“I’m 67 now, and breast cancer doesn’t run in my family, so I didn’t think that this was ever going to be an issue in my life. But it’s here, and I’m dealing with it,” Dench said Thursday. “It has been a journey and an awakening.

Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench will be meeting virtually this Thanksgiving amid Dench's cancer battle. Dench says since she is going through chemotherapy, she can't be around a lot of people, so she plans on FaceTiming Hinton on Nov.