Michelle Keegan keeps it real by revealing her 'happy place' as she offers update on ditching UK

Michelle Keegan has kept it real as she offered on update on her recent stint ditching the UK. The actress recently headed down under with the support of her husband Mark Wright as she got stuck into her latest role.

Stockport-born Michelle headed back to Australia as she filmed the second run of BBC One series Ten Pound Poms. where she'll reprise the role of nurse Kate Thorne. The first six-part series aired in May last year and followed a group of Brits as they left dreary post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on a life-altering adventure on the other side of the world.

Following its success, the BBC then revealed earlier this year that the drama will return for another installment with Michelle, 36, now filming alongside her fellow cast mates Faye Marsay and Warren Brown as they document their characters' continued adventures in Australia.

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Michelle has since been seen in first-look snaps - and looked a far cry from the likes of Maya Stern, who she played in recent Netflix hit Fool Me Once, and Tina McIntyre, who she shot to fame playing in Coronation Street from 2008 to 2014.

But on Tuesday (April 16), Michelle revealed she was back in the UK and was getting stuck back into her quieter life in Essex where she and Mark built their dream abode.

Taking to her Instagram Story, the former soap star, 36, posted a picture of ehrself in a lift. She could be seen pouting for the camera as she captured the mirror selfie. She could be seen sporting an all-black ensemble consisting of black skintight leggings and a hoddies under a cropped