{"id":1949501,"date":"2025-08-08T14:42:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1949501"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:42:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:42:30","slug":"rena-sofer-leaves-los-angeles-after-35-years-for-calmer-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rena-sofer-leaves-los-angeles-after-35-years-for-calmer-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Rena Sofer Leaves Los Angeles After 35 Years for Calmer Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>General Hospital <\/i>star <strong>Rena Sofer<\/strong> and her family are packing up and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/why-celebrities-are-leaving-los-angeles\/\">moving out of Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been in LA for almost 35 years and now it\u2019s time for me and @sbookstaver to go,\u201d Sofer, 56, wrote via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DM7j7kQMCGM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> on Monday, August 4, referring to husband <strong>Sanford Bookstaver<\/strong>. \u201cYes, I\u2019m getting emotional. I met and had my children in LA, met the man of my dreams and created an incredible life there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She added, \u201cI had amazing success in the biz and made all my lifelong friend, who I will miss desperately. Most of all my BFF @arinacabral and my brother @davidsofer53 !!! Thank you LA for being you. And now, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/why-celebrities-are-leaving-los-angeles\/\">on to quieter and calmer times<\/a>. Now we are off in our @rivianofficial with our 5 dogs in the back to our new life!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sofer, who has played Lois Cerullo on <i>General Hospital <\/i>on and off since 1993 and had a lengthy run as Quinn on <i>The Bold and the Beautiful<\/i>, got married to Bookstaver in 2003. While they divorced in 2017, the pair reconnected in 2019. (Sofer and Bookstaver share daughter Avalon, and she is also mom to daughter Rosabel from her first marriage to <i>GH<\/i> costar <strong>Wally Kurth<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/general-hospitals-rena-sofer-remarries-ex-husband-sanford-bookstaver\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/general-hospitals-rena-sofer-remarries-ex-husband-sanford-bookstaver\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">&#8216;General Hospital&#8217; Star Rena Sofer Remarries Ex-Husband Sanford Bookstaver<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tGeneral Hospital star Rena Sofer said \u201cI Do\u201d to her husband, Sanford Bookstaver, for the second time. \u201cThis weekend on what would have been our 21st wedding anniversary I got to Re-Marry my best friend @sbookstaver once again!\u201d Sofer, 55, wrote alongside wedding pictures via Instagram on Monday, May 20. \u201cThe journey we are about [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sofer and Bookstaver <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/general-hospitals-rena-sofer-remarries-ex-husband-sanford-bookstaver\/\">renewed their wedding vows<\/a> in May 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis weekend on what would have been our 21st wedding anniversary, I got to Re-Marry my best friend @sbookstaver once again,\u201d Sofer wrote via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7MSyQlrbYI\/?img_index=1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> at the time. \u201cThe journey we are about to begin is the most exciting adventure, in a new state and town, but most thrilling is that we get to do it together as husband and wife!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sofer further noted that their three-year separation was \u201chumbling and heartbreaking, but vital to us finding each other again.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe love I have for you now is the foundation of my life,\u201d she concluded. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine another moment NOT walking through life with you hand in hand and our hearts entwined. You are the love of my life, and it\u2019s not \u201coops we did it again\u201d but I\u2019m so grateful we did it again!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Bookstaver echoed Sofer\u2019s sentiments in his own <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7McasDx7lF\/?img_index=1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> tribute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe were divorced for a few years, spent time apart working on ourselves, and then came back together stronger than ever. I remarried my best friend and soulmate again,\u201d he said. \u201cLife with you has never been better, and I\u2019m the luckiest man alive to get to spend the rest of my life with you @rena.sofer. Here\u2019s the a brand new lifetime together and to all@of our new adventures. I love you more than anything in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Hospital star Rena Sofer and her family are packing up and moving out of Los Angeles. \u201cWe\u2019ve been in LA for almost 35 years and now it\u2019s time for me and @sbookstaver to go,\u201d Sofer, 56, wrote via Instagram on Monday, August 4, referring to husband Sanford Bookstaver. \u201cYes, I\u2019m getting emotional. 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