Isla Fisher and Kate Ritchie reunite decades after starring in Home and Away as teenagers – as they celebrate the Hollywood star’s 45th birthday
Isla Fisher and Kate Ritchie are still close friends more than two decades after they starred together as teenagers on Home and Away.
The two women, who launched their careers on the popular soap opera, reunited at Isla’s 45th birthday party in Sydney on Wednesday.
Kate, 42, who now hosts a popular radio show for Nova FM, thrilled fans on Instagram by sharing a selfie of the pair together.
Unbreakable bond: Isla Fisher and Kate Ritchie are still friends more than two decades after they starred together as teenagers on Home and Away. The pair, who launched their careers on the popular soap opera, reunited at Isla’s 45th birthday party in Sydney on Wednesday
‘Still making me giggle like a naughty teenager after all these years… Thank you, Isla,’ Kate wrote in the caption.
‘You are one of the best,’ she added, alongside cake and love-heart emojis.
Kate wore a white patterned blouse, while Isla opted for a pink floral mini dress.
Remember that? Isla (right) and Kate (centre) are both pictured on Home and Away
Former soap stars: Isla joined the cast of Home and Away in 1994 and left in 1997. Kate appeared on the soap from 1987 to 2008 and now hosts a popular radio show for Nova FM
Isla, who has had huge success in Hollywood, joined the cast of Home and Away in 1994 at the age of 19.
She left the show in 1997, then moved to America.
Kate made her debut in Summer Bay in 1987 at the tender age of eight, and officially left the soap in 2008.
Longtime friendship: The two women are pictured here on July 31, 2005, at the Sydney premiere of Wedding Crashers, Isla’s breakthrough movie in Hollywood
Birthday girl: Isla celebrated her 45th birthday on Wednesday by visiting an art gallery in Sydney’s Balmain with her husband, British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen (right)
Isla celebrated her birthday by visiting an art gallery in Sydney’s Balmain with her husband, British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
She then dressed up for an evening with friends.
Isla and Sacha, who married in 2010 after eight years of dating, relocated from Los Angeles to Sydney with their family late last year.
Time to party! She later dressed up for an evening with friends