Claire Foy is taking a "completely self-indulgent" break in order to spend quality time with her daughter.
The 34-year-old actress has decided to take a "rest" from her career so that she can dote on her three-year-old daughter Ivy Rose – whom she has with her estranged husband Stephen Campbell Moore – as the tot only has one year left before she’s heading off to school and won’t be at home with Claire during the day.
Speaking to WSJ magazine, she said: "I am very confident in saying I deserve a rest. It’s lovely, completely self-indulgent. I only have a year left with her. I just can’t bear it. There is a quote, and I am not sure if I am remembering it right … ‘Having the option of doing the extraordinary makes the ordinary more extraordinary.’ That makes sense to me."
The ‘Crown’ actress first spoke of her decision to take a break in November, when she hinted the break maybe more than it seems, as she suggested she could be quitting acting for good.
She said at the time: "I have no intention to go back."
The speculation of a permanent break may come as a shock to some fans, as she recently revealed there were still many other avenues of her career she wanted to explore.
Speaking in October, she said: "I don’t feel like I’m defined by playing Queen Elizabeth. It’s a huge honour that people liked that character and therefore see me as that character. So, I’m not trying to actively go against that.
"My career is only for me, really. I can’t do it for anybody else and so the choices and decisions I make are purely based on what I want to do. That’s it really. It’s a really selfish thing."
Claire Foy’s ‘self-indulgent’ acting break
