Asher Keddie’s success at home may have cost her chance at Hollywood

IT’S not a bad problem to have but Asher Keddie has been so successful in her career in Australia that she fears she may have missed out on her chance to make it on the international scene.

Offspring actor Asher Keddie says she has been so busy working in Australia that she may have missed her chance at Hollywood. Picture: Channel Ten

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ASHER Keddie says she might have missed her chance to make it in Hollywood.

The 42-year-old Offspring star told Confidential: “I am definitely open to it and I think strangely I become more open to it the older I get. Now that is a funny thing though because I could well have missed the boat because I just wasn’t driven by it when I was younger.”

Keddie’s comment was in response to questions about whether or not she had ever been driven to pursue work in America like so many other Australian stars.

Asher Keddie says as she gets older she becomes more driven by the idea of working overseas. Channel Ten.

Instead, Keddie forged a career here with award-winning roles in TV, among them Love My Way, Underbelly, Paper Giants and Party Tricks.

She’s won the Gold Logie in 2013 for playing Nina Proudman in hit TV drama Offspring.

“I was working here on projects that I really wanted to work on and I have been one of those lucky actors that every character I have played has had her own great story to tell, whether it be within an ensemble or in a lead role,” she explained. “I guess I hadn’t felt driven by that, however if I were to do something here in Australia that did travel overseas, for sure, I would like to work anywhere in the world.”

Offspring stars Kat Stewart and Asher Keddie. Picture: Supplied/Ten.

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Offspring’s latest season wraps Wednesday at 8.30pm on Ten and there’s been much speculation as to whether Ten will commission a seventh season.

It’s likely the network will make an announcement at it’s programming launch in November.

“If the door is open, which we are yet to see, then of course I would be keen to know what that conversation is going to be,” she said.

Keddie and real-life husband Vincent Fantauzzo had a one-night stand in an episode of Offspring where their characters share a steamy romantic encounter. Picture: Channel Ten

Keddie’s artist husband Vincent Fantauzzo made a cameo this season, the couple sharing a searing on screen scene after their characters meet at a bar and go home together for a one-night stand.

Fantauzzo won the People’s Choice prize for his 2014 Archibald portrait of his wife.

And the pair, who have a young son, Valentino, hope to continue the creative collaborations.

“Vincent and I are entwined creatively every day of our lives,” she said.

“That is a really big part of the relationship for us and what binds us really.

Keddie’s real-life husband Fantauzzo starred with her in a steamy episode of Offspring. Picture: Channel Ten

“We are always bouncing ideas off each other and talking about what direction we’d both like to go in artistically and quite often the conversation reaches a point where we hit on something that we could both contribute to.

“We would both be open to working on something together but goodness knows what, I certainly can’t paint.

“I am sure in the future there will be some opportunities for us to pile in together and create something.”