Actress Angeline Malik has shared a deeply personal tribute to the women who stood by her during one of the most difficult years of her life. Taking to Instagram, Malik posted a moving video montage filled with photographs of the women who supported her through her cancer journey. The clip opened with a stark admission written across the screen, “I never thought I had the strength to fight cancer.”

Along with the video, she wrote a heartfelt caption reflecting on the emotional upheaval that came with her diagnosis and the strength she discovered in the women around her. “You didn’t just stand by me… you carried me,” she began.

Malik described the past year as one that “changed everything,” writing that the illness stripped her down to moments of fear, uncertainty and exhaustion she didn’t know she could endure. Yet in the middle of that storm, she said, “something extraordinary happened, I discovered the incredible power of women”.

“These women you see here became part of my journey in ways big and small,” she wrote. For Malik, the experience turned into a reminder that resilience isn’t always solitary – sometimes it’s collective. The post also marked a personal milestone – exactly one year since her surgery. Reflecting on the process of putting the video together, Malik said it made her realise just how fortunate she has been to have such a support system. “Every single one of you reminded me that courage is contagious… that strength grows when it is shared,” she wrote. “From the bottom of my heart, thank you for walking this journey with me.”