Dawn O'Porter and Chris O'Dowd sell swanky London home for £2m after moving back to UK as she struggled to revive career
The author, who claimed this week she is always broke, made the decision to quit Hollywood in a bid to 'claw back' her career.
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Dawn O'Porter and husband Chris O'Dowd sold their stunning London home for £2.1million after relocating back to England
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The Georgian townhouse in the swanky Marylebone location featured impressive interiors
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Dawn and Chris married in 2012 and have two sons
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The living space spanned across four floors
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It also boasted impressive outdoor space for a London pad
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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.
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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
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She told
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.
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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.
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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.
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'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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The property is Grade II listed
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Recently Dawn, 46, discussed her money woes
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Chris got his big break in Hollywood with a role in the comedy caper Bridesmaids
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The couple moved back to London after living in Los Angeles
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They made some serious cash from the home following the sale in 2022
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