Inside Patsy Palmer’s laid-back Los Angeles lifestyle: A look into the star’s idyllic Californian family life

Patsy Palmer has temporarily left the sunny climes of Malibu to take part in this year’s Ice Ball.

And after he made his ITV series debut last weekend, MailOnline has taken a look into the former soap star’s sun-drenched Californian family life.

The 50-year-old actress, who has been lives in the United States with her children and her husband Richard Merkell, he moved in 2014 as his time at EastEnders came to an end.

Patsy often shares insight into her life on Instagram, posting stunning photos of her stunning home, complete with panoramic ocean views and a pool.

The interior of her impressive family home features bohemian neutral colors, while the exterior features a terrace, where she practices yoga.

She shares three children, Fenton, 22, Emilia, 21, and Bertie, 12, with her husband Richard and Charley Palmer Rothwell, 30, her UK-based son with ex-partner Alfie Rothwell, with whom she frequently shares photos alongside the beach.

The actress has turned her attention to her DJ career, often traveling to Los Angeles, where she has performed at local venue Sunset at EDITION.

Patsy also found a new passion when she launched her new wellness Instagram page, Good and Proper, last year.

On her move and clashing with A-list celebrities like Mary J Blige and Cindy Crawford, Patsy previously told her The fabulous magazine of the sun: ‘We just wanted to try something new, we have a pretty normal life in an extraordinary place.’

Patsy, who is known as Julie in the United States, was catapulted into the spotlight as Bianca in the popular BBC soap opera in 1993.

He left the show in 1999, returned in 2008, and left the series again six years later.

During her rise to fame, the Bethnal Green native experimented with drugs and alcohol, but later overcame her substance abuse with therapy.

She reflected: ‘It feels so strange now, I’m so far from it… I couldn’t even do yoga in my 20s because I couldn’t sit still.

‘Right now it’s the happiest I’ve ever been. I’m always in the now and it’s the only place I want to be.

Speaking to The Times, Patsy recounted how the BBC series was “embracing” and it was nice to have some much-needed family time when she was gone.

She said: ‘I left EastEnders because I had been there a long time [since 1993]and he was getting offers for other things, TV and movies.

Then I had my son Fenton, and then Emilia, so it’s always been career, kids, career, kids.

“I never missed EastEnders because it was all-encompassing, so it was nice to spend some family time. But I loved my time there.

Patsy recounted how her daughter Emilia, now a model on the books for US agency Storm Los Angeles, was often questioned by her schoolmates about her famous mother’s career, prompting the school to let her have an early lunch alone to that I could avoid it.

She explained: ‘All the other kids were driving her crazy over me, saying things all the time.

‘It was never a bad thing, and she was never bullied; she just found it all a bit overwhelming.

“Sometimes he would tell me, ‘I just don’t know who my real friends are.'”