Overview
- Walsh, 38, disclosed Monday on Instagram that she went into established labour the previous week and said her family has been in a “magical bubble.”
- The baby is her second child with husband Toby-Alexander Smith, a former EastEnders actor, and joins big sister Bonnie-Mae, born in December 2021.
- She has not shared the newborn’s name, after a Boxing Day video last year showed pink smoke to reveal they were expecting a girl.
- Soap colleagues and family quickly posted congratulations, with messages from sister Kimberley Walsh and Emmerdale co-stars including Isabel Hodgins and Katie Hill.
- Emmerdale has lined up Walsh’s final pre-maternity-leave scenes for Sunday, March 29, signaling a temporary on-screen exit as she focuses on her newborn.