Ben Ryan Davies rose to fame by playing the role of Nick Savage on Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks and now he has become a dad
A Hollyoaks star has secretly welcomed his first child as he also shared their sweet name. Ben Ryan Davies has become a dad for the first time after welcoming a baby boy with his partner Lottie.
The actor is best known for playing the role of Nick Savage on the Channel 4 soap and he took to his Instagram this week to repost a snap from Lottie’s account of their new little baby. In the photo the couple can be seen smiling from ear to ear as they went on a festive day out. Another photo was also uploaded of Lottie holding the baby boy.
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Lottie went on to reveal the name of the tot in the caption as she wrote: “And Jensen was asleep for the whole thing.” The couple announced in July of this year that they were expecting their first baby together after getting together in 2024.
Sharing the exciting news, they shared a picture of them holding a baby sonogram photo. They wrote over the top of the sweet photo: “Big news! Incoming October 2024!”
Ben and Lottie only revealed their relationship in April after getting together in October last year. Going Instagram official with their relationship, the actor shared photos as well as writing: “What an amazing 6 months.
“I’m so excited for our future together. You’ve changed my life and I’m so happy.” Ben first joined Hollyoaks back in 2016 as evil character Nick Savage.
He has been involved in several big storylines and was in one very shocking one in particular. His character raped Ellie Nightingale, after he slept with her when she was too drunk to give her consent.
This wasn’t his only sexual assault, as he raped his girlfriend Holly Cunningham, even though she stood by him after he attacked Ellie.
Nick didn’t get away with it as his crimes caught up to him and he went to prison. Ben then left the soap in 2017.
Ben was praised for his portrayal of evil Nick and was nominated for a British Soap Award for that role. Before he joined the Hollyoaks cast, Ben was on our screens in Waterloo Road.
He played the role of student Ronan Burley and stayed on the show for two years and 36 episodes in total. Since he left Hollyoaks, he has also taken on several other acting jobs.
He has made guest appearances in Casualty and Father Brown. Ben’s latest role will be on stage playing the titular character in The Further Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan, according to his Instagram page.
The star is is the middle of a month long schedule of shows where he is performing at the Forum Theatre in Billingham.








