Elisha Cuthbert ended a four-year hiatus from acting and opened up about why she decided to step away from the screen completely after the birth of her second child.
The actress, best known for her roles in 24, happy endings and The girl next doorhas returned with a role in the Prime Video romantic drama series. Every year afterall eight episodes of which are now available to stream.
She plays Sue Florek in the series, based on the novel by Carley Fortune. Every summer after books.
speaking in TodayCuthbert explained that the decision to take time away was deeply personal and rooted in her experience of balancing motherhood and work.
“I think after we had our second child, I realized, because I had worked for the first four years of our first child, and it was very difficult to separate that mother from the hardworking person that she was,” she said.
“So when we had our second one, I felt like I didn’t want to waste any seconds and I didn’t want to be on set.”
She described the breakup as something she actively embraced rather than just falling into it.
“I felt like I needed to be home with the kids and I loved every minute of it,” he said.
The decision to return was equally deliberate, motivated by a change in his family’s circumstances.
“Now that they are in school full time, I feel like I have the space, energy and heart to leave them and do it.”
Every year afterDeveloped for television by Amy B. Harris and Leila Gerstein, it follows Percy and Sam, played by Sadie Soverall and Matt Cornett, as two lifelong friends who review whether their first love was always meant to be something more.
Cuthbert’s last on-screen appearances before the hiatus were in 2022. the winery and Bandit. His return marks his first project since then, and from the looks of it, it seems like the perfect time.
