Academy Award-winning actress Anjelica Huston has shared that she was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago but is now "in the clear," as reported by PEOPLE.

Huston revealed she was diagnosed shortly after the release in 2019 of her film John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. She has not disclosed what kind of cancer she had, saying she wished that information to remain private.

"That was a very serious moment for me," said the actress. "I managed to survive it, and I'm proud of myself."

"It's not something that came lightly," she added. "It came as a big shock, but it made me conscious of what I shouldn't do, of places I shouldn't go. One of those places was taking life too seriously. So now when the opportunity arises, I laugh, and I try not to make a big deal out of things."

The Agnes Browne director and star also revealed she found out she was cancer-free four years ago, and has been doing regular scans since.

"I'm at the four-year mark, and that means so much to me," she said. "It's a fantastic thing. I'm very proud of myself, and I've been very lucky. My doctors have been wonderful."

The actress has chosen to make her struggle public after six years hoping she might be helpful to others.

"Sometimes you feel like you don't want to talk about it for the obvious reasons, but there's a lot to be said for talking about it and getting it out there and celebrating the fact that one's come through," she said.

"Life is tenuous and wonderful. It also gives you the idea that the world is big and you can somehow match up to it. That you're ready for whatever happens."

The actress, who recently starred in the Agatha Christie-inspired BBC One series Towards Zero, said that filming in the English countryside reminded her of her childhood in Ireland.

"The landscape around Bath is very much what I grew up with," she said. "It was lovely. The local gentry were very reminiscent of the women I grew up with in the west of Ireland who were horse-loving riders, farmers, noble women."