Emmerdale and Victoria star Jenna Coleman is having a baby
The former Jasmine Thomas actress is glowing
Former Emmerdale actress Jenna Coleman has revealed she is pregnant with her first baby. She debuted her growing bump on the red carpet last night (June 19).
The Jasmine Thomas actress was at a celebratory dinner for the opening of Imaginary Conversations: An ERDEM Collection Inspired by Duchess Deborah at Chatsworth House.
In pictures published by Hello Jenna was definitely glowing! She was wearing a green, black and white floral dress and looked happy and content.
Jenna’s other half and the desire to have kids
The actress is in a relationship with director Jamie Childs. The pair met whilst filming Netflix’s Sandman – a series adapted from Neil Gaiman’s popular comic book series.
But it seemed Jenna wasn’t in a rush to have a baby, having previously told Harper’s Bazaar: “Half of my friends have babies, and half don’t, so it doesn’t feel like a pressure. I want to take my time.”
Jenna added: “There’s a whole lot more of the world for me to see first.”
Jenna Coleman on baby experience
Joking about playing Queen Victoria, who had nine children, Jenna added: “I’d love to have children one day. But not nine of them. I can tell you that as a fact.”
However Queen Victoria’s nine children have seen Jenna give birth on screen multiple times. She told Jonathan Ross: “I have had many a labour scene now, I’m running out of noises for labour scenes.”
She then quipped: “I’m sure one day maybe if I ever give birth I’ll realise I was totally wrong.”
Only time will tell on that one!
Jenna Coleman in Emmerdale
The actress appeared in Emmerdale as Jasmine Thomas from June 2005 until March 2009. She was the niece of Ashley Thomas, sent to live with her uncle and grandfather, Sandy Thomas after being suspended from school.
She befriended Debbie Dingle and it wasn’t long before the girls realised their feelings for each other ran deeper than friendship. But Debbie’s dad Cain wasn’t happy about it and seduced Jasmine to get back at Debbie.
Jasmine worked as a journalist and her investigative instincts got her in a lot of trouble. Not least when she started looking into criminal gang the McFarlanes and found policeman Shane Doyle was in bed with them.
After he caught her hunting for evidence, Shane tried to rape Jasmine. Debbie arrived and saved her, but Jasmine finished Shane off by hitting him repeatedly with a chair leg.
Despite Debbie and Eli going to great lengths to help her dispose of the body, Jasmine eventually ended up confessing and was sentenced to four years in prison for manslaughter. That’s the last we saw of her on screen.
Jenna went on to have a successful career starring in Waterloo Road, Doctor Who and Victoria among other things. Her latest project, The Jetty, hits BBC in July.
Emmerdale usually airs weeknights on ITV at 7.30pm.
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