Downton Abbey star Joanna Froggatt has revealed she is pregnant with her first child.
The Downton Abbey star, 43, shared the happy news as she debuted her baby bump on the red carpet at Tuesday’s Into Film Awards.
The star looked gorgeous in a red minidress as she posed at the event, cradling her baby bump.
Joanne has not confirmed the father’s identity, but she was seen walking hand in hand with a mystery man in August 2023, and the star’s friends said at the time that they were “excited” for her and felt he could be the one. . .
The actress was left heartbroken when her eight-year marriage to James Cannon finished shortly before the pandemic in 2020.
Downton Abbey star Joanna Froggatt has revealed she is pregnant with her first child.
In August 2023, it was revealed that Joanne had been dating the man she was pictured with, whose name is Mark. for several months and was said to be “in love” with him.
Joanne introduced Mark to her friends last year and took him to a party with her group of friends at The Greyhound Italian restaurant in Marylebone, central London.
A source close to her revealed: “Joanne is having a great time with Mark.”
It is the first time she has been publicly linked to a love interest since her split from IT consultant Cannon in February 2020.
Joanne, who played maid Anna Bates for the entire six series of Downton Abbey, announced the split just weeks before lockdown.
She said: ‘We’ve been apart for a while. I’m looking to the future. “I’m going to embrace this year and see what happens.”
A year later, in 2021, he admitted that the divorce from his longtime partner had put his life in a state of flux.
She said: “I didn’t think I would get divorced, I didn’t think we would be going through a pandemic, I didn’t think my life would change the way it was.” But I’m fine with that.
The Downton Abbey star, 43, shared the happy news as she debuted her baby bump on the red carpet at Tuesday’s Into Film Awards.
The star looked gorgeous in a red minidress as she posed at the event, cradling her baby bump.
‘I am very grateful for my friends and family, for my health and for having worked so hard over the past year. At the end of the day, you realize how many positive aspects you have in your life.’
Joanne, who was engaged to DJ Phil Vane aged 19, married Cannon in 2012 in a private ceremony at a church in Oxfordshire attended by her Downton Abbey cast mates.
In a 2015 interview, she described her marriage to Cannon as “perfect.”
He added: “He’s passionate about film and theatre, so we have a common interest, and he’s not in the business, so it’s perfect.”
While they were together, she and Cannon owned a production company called Run After It, however, the actress now runs the business on her own and said that being in charge “feels like an exciting new chapter.”
The baby news comes after it was revealed that Joanne will return to Downton Abbey as production begins on the period drama’s third film.
The news comes after it was revealed that Joanna will return to Downton Abbey as production begins on the period drama’s third film (pictured with Brendan Coyle as Mr Bates in series two).
The actress was left heartbroken when her eight-year marriage to James Cannon ended shortly before the pandemic in 2020 (the former couple appears together in 2018).
The actress played Anna Bates, Lady Crawley’s maid, in the series from 2010 until the end in 2015 and the first two films.
The third installment was revealed in advance by actress Imelda Staunton, who shamelessly announced that there would definitely be a “third and final” film.
It was later confirmed by the show’s runners, who announced that there would be a “third film in the beloved Downton Abbey franchise.”
However, while producers have “tried to reunite the cast,” some stars will not be able to return.
A television insider said Sun: ‘This will be good news for fans of the drama, because Anna was one of the favorites, but none of the cast members were guaranteed to return.
“Although the producers have tried to reunite most of the Downton stars, not all of them have been able to commit, even if they appeared in the first two films.”
In February, The Mail revealed that the period drama would surprisingly return for a seventh season.