Lady dawn russell biography

Lady Dawn Russell lives a life any Downton Abbey fanatic would dream of: an American who married English aristocrat Lord James Russell, she counts Woburn Abbey as a family gathering place and incredible “playground” for their sons, 5-year-old Alexander and 2-year-old Leo.

But the fairy tale world is only one chapter in Russell’s extraordinary journey. At 25, she was diagnosed with stage 3 lymphatic cancer – a turning point that changed her path.

Lady dawn russell biography

“It was this flip in my life,” Russell, 41, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue.

Living in New York and working as a model at the time of her diagnosis, she endured four surgeries and a bone infection that left her with no sensation in the top of her left leg even today.

The health crisis led her to explore alternative and integrative medicine.

“The nutshell version is: I tried everything,” she says. “Anytime someon