Jenna Coleman has revealed she is pregnant with her first child.
The Victoria actress, 37, debuted her baby bump at a dinner to celebrate the opening of the new exhibition ‘Imaginary Conversations: An ERDEM Collection Inspired by Duchess Deborah’, at Chatsworth House on Wednesday night.
Looking gorgeous in a green floral dress, Jenna cradled her bump as she posed for photos at the historic venue.
The happy news comes six months after she left fans speculating she had tied the knot with her director boyfriend Jamie Childs, 35, after being spotted with a chunky gold band on her wedding finger.
There was no sign of the ring on Wednesday night however.
A representative for Jenna has been contacted by MailOnline for comment.
Jenna and Jamie met on the set of Netflix series The Sandman in 2020 and have since worked together again on Jamie’s first film Jackdaw.
Jenna previously dated Tom Hughes, who played her husband Prince Albert in ITV’s Victoria.
They met in 2013 on the set of BBC drama series Dancing On The Edge, but went their separate ways in 2020.
Before Tom, Jenna was in a relationship with Bodyguard and Game Of Thrones star Richard Madden.
The actress famously keeps her relationships private and has never spoken publicly about her romance with Jamie.
Back in 2019, while in a relationship with Tom, Jenna said she wasn’t under any pressure to start a family, and instead wanted to see more of the world.
‘Half of my friends have babies, and half don’t, so it doesn’t feel like a pressure. I want to take my time,’ she told Harpers Bazaar.
‘There’s a whole lot more of the world for me to see first. I’d love to have children one day. But not nine of them. I can tell you that as a fact.’
Jenna has previously joked she has had practice for labour, having played Queen Victoria in the ITV drama, which saw her watch One Born Every Minute to prepare for the labour scenes, as Victoria had nine children.
Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show in 2019, she said: ‘I have had many a labour scene now, I’m running out of noises for labour scenes.
‘I try to [change it up]… I’ve just given birth to the seventh child now. And there is still no pain relief as of yet either [in the era the show is set]…
‘To be honest, I find if I build up adrenaline and then don’t think about it and then watch it back, I think I sounded like a sheep on one thing that I saw back before.
‘I’d just have loads of caffeine and then get really built up and then I’m sure one day maybe if I ever give birth I’ll realise I was totally wrong.’
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The actress has also found the music of Mumford & Sons helpful to listen to before she films the intense scenes.
She said: ‘On set, I have got into the habit of listening to Mumford & Sons during the birth scenes. I think there is something about the banjo, something about the adrenalin.’
The actress’ next work project is starring alongside Tom Glynn-Carney in gritty upcoming crime drama The Jetty.
She portrays Detective Ember Manning in the new series.
Tom, 29 – is best known for his role as Aegon II Targaryen in HBO drama House Of Dragon – but his character is yet to be revealed.
The new show also stars Archie Renaux, known for his roles in The Greatest Beer Run, Shadow and Bone, and Romulus.
The four-part series follows the aftermath of a fire tearing through a lake house in the aptly named Detective Ember’s scenic Lancashire town.
Ember attempts to find out how the fire links to a podcast journalist investigating a missing person’s cold case as well as a disturbing ‘love’ triangle between a man in his twenties and two underage girls.
The unfortunate truth threatens to destroy Ember’s life, forcing her to re-evaluate everything she thought she knew about her past, present and the town she’s always called home.
As much a coming-of-age story as a detective thriller, The Jetty asks big questions about sexual morality, identity and memory, in the places that Me Too has left behind.
Jenna told the BBC of the project: ‘Working with BBC and Firebird Pictures on bringing the complex and enigmatic character of Ember Manning to life has been an incredible experience.
‘I can’t wait for everyone to meet this new heroine and to find out what’s lurking beneath the surface of The Jetty.’
Wednesday night’s dinner celebrated ERDEM’s Spring Summer 2024 collection and the opening of Imaginary Conversations..
The exhibition examines Chatsworth House as a source of inspiration for ERDEM, welcoming visitors into Duchess Deborah’s world and revealing how the history and archives at Chatsworth informed the creative process for this new fashion collection.
The occasion brought together friends of the brand to celebrate the opening of Imaginary Conversations with a champagne reception in The Painted Hall, followed by a preview of the exhibition and dinner in The Sculpture Gallery.
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