Michelle Keegan looks incredible as she shared her growing baby bump and shared rare details of her private life this week.
The former Coronation Street has opened up on her exciting new family chapter for the first time, since revealing she was expecting her first baby with husband Mark Wright, 38, at the end of December.
The pair announced the news by posting a beautiful photo of Michelle's growing baby bump in a beautiful beach snap alongside Mark, saying '2025 is going to be a special one for us'.
Like much of her private life, the actress has been enjoying her journey into motherhood in private, however she posed for new photos cradling her bump in a thick knit jumper and loose white trousers, looking more stunning than ever.
Michelle and Mark got married in 2015, and after initially discussing how she would like children, the couple became silent on the matter for the last ten years before announcing their pregnancy in December.
And now Michelle admits it was the intense scrutiny on their lack of children that led her to becoming so private.
“Around the time we got married, I was open about the fact that I wanted to have a family but then, because we didn't choose to have children within a certain time, there was lots of speculation,” she told Grazia.
She added: “I made the decision to not talk publicly about that side of my life. I’m going to be 38 this year and, as I’ve got older, I feel more confident about my boundaries.”
Michelle previously told the Mirror: "It's horrible. People don't know if we're trying. They don't know the background of what's happening. In this day and age, you shouldn't be asking questions like that. I'm asked purely because I’m a woman. But I'm immune to it now - it's like a reaction, and as soon as I hear it I brush it off as it's no one else's business."
Speaking about her pregnancy for the first time, the star admitted her pregnancy cravings had taken her by surprise admitting she is constantly snacking, revealing: "I'm usually a savoury girl, but now I'm craving sugary stuff. I'll eat a chocolate bar while walking around the supermarket and just give them the wrapper at the checkout."
She also stated that she and Mark don't yet know the gender of their baby, despite reports that they are expecting a boy. The star is currently filming the seventh and final series of Sky comedy series, Brassic, up north.
But she revealed that she plans to be at home with Mark more than ever with the couple's new arrival and plans to take a good amount of time away from work, explaining: "I'm going to take a good chunk of time off to enjoy being a mum. I'm never normally at home in the summer, I've always been away working, so I can't wait."
Michelle rose to fame as Tina McIntyre on ITV's Coronation Street from 2008 until her departure in 2014. Since then she has starred in military drama Our Girl as Corporal Georgie Lane, hit comedy-drama Brassic playing Erin Croft and Maya Stern in Netflix hit Fool Me Once. She’s gearing up to reprise her role as Kate Thorne in another series of Ten Pound Poms, a storytelling of Brits emigrating from post-war Britain.
Mark, who first captured public attention on The Only Way Is Essex, rocketed to further stardom with his runner-up spot on ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! in 2011 and reaching the finals of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing in 2014. Nowadays, listeners can tune into him every Saturday afternoon on Heart radio.
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