Elisha Cuthbert Ditches Hollywood: Heres Why

Old School actress Elisha Cuthbert has returned to the limelight after taking a hiatus from acting.

The 43-year-old actress – who also starred in the R-rated 2004 rom-com The Girl Next Door – revealed she took a four-year break from acting to focus on her family.

She shares daughter Zaphire, born in 2017, and son Fable, born in 2022, with 41-year-old husband Dion Phaneuf, a former NHL star.

Cuthbert admitted on the Today show, 'I realized I worked all four years through our first child and it was really hard to separate that mom from the working person I was.'

She added, 'When we had our second [child], I just felt like I didn't want to waste any second of it and I didn't want to be on set.

'I just felt like I needed to be at home with the kids and I enjoyed every minute.'

Now the blonde beauty is back to work starring in Prime Video's new show Every Year After, based on Carley Fortune's popular book series.

The doting mom said about her two kids: 'They're in school now full time. I feel like I have the space and the energy and the heart to kind of leave them and [go back to work].'

While preparing for her role in Every Year After, Cuthbert said she became a true fan of the novels.

The blonde bombshell revealed she took a four-year break from acting to focus on her family