 Acting took a back seat for three years when she became a mother of two but she kept her hand in directing for Shortland Street.Bloomfield has also been a contestant on the N.Z show, "Dancing with the Stars" and was in 2006 voted as having New Zealand's best breasts.Bloomfield returned to Shortland Street as Rachel in October 2009 as a series regular and then left Shortland Street once again in 2017.