EastEnders actress Natalie Cassidy gives birth and reveals name

Natalie has welcomed her second child

Published 30th Aug 2016

Actress Natalie Cassidy has given birth to her second child, a baby girl with her fiancée Marc Humphreys.

The EastEnders star took to social media to announce her happy news, where she shared a family photo from her hospital bed and revealed her newborn's traditional name.

She wrote '@cameramarc and I introduce Joanie Elizabeth Cassidy-Humphreys… We are all so in love!'

Joanie is Natalie's second child, she also has five-year-old daughter Eliza whom she shares with her ex-partner Adam Cotterell.

After her turbulent relationship with Adam, Natalie went on to find love with cameraman Marc, with the pair announcing their engagement last October.

Natalie then revealed she was expecting back in February when she wrote 'Evening all... Time to let everybody know that @cameramarc and I are having a baby in the summer. The three musketeers become four' on her Twitter page.

Fans of Natalie, who plays Sonia in the popular soap, were quick to congratulate the couple on their new arrival.

Congratulations to the happy couple.

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