{"id":2519931,"date":"2026-07-28T03:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T03:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2519931"},"modified":"2026-07-28T03:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T03:03:48","slug":"greys-anatomy-star-kate-walsh-trades-hollywood-for-perth-after-falling-in-love-with-aussie-farmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/greys-anatomy-star-kate-walsh-trades-hollywood-for-perth-after-falling-in-love-with-aussie-farmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Grey\u2019s Anatomy star Kate Walsh trades Hollywood for Perth after falling in love with Aussie farmer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TV legend Kate Walsh has revealed why she permanently traded her life in Hollywood for a quiet Perth suburb after falling in love with an Aussie farmer.<\/p>\n

The Grey\u2019s Anatomy actress, who built a $30m fortune earning a reported $250,000 per episode, met farmer Andrew Nixon in 2020 shortly before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe met, as one does, on a NatGeo expedition to Antarctica,\u201d she previously revealed in an interview.<\/p>\n

The couple got engaged soon after, with the Hollywood icon letting the news slip during an Instagram Live with her longtime friend and Private Practice co-star Amy Brenneman in October 2022.<\/p>\n

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Camera Icon<\/title><\/svg>The Grey\u2019s Anatomy Star moved to Perth after falling in love with Aussie farmer Andrew Nixon.<\/span> Credit: Supplied<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The newly engaged couple would go on to settle down in a single-storey beachside home in Cottesloe, with the 58-year-old revealing in a recent interview with news.com.au, that she\u2019d completely fallen in love with the quieter lifestyle Perth had to offer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really love Western Australia \u2026 I think nature here eclipses everything,\u201d she told the publication.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the slowness. It\u2019s really good for me. And then you go back overseas and you\u2019re like, \u2018Oh my god. People are insane\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Camera Icon<\/title><\/svg>The Grey’s Anatomy Star with partner Andrew Nixon.<\/span> Credit: katewalsh\/Instagram\/<\/span>Instagram<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI feel very fortunate I can pop back to LA, go to work, and then come back here and live my best life,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

The dramatic shift in career and living arrangement follows the star\u2019s major health scare in 2015, when Walsh was diagnosed with a brain tumour at the age of 48.<\/p>\n

The diagnosis prompted the Emily in Paris and 13 Reasons Why actress to re-evaluate her high-pressure life in the States.<\/p>\n

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Camera Icon<\/title><\/svg>Kate Walsh in 13 Reasons Why, alongside co-star Katherine Langford.<\/span> Credit: Supplied<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI needed my life to be a lot more balanced,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of people can relate, whether it\u2019s a health crisis or a loss \u2026 you\u2019re like, \u2018OK, I\u2019m still here. Part two.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.perthnow.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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