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Michelle Hardwick gave birth to a beautiful daughter.
The Emmerdale actress, 46, and her producer wife Kate Brooks, 39, welcomed their new daughter Betty Brooks on Tuesday, Nov. 15.
Their latest addition makes them a family of four as they share two-year-old son Teddy, who was born in October 2020.
Congratulations! Emmerdale actress Michelle Hardwick, 46, gave birth to a beautiful baby girl on Tuesday, November 15 with her producer wife Kate Brooks, 39, named Betty Brooks.
Baby Betty Brooks was born weighing 5 lbs 10 oz.
Michelle shared the delicious news with her 125,000 Instagram followers, writing, “Introducing Betty Brooks to the world!
‘Betty made a cheeky early appearance on Tuesday, November 15 weighing in at 5 pounds 10 ozs.
“We all love you so much, our beautiful Betty B ♥️.”
Her friends, fans and industry colleagues all shared their heartfelt congratulations to the soap opera actress who has shared glimpses of her pregnancy journey along the way.
The lovelorn couple made a live televised gender reveal in August while appearing on ITV’s Loose Women.
Happy: Michelle shared the great news with her 125,000 Instagram followers, writing, “Introducing Betty Brooks to the world!”
Michelle married wife Kate in 2019, after the pair met on Emmerdale – which Kate is a producer on.
Michelle, who is best known for playing Vanessa Woodfield in the ITV soap, revealed she’s dealing with ‘quite a bit of morning sickness!’
Michelle and Kate revealed that their donor is also Teddy’s biological father and he is open to meeting the kids when they are 18 if they want to see him.
The happy couple brought adorable Teddy to celebrate the live gender reveal.
A few weeks ago, Michelle took to Instagram share a photo of her baby bump as she prepares to welcome the new arrival.
‘Not long till we meet you baby girl’: Emmerdale’s Michelle Hardwick, 46, shared a photo of her belly on Instagram a few weeks ago as she prepared to welcome her second child
Staring at her stomach in the monochromatic photo, the Emmerdale actress, 46, wrote: ‘Not long until we meet you baby’.
On the Loose Women show this summer, Michelle and her producer wife from Emmerdale spoke further about their marriage.
The couple, who fled to Memphis before getting married, said, “If you look at where we are, we’ve been married for almost three years.”
The TV appearance comes after Michelle announced on Instagram last month that she was expecting her second child with wife Kate.
She shared her “super exciting” news with her followers as she posted a sweet photo of Teddy.
Congratulations! Michelle Hardwick revealed that she is expecting a baby girl in August with wife Kate Brooks in Loose Women alongside their son Teddy
Michelle revealed that she can “almost rest a cup of tea on my stomach” as she is “20 weeks today.”
Michelle shared a screenshot with the words “COMING THIS WINTER… Baby Brooks #2” written in pink letters.
Under the TV, their son could be seen raising his hands and grinning with excitement.
Michelle wrote, “We are super excited about our wonderful news! I’m 20 weeks today and can almost rest a cup of tea on my stomach #bigbrother.’
The pair revealed OK! Magazine that they hoped to expand their family and Michelle added that she would like to meet Teddy’s biological father to say thank you.
Michelle said: ‘When Teddy is 18 he can find out who his father is and we would support him massively.
“I’d like to meet him and say, ‘Thank you so much for letting us be parents and giving us the most beautiful little boy.'”
Thrilled! Michelle shared a photo of a screen with the words ‘COMING THIS WINTER… Baby Brooks #2’ in pink letters while Teddy looked excited underneath