Rosie Marcel - who is famed for her portrayal of Jac Naylor in the BBC medical drama Holby City - has shown off her incredible two stone weight loss after announcing her retirement from acting.
The actress, 47, who remained on the show until its conclusion in 2022 when her character succumbed to a brain tumour, took to Instagram to share her fitness transformation as she exclaimed that she's never felt better in her body and mind. Rosie snapped a picture of herself in the gym after doing a weights workout.
Alongside the gym selfie, the TV star wrote: "Two stone lighter. Twice as strong. HRT on board. Confidence is high. Repeat… confidence is high."
It comes just one week after Rosie announced her retirement from acting. In a heartfelt post to her fans and followers alike, she wrote: "Well, I guess it's out there now. No longer a secret that I've retired."
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Instagram/rosiemarcelofficial)"I'm pretty sure I didn't say 'whatever' that much...and I'm surely more erudite than that? ? Or maybe retirement and the dreaded menopause has well and truly kicked in! ! Either way. I'm happy. Truly happy. It's been a pleasure and a journey. I've given my bit. I'm happy with what I put out in the world.
"Delighted with some lovely successes. Made some great friends. Lost some dear ones. Lost my mind several times but always got it back. Learnt some great lessons.
"Gave and got back a lot of kindness. Laughed more than I should have on set. Didn't laugh enough. What a bloody good bit of life I had. Ready for the next bit. Happy to just be me now."
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(Image: BBC))Rosie also admitted that despite her efforts to find new roles, she hasn't been offered any acting jobs since. The actress opened up to the outlet, stating: "I won't lie, it's been a really tough three and a half years.
"I haven't had a single job and that's been really, really difficult. A lot of that is, I would imagine, people can't see beyond Jac. I think a lot of it is because of my age, I think it's my gender."
She continued, revealing the reasons behind her decision to leave the industry: "I decided to retire. So I actually retired in May.
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Brett Cove/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock)"In all honesty so much changed in our lives in that time – my husband's gym burned down, obviously I lost my job, Ben nearly died, I lost a couple of babies, I got caught in a terrible accident on the A41, another accident with a guy who'd been stabbed by his son. Just this crazy three years of stuff happened."
She added on a further note: "And not getting any work as well, and getting to the last two for certain things, which was lovely and everything, but the reality of going up for a Netflix job and knowing I was up against 6,000 other people really forced my hand in some ways."
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