Rebecca Ryan, a star on Coronation Street, has revealed that she is expecting a second child.
The 33-year-old soap actress played Lydia Chambers on Corrie from 2021 until 2022 and has appeared in other hit shows including Waterloo Road, Casualty and Shameless. She has been married to her partner Dan Acraman since September 2022 – and they welcomed their first child, a daughter, in April 2023.
The TV star posted a number of photos of herself proudly displaying her developing baby bump on Instagram on Saturday. She captioned the images: “Sleeps overrated anyway, here comes baby No. 2” alongside a red heart emoji.
Fans, family, and other celebrities flooded the comments section with enthusiastic comments after her heartfelt post. Rebecca’s brother, Jack James Ryan – who starred in Coronation Street as Jacob Hay from 2021 until 2023 – was among those commenting. He wrote: “Can’t wait to meet my new best mate”.
Glamour model Rhian Sugden was excited by the news and wrote: “Here she issssss”! alongside a string of heart-eyed emojis. And another fan typed: “Awhhh amazing, congratulations to you all” alongside red heart emojis.
Rebecca and Dan are proud to have their first child, Aurora, with whom they have gushed over social media since her 2023 arrival. Rebecca shared sweet pictures of her baby daughter as she celebrated her first birthday in April of last year.
She wrote via Instagram at the time: “My darling girl Aurora, where has this year gone? I’ll forever be grateful for the unimaginable joy and love you have infused into my life. Every room is lit up with your cheeky smile, and I adore the way you develop and evolve. You have always been my best friend. Happy 1st birthday my girl”.
Rebecca’s growing family, which already includes her talented soap actor brother, will welcome her second child. When she started playing Jacob on the ITV soap 10 months after he started playing Jacob, viewers were shocked to learn that Rebecca and Jack were siblings.
After being both cast as main characters, soap producers were also taken aback that the duo were actually a brother and sister. Rebecca previously told The Mirror: “Nobody at ‘ Coronation Street ‘ had any idea. When I joined, I’d be talking to people and say, ‘ Oh, yeah, my brother works here’. And they’d go, ‘ Really, who’s your brother? What? Jack! ‘ It’s a dream come true to be working on the show at the same time, but it’s a total coincidence”.
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