"Newlyweds" star Jessica Simpson, who was briefly hospitalised after taking ill in Chicago while shooting for "The Oprah Winfrey Show", has recovered sufficiently to return to work.

"While Jessica was in Chicago, she contracted a stomach virus and became dehydrated," the People magazine quoted her representative as saying.

"She is already feeling better after being checked into, and released from, a local hospital for re-hydration before flying back to Los Angeles," the magazine said.