Troubled actress Jessica Marais appears to be recovering well after being hospitalised earlier this month.   

The Packed To The Rafters star looked healthy and happy as she spent time with her friend Hugh Sheridan this week.

Jessica, 35, beamed in the colourful photo Hugh posted to his Instagram account on Wednesday. 






Recovering: Troubled actress Jessica Marais appears to be recovering well after being hospitalised earlier this month. The Packed To The Rafters star looked healthy and happy as she spent time with her friend Hugh Sheridan this week


'Best day of my life with my dearest friends,' Hugh, 34, captioned the photo of him and Jessica with well-known casting director, Ann Fay.






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Jessica, who is mother to eight-year-old daughter Scout, smiled widely as she snuggled up against the cool weather with a rainbow-coloured scarf around her neck.

Hugh also rugged up for the sweet photo wearing a mustard sweater with a matching Baker Boy cap.






Rafters reunion: : Jessica and Hugh have been friends since 2008 when they co-starred in Packed To The Rafters on Channel Seven (also pictured Angus McLaren)














It comes after emergency crews were called to Jessica's eastern suburbs home for a welfare check on the afternoon of Saturday, May 2.

Three officers were seen ringing Jessica's doorbell at about midday before two male paramedics entered the building.

Minutes later, Jessica emerged wearing black leggings and a grey cardigan as she slowly stepped down the stairs with the assistance of the paramedics.






Troubled times: Emergency crews were called to Jessica's eastern suburbs home for a welfare check on the afternoon of Saturday, May 2


 A witness told Daily Mail Australia she was not wearing any shoes, her hair was a 'dishevelled mess' and she was in a 'visibly distressed state'.

Jessica was walked to an ambulance where she was put on a gurney and it's understood she was then taken to the Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick.

A NSW Police spokesperson later confirmed emergency crews had attended the Coogee property on Saturday.






Worrying: A witness told Daily Mail Australia the former Love Child actress wasn't wearing any shoes, her hair was a 'dishevelled mess' and she was in a 'visibly distressed state'


'About midday today, police attached to Eastern Beaches Police Area Command coldpack ice+ moc waterproof attended a unit in Beach Street Coogee to assist NSW Ambulance Paramedics with a 35-year-old female patient,' the statement said.

'No further information is available.'

Five days before she was hospitalised, Jessica had uploaded a worrying Instagram post about love and learning.














Emotional: Five days before she was hospitalised, Jessica had uploaded this photo to Instagram of a hand-written essay about love


'Love is learning that in an effort to challenge myths of perfection, it needs to honour its importance to others,' she wrote.

Love says it gets confused and overwhelmed. Love is healing.'

The mother-of-one had abruptly quit the Amazon Prime reboot of Packed to the Rafters in February 'for personal reasons'.






Pulling the plug: The mother-of-one had abruptly quit the Amazon Prime reboot of Packed to the Rafters in February 'for personal reasons' (pictured with Packed To The Rafters co-stars)


She'd played Rachel Rafter in the original Channel Seven series from 2008 to 2013.

In 2014, Jessica spoke about being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

'I was diagnosed at one point with bipolar. I have developed ways to talk myself down from any ledges I find myself on,' she told The Australian Women's Weekly.

'There's probably one day a month when I am an absolute mess. In my case it's hard to separate what is due to trauma or stress and what is due to a simple chemical imbalance.'

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