causing her distress. 

‘There were two really juicy cysts, very juicy, thick cysts,’ she said.

‘It was a moment when I thought, “Oh my god, do I get them taken off and will I ever be able to sing again, do I just keep going through this?”‘

‘I got the surgery, which was so terrifying…. it’s taken such a long time to recover. After the surgery I was not able to speak for five days,’ Bonnie continued.

Anderson admitted it took four months for her to regain her singing ability. 

‘I was so mentally drained, I felt so lost, did not know what was going to happen.’

Since then, the actress has been working with vocal coaches and performed her first post-surgery gig in May.

‘I am learning so much about my voice and different things that I was not able to do previously,’ she s aid. 

The brunette beauty, who played Bea Nilsson on Neighbours, underwent surgery earlier this year after facing vocal issues in late 2023

‘My falsetto, my higher end falsetto, is so much more crisp and strong,’ she added.

Anderson first rose to fame as the winner of Australia’s Got Talent in 2007 at the age of 12. 

She portrayed Bea Nilsson on Neighbours from 2018 to 2021, won The Masked Singer in 2020, and is currently a presenter on Channel Nine’s lifestyle program Postcards.  

In November 2023, Bonnie married landscaper Samuel Morrison, and the couple shares a one-year-old son, Bobby Ray. 

The 29-year-old revealed doctors discovered cysts on her vocal cords, causing her distress

Former Neighbours star Bonnie Anderson has opened up about the fear she experienced when she discovered growths in her throat that threatened her singing career.

The brunette beauty, who played Bea Nilsson on Neighbours, underwent surgery earlier this year after facing vocal issues in late 2023.

‘Even going out for dinner with mates I was feeling this tension and I would have to go home and rest,’ she told Josh Piterman on the Behind The Mask podcast.

‘Every gig I was doing, (I would) completely lose my voice afterwards, directly after the show. I was struggling to even sing the last few songs. My gigs last year, a few of them I would say, “Sorry guys, I have just lost my voice” and it started to get really serious,’ she shared.

The 29-year-old revealed doctors discovered cysts on her vocal cords, causing her distress. 

‘There were two really juicy cysts, very juicy, thick cysts,’ she said.

‘It was a moment when I thought, “Oh my god, do I get them taken off and will I ever be able to sing again, do I just keep going through this?”‘

‘I got the surgery, which was so terrifying…. it’s taken such a long time to recover. After the surgery I was not able to speak for five days,’ Bonnie continued.

Anderson admitted it took four months for her to regain her singing ability. 

‘I was so mentally drained, I felt so lost, did not know what was going to happen.’

Since then, the actress has been working with vocal coaches and performed her first post-surgery gig in May.

‘I am learning so much about my voice and different things that I was not able to do previously,’ she s aid. 

The brunette beauty, who played Bea Nilsson on Neighbours, underwent surgery earlier this year after facing vocal issues in late 2023

‘My falsetto, my higher end falsetto, is so much more crisp and strong,’ she added.

Anderson first rose to fame as the winner of Australia’s Got Talent in 2007 at the age of 12. 

She portrayed Bea Nilsson on Neighbours from 2018 to 2021, won The Masked Singer in 2020, and is currently a presenter on Channel Nine’s lifestyle program Postcards.  

In November 2023, Bonnie married landscaper Samuel Morrison, and the couple shares a one-year-old son, Bobby Ray. 

The 29-year-old revealed doctors discovered cysts on her vocal cords, causing her distress