Emmerdale’s Amy Walsh reveals adorable name of first baby with EastEnders star Toby Alexander Smith
SOAP stars Amy Walsh and Toby Alexander Smith have revealed their baby daughter’s sweet name after welcoming the tot into the world last month.
Emmerdale star Amy and EastEnders actor Toby announced the moniker, Bonnie Mae Smith, in a new interview.
Amy, 34, revealed: “Whenever we hypothetically talked about our family, we always said ‘our little Bonnie’. When she came, she couldn’t have been more of a Bonnie.”
Toby joked his daughter wasn’t the first Bonnie in the family, adding: “My parents had two King Charles spaniels and one was called Bonnie – but that had no part in it!”
Amy continued: “Her middle name is Mae.
“We wanted something with one syllable that went with her first name and surname, Smith.”
Amy, who plays Tracy Metcalfe in Emmerdale, and Toby, 30, who plays EastEnders villain Gray Atkins, met watching Strictly Come Dancing two years ago.
Toby opened up about the pair adjusting to being parents, telling OK! magazine: “We have always been a really good team anyway and I think Bonnie coming along has shown that we are meant to be parents together, because we’re finding our roles.”
Amy added: “We’re tired. She’s been a good baby. Feeding was hard at first because she was tongue-tied, so that came with all its challenges.
“But we took her to a specialist and it was seen to. We also worked with a breastfeeding specialist, which was invaluable. After that she’s been really good and I’m recovering OK too.”
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Amy recently explained how the couple got together after Toby sat beside her in the audience for Strictly Come Dancing.
He was there to support Honey Mitchell co-star Emma Barton while Amy was there to cheer on Kelvin Fletcher, who went on to win the series that year.
Amy shared: “He walked in and sat next to me and I turned round to my friend and was like, ‘Who is that? He’s so fit!’ And she was like, ‘I knew you’d say that straight away.’
“We were just chatting all night and really got on.”
Toby added: “It’s very snug in that Strictly audience and we were sat very similar to how we’re sat now…
“Once the show had finished I went to the bar and Amy was with people from Emmerdale and as I looked over she had the biggest glass of red wine and a pack of chicken crisps and I thought that’s a woman after my own heart.”
Amy quipped: “I was mortified when he asked me out because I was still holding them.”