DAWN O'Porter and husband Chris O'Dowd sold their stunning London pad for £2.1m after relocating back to England.
The author, who claimed this week she is always broke, made the decision to quit Hollywood in a bid to 'claw back' her career.
The couple, who have sons Art, 11, and Valentine, eight, made some serious cash from their three-bedroom town house in posh Marylebone, when they sold it in 2022.
Full of character and quirky furnishings, the grade two listed Georgian terrace home was always going to be snapped up.
The four-storey home had a play room, a garden room and three reception rooms and has the potential to extend.
Speaking about coming back to London, Dawn admitted she struggled to find her place in the bright lights of Hollywood, but didn't find the transition quite as smooth sailing as had hoped.
She recounted: "We were living in LA and I just said to Chris, I've got to go back to London to try and claw back my career.
"And we came back to London for a bit and I'd go for these meetings at TV production companies and I'd been successful.
"I had my own series on Channel 4… and they'd be like, 'What do you want to do?' and I was like, 'I want to do what I do'. But no one wanted to employ me."
Earlier this week Dawn, 46, discussed her money woes, despite being a successful author and presenter and being married to Chris, who has starred in numerous box office successes and famous TV shows.
She told MailOnline: "I work pay cheque to pay cheque. I'm always broke. My card got declined last week. I'm like, what the f*** is happening? When will this end?"
Dawn has had a varied career, presenting several documentaries and shows including BBC's Super Slim Me and How To Look Good Naked on Channel 4.
Meanwhile, Chris has starred in some of Hollywood's biggest productions, including This Is 40, Thor: The Dark World, Gulliver's Travels and St. Vincent.
It isn't the first time Dawn has opened up about financial struggles.
While appearing on the White Wine Question Time podcast with Kate Thornton, she explained: "I've never seen myself as a celebrity.
"Even though I'm married to Chris, who is quite a well-known actor, I don't think either of us have ever seen ourselves as celebrities.
"I guess if I was a celebrity, I'd get paid lots of money to do things that aren't necessarily my job or don't really feed what I do, but I don't. My job is writing, with the occasional little ad on Instagram to pay the rent."
Dawn had a regular column with Stylist magazine but was dropped, which affected her confidence.
"I was cool. I had my own show on Channel 4… then as my career just kind of… declined, I think they looked at me and were like, well she's just not that interesting anymore," Dawn admitted.
Dawn released her first novel in 2013, Paper Aeroplanes, which is a fictional story loosely inspired by her upbringing in Guernsey.
She went on to release The Cows in 2016 which earned her a place on the Sunday Times Best Sellers List.
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