Jodi Gordon quits Home and Away
By Fiona Byrne From: Herald Sun January 28, 2010 7:33amTROUBLED soap star Jodi Gordon is quitting Home and Away.
With her life in the past three years often resembling a script from a TV drama, Gordon has decided to walk away from the soap on which she made her name playing Martha McKenzie.
She will film her final scenes for the long-running Channel Seven show at the end of next month.
Insiders say her decision to leave the series after five years has not come as a surprise, although producers and Seven executives are understood to have urged her to stick with the soap because of the popularity of her character.
Her decision to leave the family drama comes seven months after her life was tipped upside down when she went off the rails on a massive booze fuelled bender and was reported to Sydney police as a missing person by her then boyfriend, Ryan Stokes.
Media heir Stokes, whose father Kerry owns Network Seven, split from Gordon not long after her bizarre, wild night which ended when she was found by police cowering in a Bellevue Hill apartment with alleged bikie Mark Judge in June last year.
She and Judge had called police to the premises after hallucinating a break in by armed gunmen.
Gordon has never spoken about her big bender and has been reported as telling friends she can't remember her lost night.
The actress, who has sought help for her alcohol problems since her boozy blow out, has moved on from Stokes and is in a relationship with Sydney Roosters rugby league player Braith Anasta.
Anasta previously dated model Erin McNaught.
Gordon has had a challenging few years, with her first love, Chris Burkhardt, losing a brave battle with cancer in March 2007.
Gordon's contract with Home and Away came up for negotiation at the end of last year.
She had an option to continue with the show for two more years, but decided to move on from the soap bubble.
She was on the set of Home and Away yesterday and could not be contacted.
A Seven spokeswoman however last night confirmed Gordon was leaving the show.
"Jodi has put in a tremendous five years on Home and Away," the spokeswoman said.
"It was a mutual decision for her to take this next step in her career.
"Jodi will always be part of the Seven family and has our love and support as she moves forward."
Gordon, who will celebrate her 25th birthday on Monday, is not believed to be moving immediately on to any new acting roles.
She has existing contracts with Tony Bianco shoes and Crystelle lingerie.
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