She lost her husband, actor Andy Whitfield in 2011 to non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
Now, the Spartacus star's widow, Vashti Whitfield, has opened up about looking for love again as a single mother to the couple's two children.
The 43-year-old Sydney-based beauty revealed in an interview with Who magazine, that she's very conscious of who she brings into her kids' lives, especially after her youngest, nine-year-old daughter Indigo, asked: 'When are we getting a new daddy?'
Moving on: Vasti Whitfield has opened up about looking for love again as a single mother-of-two, following the death of her husband, Spartacus star Andy Whitfield in 2011
Beloved husband and father: The 39-year-old passed away after a battle with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
'If she sees a male figure or somebody else's dad and she really likes him, she'll come up and say, very matter-of-fact, "When will we be getting another daddy?
'"When will you be getting married again? Because I'd really like us to have another daddy",' the brunette beauty recalled.
The mother-of-two also said she wants someone who will be inspiring for her 11-year-old son Jesse.
'When a parent loses their partner, it is part of the grieving process to meet somebody and go, "Would that person be a great parent to my children?",' she added.
'When will we be getting another daddy?': Nine-year-old Indigo once asked her mother outright, when she plans to marry again but the single mother says she's conscious who she brings into their live
Missing her man: The now 43-year-old spoke about he need to feel connected to someone after her husband's death before realising it's OK to miss them
However, in Vashti's memoir about her grief following the Australian actor's death, she admits there was a time soon after where she craved 'the need to feel connected that physically being with somebody might give you'.
She likens her behaviour to that of her teen years, before meeting Andy but later realised she was allowed to miss her husband and be OK with that.
Previously, at a screening for the documentary Be Here Now: The Andy Whitfield Story, about his battle with the disease, Vashti told Daily Mail Australia: 'We get to hang out again for two hours and I get to see him as a father and the moments I shared with the love of my life,'
In the magazine interview, the mother-of-two said the kids have not yet seen the film as she wants them to remember their father for more than that.
'We get to hang out again for two hours': The widow says she enjoys watching the documentary Be Here Now: The Andy Whitfield Story, about his battle with the disease and the last 18-months of his life as it gives her her husband back briefly
About her relationship with Andy, Vashti said she knew he was the one from when they first met.
'Finding a handsome man to snuggle to is never hard...' she said.
'But finding compatibility... takes patience and trust... It's not about the six pack, we were meant to be.'
She said it was love at first sight when they met in London's Shoreditch in 1998.
Love at first sight: Vashti said she knew Andy was the one from when they first met in London's Shoreditch in 1998
'From that moment it was love,' says Vashti adding, 'We laughed and got on brilliantly.
'But he was coming out of a long-term relationship and I wasn't interested in this handsome man who wasn't what I went for so we hang out with a bunch of combined friends for a few months,' before calling them both 'soulmates.'
The pair wed in 2001 and moved to Sydney, before he fell ill in 2010, at the height of his acting fame thanks to appearing in the first season of Spartacus.
Loved up couple: The pair wed in 2001 and moved to Sydney, before he fell ill in 2010, at the height of his acting fame thanks to appearing in the first season of Spartacus
More: The full interview is in this week's Who magazine
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