Kate Ritchie has announced her return to TV, after almost a decade away from acting.
The former Home and Away actor has confirmed that she will star in a new Channel 7 mini-series called The Claremont Murders, which airs next year.
“Incredibly humbled to be involved in this investigative drama which explores how the disappearance of three young women in Perth in the late 1990s launched a 25-year investigation by the police and one tenacious journalist,” she posted on Instagram.
The network has said the two-part mini-series, which was filmed in Perth, in about “the disappearance of three young women in Perth in the late 1990s launched a 25-year investigation by the police and one tenacious journalist, all determined to seek justice.”
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Ritchie starred in Home and Away for two decades in the late 90’s and early 2000’s as Sally Fletcher. She lefts the show in 2008, but returned for a guest appearance in 2013 to celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary. Since then, the former actor has largely worked as a radio host, and is currently on screens as a judge on Australia’s Got Talent.
The news comes shortly after Ritchie announced that she is taking a break from her NOVA radio show Kate, Tim and Joel following a “hectic and full-on” year.
“This past year has been incredibly hectic and full-on for both me and my family,” she said. “I have had much change and increased stress in my life, like many of you, in a short space of time. And it has taken its toll,” she said in a statement.
It continued, “And as you may have guessed, I invest a lot of emotional energy into everything I do, my work, and my family especially, and the last few months I have been working on radio, I’ve been returning to TV, and in my spare time, I even wrote a children’s book.”
“Nova has been fabulous and understanding, so thank you Nova, and thank you Tim, Joel and the team, and most importantly, thank you to all of our fabulous listeners. I really mean that.”
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