Kate Ritchie has revealed she is still earning money from Home and Away, despite leaving the show 16 years ago.
The 45-year-old revealed on Nova 96.9’s Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie, she earns money if scenes she starred in on the Channel Seven soap get reused.
‘What do you get for the replays of Sally on Home and Away?’ Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli asked.
Her co-host Ryan Fitzgerald added: ‘Do you get royalties at all?’
‘I get residuals [as] they call them here for Home and Away,’ she admitted before adding: ‘Home and Away goes to over 60 countries all over the world.’
‘So will you get a check for 80 bucks or something?’ Fitzy asked.
‘Yeah I think so… something like that,’ Kate responded.
Kate was just eight years old when she entered the spotlight in 1988, starring as Sally Fletcher on long-running soap Home and Away.
Kate Ritchie has revealed she is still earning money from Home and Away, despite leaving the show 16 years ago
She starred on the show for 20 years, and has since admitted she found it difficult to find her own identity outside of her beloved character.
Despite winning two Gold Logies while she was on the show, Kate previously said was still left questioning her own worth.
‘People wanted to meet me because of Sally, or I won awards because of Sally, or I was invited to great events because of Sally,’ Kate told Stellar in December 2017.
‘When you don’t remember your life without it and all of a sudden that doesn’t exist, you wonder, “What is it about me that is attractive?”‘
Kate eventually sought therapy to cope with her issues, telling TV Week in March 2021: ‘It really did feel like the loss of a big part of who I was.’
‘It took me a long time to adjust to that,’ she said, adding: ‘[Therapy] was what I needed at that point.’
The 45-year-old revealed on Nova 96.9’s Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie, she earns money if scenes she starred in on the Channel Seven soap get reused
Since leaving Home and Away, Kate has struggled to replicate the same level of success as an actor.
In 2008, she landed a small role in Underbelly’s second season, appearing in two episodes.
She went on to star in Nine’s 2010 police drama Cops L.A.C, but the show rated so poorly that it was cancelled after its first season.
Kate has since dedicated most of her time to radio and co-hosts Nova 96.9’s Fitzy and Wippa with Kate Ritchie.
‘I get residuals they call them here for Home and Away,’ she admitted before adding: ‘ Home and Away goes to over 60 countries all over the world’
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