“And that caused severe anxiety. After a week of back-to-back panic attacks that led to massive hair loss. “There was big chunks just falling out so I had to shave it all off. You lose your hair and it’s a massive psychological hit. “I just hid. I hid away from everything and everyone for years.” When McLeod’s Daughters was killed in 2009, Mackinnon decided to take an extended career break. She advised her agents she wished to spend more time raising her son as she realised he “would more than likely be my only child”, Mackinnon told the Advertiser. The actress later intended to travel around Australia and bought a caravan in 2016.
