Sam Frost returns to the set of Home and Away to begin shooting the new season of the hit soap – after spending the Christmas holidays with her family in Melbourne
Sam Frost is celebrating four years on Home and Away this year.
And while most actors use the long-running soap as an opportunity to springboard into Hollywood, the 31-year-old is staying put in Summer Bay.
This week she returned to the Palm Beach set to continue filming, after spending the Christmas holidays with her family in Melbourne, The Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday.
Back to work! Sam Frost returned to the set of Home and Away to begin shooting the new season of the hit soap this week
Luckily for the actress, she was able to jet to Victoria last year after finishing filming her scenes for the show just before a cluster of COVID cases hit the Northern Beaches in December.
The blonde beauty shared photos from her festive family reunion featuring her brothers Josh and Alex.
‘Home. Finally back in Melbourne with my brothers. Only two out of four pictured. I cannot even tell you how happy I am!!! My heart feels so full,’ she added.
Good to be back! The blonde beauty shared photos from her festive family reunion featuring her brothers Josh and Alex. She wrote: ‘Finally back in Melbourne with my brothers’
From reality TV to acting: Sam, who first rose to fame as Australia’s first Bachelorette, is marking four years on Home and Away. Pictured left to right is Sarah Roberts, Emily Symons, Georgie Parker and Lynne McGranger with Sam
Sam’s return to set comes as her character, Jasmine Delaney, embarks on a sizzling romance with Lewis Hayes, played by Luke Arnold.
Luke, who became a household name starring as Michael Hutchence on the 2014 mini-series INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, spoke to Daily Mail Australia about joining the long-running soap.
‘It’s such a staple of Australian TV, and everyone is so friendly, and it’s such a well-honed machine, so I have had a really great time on it,’ he said.
New to The Bay: Sam’s return to set comes as her character, Jasmine Delaney, embarks on a sizzling romance with Lewis Hayes, played by Luke Arnold (pictured)
He also revealed that working with Sam made working on the soap a ‘joy’, but they have so much fun that it can be ‘dangerous’ at times.
‘Sam is just the loveliest. The most dangerous thing about working with Sam is that she is so bubbly and fun, that you’re having such a great time, then they call “action,” he joked.
‘But it’s been great working with her and it makes work a joy.’
Home and Away returns on February 1 on Channel Seven
Fun on set: Last month, Luke told Daily Mail Australia: ‘Sam is just the loveliest. The most dangerous thing about working with Sam is that she is so bubbly and fun, that you’re having such a great time, then they call “action,” he joked