Jessica Marais on the struggles of being a working mum

Jessica Marais has spoken about the difficulties she faces balancing her work life with motherhood.

The Wrong Girl actress spoke to TV Week about playing the leading lady in the TV version of Zoe Foster Blake's novel.

"Trying to balance your life and trying to figure out who you are in the world resonates with me deeply," she said to the magazine.

"I'm just trying to cut life into bite-sized pieces and go back to having a little bit more time for motherhood."

The 31-year-old has a five-year-old daughter named Scout with her ex-partner James Stewart.

The pair sadly split last year and currently co-parent their child.

Jessica says that there’s no easy advice she could give anyone suddenly attempting to co-parent a child.

“I don’t know if I could give anyone advice,” she tells Be. “I think I would just say that it takes time and it gets better with time.”

She added: “In the kind of industry we work in, life is quite changeable. My plan is to be as flexible as possible with my plans and to make it work, but definitely to keep co-parenting and keep working at that with our daughter Scout, that’s probably the most important thing.”

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James recently mirrored Jessica's thoughts on co-parenting in an interview with Sunday Style, explaining that they remain on good terms for the sake of Scout.

"Once you realise it's about Scout, everything's easy," he explained. "Jess and I have nothing to hide. I think dignity is the key. We are both out for each other's best interests."

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