Abbie Cornish moved to Hollywood for Ryan Phillipe
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She's the Australian actress who moved to the US in 2007.

And Abbie Cornish has recalled her struggle to adjust to Hollywood after moving there for her now ex-boyfriend Ryan Phillippe, 43.

Speaking to Sunday Life this week, the 35-year-old recalled feeling 'afraid' to relocate to Tinseltown because she is a 'country girl' at heart.

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'I'd danced around the issue for a long time because, honestly, I was afraid,' she said.

'I didn't know if I could be in that Hollywood environment as a country girl from Lochinvar and not feel insecure - when I came here to live with Ryan it turned out that it was really good for me, and for my career as well.

She added: 'In the end, I moved to LA for love, because Ryan and I really wanted to live together and his two kids were in LA.'

And it's not the first time that love that brought the star stateside.

Speaking to Porter Magazine in 2014 following her split from Reese Witherspoon's ex-husband, Abbie said it was her 'hopeless romantic' personality that brought her over.

'I'm a hopeless romantic, that's probably my weakest point,' she said.

Abbey was raised on a farm in NSW's Hunter Valley.

And although far away from Tinseltown, the older sister of Puberty Blues star Isabelle Cornish has fast become one of Australia's most successful exports.

Starring in the new blockbuster Geostorm opposite Gerard Butler and Andy Garcia, the part-time DJ also has a cookbook on the way.