‘I FELT SO ALONE!'

Home And Away’s Sophie Dillman reveals her painful health battle

On screen as Ziggy, Home And Away’s Sophie Dillman is sassy, confident – and a little bit of a rebel. But the actress admits that in her personal life it isn’t always so, revealing she has spent most her life battling crippling pain.

“Ziggy is really confident – I sometimes wish I had a bit more of that in me,” Sophie tells Woman’s Day from her Sydney home.

The 29-year-old has spent most of her life battling endometriosis, which is caused when tissue that is similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the womb, causing pain and often infertility.