\u201cI like the slowness. It\u2019s really good for me. And then you go back overseas and you\u2019re like, \u2018Oh my god. People are insane.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
MORE: Dougie the Pizza Boy\u2019s sad life after 90s ad<\/a><\/p>\n Rick Moranis\u2019 shock new life now at 73<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018S**t\u2019: Broke American Pie star\u2019s shock fortune<\/a><\/p>\n Grey\u2019s Anatomy star Kate Walsh traded Tinsel Town for a quiet lifestyle in Western Australia.<\/p>\n Kate Walsh and partner Andrew Nixon. Picture: Darrian Traynor\/Getty Images<\/p>\n The couple live in a single-storey beachside home in the coastal suburb of Cottesloe. <\/p>\n The modest home features an open-plan living layout, a meditation room, and outdoor entertaining spaces, according to Havenist<\/a>. <\/p>\n Despite her fame, Walsh said she enjoys living a low-key life in Perth where she is rarely bothered in public.<\/p>\n \u201cSome young people will freak out, but generally, everything\u2019s very mellow,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n \u201cI feel very fortunate I can pop back to LA, go to work, and then come back here and live my best life.\u201d<\/p>\n The dramatic career shift followed a major health scare in 2015, when Walsh was diagnosed with a brain tumour at age 48. <\/p>\n The couple live in the coastal suburb of Cottesloe, Perth. Picture: Instagram\/katewalsh<\/p>\n Despite her fame, Walsh said she enjoys living a low-key life in Perth. Picture: Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images<\/p>\n The diagnosis prompted the Emily in Paris actress to re-evaluate her high-pressure life in New York and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n \u201cI needed my life to be a lot more balanced,\u201d Walsh said. <\/p>\n \u201cI think a lot of people can relate, whether it\u2019s a health crisis or a loss \u2026 you\u2019re like, \u2018OK, I\u2019m still here. Part two.\u2019 And then, I fell in love with an Aussie.\u201d<\/p>\n Her move to Australia came after the actress cashed in on her US property portfolio.<\/p>\n In 2017, Walsh listed her 402sq m Encino estate in California for $6.37m ($US4.25m), four years after buying it for $4.12m ($US2.75m). <\/p>\n Following extensive renovations, the three-bedroom home was sold to actor David Arquette for $6.9m ($US4.6m).<\/p>\n MORE: Vanished *NSYNC star\u2019s shock life at 49<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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