Coronation Street star reveals she secretly gave birth to second child last summer – leaving soap co-stars shocked
CORONATION Street’s Jessica Barden has revealed she’s secretly had her second baby.
The 32-year-old shocked her co-stars by posting a snap of her in the delivery room out of the blue.
Jessica played Kayleigh Moreton on the ITV soap posted a collection of images from a recent magazine photoshoot as well as her time in hospital giving birth.
She wrote on Instagram: “I am late posting these insane images that I absolutely love and will cherish forever because I was giving birth to a child lol.”
Jessica’s pals including her former Corrie co-stars were all quick to express their amazement at her shock news, while others praised her glamorous appearance during her photoshoot while pregnant.
Fellow former Coronation Street actress Sacha Parkinson, who this week revealed she is expecting her first child, wrote: “Iconic.”
Brooke Vincent gushed: “Obsessed”, while another of Jessica’s followers commented: “Awww congratulations.”
Someone else wrote: “Incredible and congratulations… thanks for sharing.”
And a fifth gushed: “Beautiful pics and congratulations.”
The actress revealed last October that she was expecting her second child after she showed off her baby bump during an appearance at a film premiere but did not reveal how far along she was in her pregnancy.
The actress has been known to be notoriously private and never shared pictures following the birth of her first child.
Jessica appeared on the ITV soap for almost two years between 2007 – 2008.
Her character was the youngest daughter of the Moreton family who were introduced in early 2007.
During her time on the soap, Kayleigh was involved in a number of storylines including a teen romance with Chesney Battersby-Brown, played by Sam Aston, being neglected by her mum and getting caught up in a robbery at the Kabin.
Since leaving the soap, Jessica has gone to forge a successful TV and movie career and has appeared in a number of huge roles in films including Tamara Drewe.
She was also the co-lead in smash hit Channel 4 series The End of the F***ing World. Most recently, Jessica has joined hit new star-studded Sci-Fi series Dune: Prophecy.