Emmerdale’s Sophie Powles has revealed that she secretly welcomed her second child before Christmas.
The soap star, 32, who played Holly Barton from 2009 to 2012, announced her jovial baby news in an Instagram post shared on Friday.
Sophie, who announced her pregnancy in July, confirmed that she had given birth to a daughter before Christmas as she shared adorable snaps with her little one.
Sophie already shares a daughter Marli with her partner Mark Waters, and posted a sweet snap of her cuddled up to her two children in front of her Christmas tree.
She also shared a snap of herself planting a kiss on her newborn daughter’s head as she confirmed her happy news, but kept her second child’s name a secret.
Emmerdale’s Sophie Powles has revealed that she secretly welcomed her second child before Christmas as she shared a sweet snap with her two children
The soap star , 32, who played Holly Barton from 2009 to 2012, announced her jovial baby news in an Instagram post shared on Friday (pictured with her newborn baby)
She wrote in a caption: ‘Our little girl arrived before Christmas making it the most magic one yet.’
Sophie gave birth to her first daughter, named Marli Ocean Waters, in August 2021, with the star announcing the news on Instagram at the time.
She then confirmed that she and Mark were expecting their second child together in July with a sweet Instagram post.
The actress shared a picture of herself showing off her baby bump as she held her daughter in the air while enjoying a dip in the sea.
She captioned her post: ‘Another little friend joining us on our adventures…’
Sophie is best known for her role as Holly in Emmerdale which she landed when she was a teenager.
The actress dyed her blonde hair brown for the part and played Holly for three years on the soap.
She made a brief seven-month return to the soap in 2016 and was praised for her convincing portrayal of Holly’s death following a drug overdose.
Holly, who became Emmerdale’s first teenage drug addict in 2010, shocked viewers when she died after a heroin overdose.
Sophie told Digital Spy that she found the storyline ‘challenging’, but it was ‘a very serious and stark warning’ showing the effects that drug addiction can have on people.
The actress added she was proud of the storyline and hoped it would raise awareness.
Before giving birth for the first time, Sophie spoke out about the struggles of finding work as an actress and how she felt like a ‘failure’ when she had to take a cafe job to pay the bills.
She wrote on Instagram: ‘I moved to London a few years ago to further pursue my acting career.
‘Eventually I realised the lessons I was learning. To just find happiness in the everyday and the people you have around you.
‘To be grateful for just simply waking up and being healthy. Breaking the Habit I had of thinking I will be happy when I get that acting job or that audition.
‘To know that the depression and anxiety I continue to fight is only temporary. It’s so hard to even get an audition or email answered never mind an actual job.
‘Alongside various odd acting jobs the truth is I have spent most of my time working in a health food cafe. It felt like defeat. It felt like failure.’
