HOLBY City star Rosie Marcel has now

revealed that she was secretly glad the

drama was given the axe by the BBC.

The 46-year-old played her fam

Fans were devastated after the publicly funded corporation cancelled the show in March 2022.

But the actress has now hinted there were unforeseen benefits to the medical drama ending.

Rosie told The Mirror: “I don’t think I became a mother until I left Holby City.

“I don’t think I really knew who I was, and I don’t think I really knew who my daughter was, until I was axed. My husband Ben [Stacey] did it all.

ed alter-ego Jac Naylor for 17 years after first appearing in the eighth series of the hit BBC show in 2005.