Elisha Cuthbert Breaks Silence on 4-Year Acting Break Before ‘Every Year After’ Role!

Elisha Cuthbert has returned to the screen after a four-year break with a new romantic drama series on Prime Video.

The star of Every Year After recently shared her reasons for avoiding film sets in recent years, until she landed the role of Sue Florek in the adaptation of Carley Fortune’s Every Summer After series. All eight episodes are currently available for streaming.

“After our second child was born, I realized something—I had worked throughout the first four years of our first child’s life, and it was incredibly tough to balance being a mom and my career,” she said in an interview on Today. “With our second, I just didn’t want to miss out on any moments, and I didn’t feel like being on set.”

Cuthbert continued, “I really needed to be at home with my children, and I cherished every minute of it. Now that they are in school full time, I feel like I have the space, energy, and emotional capacity to step away and return to work.”

Created for television by Amy B. Harris and Leila Gerstein, Every Year After traces the lives of Percy (Sadie Soverall) and Sam (Matt Cornett), two lifelong friends as they ponder if their first love can truly be their forever love.

Cuthbert, known for her work in The Girl Next Door (2004), House of Wax (2005), 24 (2001-2010), Happy Endings (2011-2013), and The Ranch (2016-2020), was last seen in 2022’s The Cellar and Bandit.