Congratulations are in order for Hollyoaks star Nikki Sanderson and her boyfriend Anthony Quinlan, who have welcomed their first child. Nikki announced her pregnancy last year on Christmas Eve, later revealing she was expecting a baby boy.
On Instagram, Saturday (25 April), Nikki, who played Maxine Minniver on the Channel 4 soap, shared a black and white photo of her son with the words “Hello World”.
The soap star captioned the pic: “Happy due date little man.
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“You blessed our lives a few days earlier than expected and filled our world with so much joy. Daddy and Mummy love you so much Son.”
Nikki is yet to confirm her son’s name.
The actor was congratulated by friends and colleagues in the comments, with Cleo McQueen actress Nadine Mulkerrin writing: “Congratulations guys what a head of hair!!!”
Chelsee Healey wrote: “Congratulations”, followed by a blue heart emoji, while Emmerdale acgtress Laura Norts added: “Welcome gorgeous one congratulations lovely people.”
Former Hollyoaks and Game of Thrones actor Roxanne McKee told the couple: “So happy for you both. Welcome to the world little man.”
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Nikki previously opened up about having a boy, admitting she’d had an inkling she was going to be a boy mum.
“Anthony and I always said that we didn’t mind what we were having as long as our baby is healthy. There was no, ‘I’d love this or that’ – we were just over the moon,” she told Closer in March.
“But subconsciously, I always felt like I was going to be a boy mum and my family said the same. Whenever I thought about motherhood, I just kept envisioning a baby boy in my arms. Anthony’s thrilled because he’s going to have a mini Manchester United sidekick!”
Hollyoaks airs on Mondays-Wednesdays with its Channel 4 streaming premiere at 7am, then an E4 broadcast the same night at 7pm. Full episodes are also released on YouTube a week after their Channel 4 release.
Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video.
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