Home and Away star 'to make her return to acting in new drama alongside Kym Marsh' - 35 years after leaving the beloved soap

 A former Home and Away star is reportedly set to make her return to acting in a new drama alongside Kym Marsh.

Dannii Minogue, 53, is thought to have already starting filming for a new series called Imposter which will air on Channel 5 - 35 years after quitting the Australian soap.

The Sun reports that the four-part series - centred around a murder at a seaside resort - is already underway with filming in Victoria, Australia.

Neighbours star Jackie Woodburne, 69, is reportedly starring in a leading role in the drama too.

A source told the publication: 'Bosses have spent weeks trying to get Dannii and she finally put pen to paper just days before filming started.

'It's been decades since she's acted on the small screen and everyone at the channel is over the moon that she was able to make the dates work because she loved the script.

A Home and Away star is reportedly set to make her return to acting in a new drama alongside Kym Marsh ..

Dannii Minogue, 53, is thought to have already starting filming for a new series called Imposter which will air on Channel 5 - 35 years after quitting the Australian soap..

She started filming last week after meeting her fellow cast members. Dannii has been wanting a return to acting for a long time but hadn't found the right role.'

But the source added that when Imposter came along she knew the role would be 'perfect for her acting comeback'. 

Imposter will feature Jackie as matriarch Helen, whose refusal to sell her seaside hotel sparks a dramatic family feud with her three adult children. 

The series marks Jackie's first non-Neighbours role in more than 30 years.

The plot thickens when Amanda, played by Marsh, arrives claiming to be Helen's long-lost daughter given up for adoption years ago. 

As Amanda integrates into the family, doubts arise about her true identity, leading to a gripping tale of deception and betrayal that culminates in murder, according to the series' synopsis.

The series is set to be filmed across Victoria later this year. 

Jackie had played Susan, the wife of co-star Alan Fletcher's character Dr Karl Kennedy, since 1994. 

Since leaving Home and Away in 1990 Dannii has had a successful career, starring on The X Factor and more recently fronting dating show I Kissed A Boy.

Dannii seen filming Home and Away in 1990..

The Sun reports that the four-part series - centred around a murder at a seaside resort - is already underway with filming in Victoria, Australia (Kym pictured)

Neighbours star Jackie Woodburne, 69, is reportedly starring in a leading role in the drama too

Earlier this year Dannii opened up about life in the spotlight when she was younger.

And she said she 'wouldn't be alive' if she wasn't so mentally strong after years of 'nasty comments' and being compared to her elder sibling Kylie.   

Speaking on Fearne Cotton's the Happy Place podcast, Dannii revealed: 'I've said this to my friends, 'I know that, if I wasn't mentally strong and I did have any kind of eating disorder or something, I wouldn't be alive now.' That is fact.

'It was so brutal, and it went on for years.'

And despite critics trying to create a sibling rivalry, Dannii and Kylie, 57, remain a united force. 

She added: 'I was compared to my sister, who's always had a completely different body shape our entire lives.

'I wasn't living up to her body. At the time, the only body shape that was accepted was slim.

'I was a square trying to fit into a hole. You read back now how nasty the comments were.'

Dannii went on to share her priority is now is spending precious time with her family and only taking on work that's 'important' to her.

She is in a relationship with music producer Adrian Newman, and said giving birth to son Ethan, 14, in 2010 changed her focus.

She explained: 'I've spent my life travelling around the world, being away, missing birthdays, weddings, funerals.

'I'm really trying to find the balance now.

'You can't have just the happiness without everything else. If you accept there's light and dark, it's all part of it.'

A source told the publication: 'Bosses have spent weeks trying to get Dannii and she finally put pen to paper just days before filming started'.