The child star known as the Teletubbies Sun baby has shared an update after announcing she is pregnant with her first child.
Jess Smith, who is now in her late twenties, uploaded a sweet photo of herself and her longterm boyfriend after enjoying their ‘last holiday as a two.’
She appeared in every episode of the beloved children’s show from 1997 to 2003 and left fans delighted when she announced her happy news three weeks ago.
Posting an update to Instagram on Friday, Jess smiled beside her partner Ricky Latham in a photo from their trip to Copenhagen.
She wore a black T-shirt with a checked top layered over while Ricky wrapped up in a navy blue hoodie.
Happy news: The child star known as the Teletubbies Sun baby has shared an update after announcing she is pregnant with her first child
Throwback: She appeared in every episode of the beloved children’s show from 1997 to 2003 and left fans delighted when she announced her happy news three weeks ago
Parents-to-be: Jess Smith, who is now in her late twenties, uploaded a sweet photo of herself and her longterm boyfriend after enjoying their ‘last holiday as a two’
She captioned the post: ‘Last holiday as a two. Loved exploring Copenhagen.’
Three weeks ago Jess shared an image of her sonogram to Instagram and wrote: ‘When two becomes three’.
She is in a longterm relationship with her partner Ricky Latham who she tagged in the heartwarming post.
Jess was inundated with congratulatory messages after announcing the happy news.
One user wrote on Instagram: ‘The teletubbies baby is having a baby,’ while another added: ‘Congratulations!!! You’re gonna have your own sun baby!!!’
A third user wrote: ‘The Teletubbies sun baby is having her own sun baby,’ and a fourth penned: ‘Congratulations Jess. Wonderful news’.
Another added: ‘Teletubbie baby. Congratulations! Nursery theme idea (you are my sunshine)’.
Teletubbies debuted on screens in 1997 and centred on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies.
Heartwarming: Three weeks ago Jess shared an image of her sonogram to Instagram and wrote: ‘When two becomes three’
Congrats: She is in a longterm relationship with her partner Ricky Latham who she tagged in the heartwarming post
It quickly became a pop culture phenomenon and won multiple BAFTA awards during its original run.
Jess told the BBC South East in 2015 it was by pure chance she landed her role on the show.
‘I was being weighed at the hospital,’ she said. ‘My mum took me and it just happened to be the same time that the producer of the old series had come in and wanted the hospital to get in contact with them if they’d seen any smiley babies.’
She revealed her father would sit behind the cameras playing toys and cars to make her do her famous giggle heard on the show.
It wasn’t until 2015 that she revealed her identity after previously preferring to keep it a secret.
