'The Boys' star Erin Moriarty opens up about Graves' Disease diagnosis; encourages fans to get checked
Erin Moriarty of 'The Boys' fame has opened up about her diagnosis with Graves' Disease. In an Instagram post, the actress, who plays Annie January/Starlight on the hit series, talked candidly about her recent diagnosis that she initially blamed on "stress and fatigue."
She wrote, “Autoimmune disease manifests differently in everybody/every body. Your experience will be different from mine. My experience will be different from yours. Perhaps greatly, perhaps minutely. One thing I can say is, if I hadn’t chalked it all up to stress and fatigue, I would’ve caught this sooner,” she stated.
Turning PointAccording to Moriarty, she was informed of her condition about a month ago and began her treatment. "I felt the light coming back on. It’s been increasing in strength ever since. If yours is dimming, even slightly, go get checked. Don’t ‘suck it up’ and transcend suffering; you deserve to be comfy. S***’s hard enough as is,” she said.
Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder that attacks your thyroid gland. When that happens, the gland goes into overdrive and pumps too much hormone into your body, causing hyperthyroidism. Anyone can develop the illness, but health experts say women in their twenties and thirties are diagnosed most often.
Since The Boys debut in 2019, Moriarty has appeared in every season of the hit series. The show has been nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards , and its fifth and final run is set to drop in 2026. She previously starred in the 2013 movie The Kings of Summer, and she will next be seen in the upcoming horror movie True Haunting.
In the August 2024, Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley disclosed that she was diagnosed with Graves' disease. The British actress initially dismissed her symptoms as the result of playing a "really stressful role," just like Moriarty did.
She wrote, “Autoimmune disease manifests differently in everybody/every body. Your experience will be different from mine. My experience will be different from yours. Perhaps greatly, perhaps minutely. One thing I can say is, if I hadn’t chalked it all up to stress and fatigue, I would’ve caught this sooner,” she stated.
Turning PointAccording to Moriarty, she was informed of her condition about a month ago and began her treatment. "I felt the light coming back on. It’s been increasing in strength ever since. If yours is dimming, even slightly, go get checked. Don’t ‘suck it up’ and transcend suffering; you deserve to be comfy. S***’s hard enough as is,” she said.
Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder that attacks your thyroid gland. When that happens, the gland goes into overdrive and pumps too much hormone into your body, causing hyperthyroidism. Anyone can develop the illness, but health experts say women in their twenties and thirties are diagnosed most often.
Since The Boys debut in 2019, Moriarty has appeared in every season of the hit series. The show has been nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards , and its fifth and final run is set to drop in 2026. She previously starred in the 2013 movie The Kings of Summer, and she will next be seen in the upcoming horror movie True Haunting.
In the August 2024, Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley disclosed that she was diagnosed with Graves' disease. The British actress initially dismissed her symptoms as the result of playing a "really stressful role," just like Moriarty did.
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