'When your little girl asks you whether you used to be "on the movies"': Kate Ritchie digs up old footage of her time on Home And Away to show her daughter Mae
She's a national icon after playing the role of beloved Sally Fletcher on Home And Away for over 20 years.
And on Wednesday, Kate Ritchie was reminiscing about her time on the long-running soap.
The 39-year-old dug up a sweet throwback snap of her character to show her daughter Mae, 3, after the adorable tot asked her mother whether she used to be 'on the movies'.
!['When your little girl asks you whether you used to be "on the movies"': Kate Ritchie digs up old footage of her time on Home And Away to show her daughter Mae](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/29/04/4AA612A600000578-5555669-_When_your_little_girl_asks_you_whether_you_used_to_be_on_the_mo-a-1_1522295674867.jpg)
'When your little girl asks you whether you used to be "on the movies"': Kate Ritchie digs up old footage of her time on Home And Away to show her daughter Mae
'When your little girl asks you whether you used to be ‘on the movies’.. And you find a photo on the net..' the 39-year-old captioned the TV still.
Kate appeared on Home and Away from 1998-2008, and briefly returned in 2013.
The only other actor who has starred on the show longer than Kate is Ray Meagher, who is still to this day playing the role of Alf Stewart.
Ray, 73, recently admitted that when he initially signed up for the role in the late 1980s, it was only intended to be for six months, but kept getting extended.
![New role: As well as being a doting mother-of-one, Kate is now a radio host on Nova FM](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/29/04/4A8FD66C00000578-5555669-New_role_As_well_as_being_a_doting_mother_of_one_Kate_is_now_a_r-a-2_1522295674891.jpg)
New role: As well as being a doting mother-of-one, Kate is now a radio host on Nova FM
Speaking on ITV show This Morning recently, the Australian actor admitted that he had reservations about being tied down when he was cast as one of the 18 original residents of the fictional Summer Bay.
He told co-hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby: 'I was a jobbing actor, lucky to be in regular work. It seemed like a life sentence to be on a show for two years.
'I agreed to do six months, that flew, another six months, a year, and after that the contracts have been three and five years since.
'The seduction was that as a jobbing actor, you fly all over the country. To go home to your own bed each night is pretty seductive. In 1988 we were all so confident I was convinced we’d get three months out of it.'
The veteran screen star, whose character first hit screens in January 1988, is the sole remaining original castmember - and holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest-serving actor in an Australian series.
Meanwhile, as well as being a doting mother-of-one, Kate is now a radio host on Nova FM.
![Veterans: The only other actor who has starred on the show longer than Kate is Ray Meagher, who is still to this day playing the role of Alf Stewart](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/29/04/4A8FE21700000578-5555669-Veterans_The_only_other_actor_who_has_starred_on_the_show_longer-a-3_1522295674994.jpg)
Veterans: The only other actor who has starred on the show longer than Kate is Ray Meagher, who is still to this day playing the role of Alf Stewart
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