Gavin and Stacey’s Joanna Page, 44, pregnant with fourth baby saying ‘Well this is a surprise’

GAVIN and Stacey star Joanna Page has revealed she is pregnant with her fourth child.

The 44-year-old actress posted a picture of herself with a small baby bump as she revealed she will become a mum again at Christmas.

Writing on Instagram, she said: "Well, this is a surprise!! Baby number 4 on the way! It’s going to be a busy Christmas! 😊🥳."

The star, famous for playing Stacey Shipman in the hit BBC comedy, added the hashtags: "#pregnant" and "#babyontheway".

Her celebrity pals were delighted, with Gogglebox's Denise Van Outen writing: "Aw, congratulations ❤️."

Ex-Corrie star Catherine Tyldesley wrote: "😍😍😍😍 congratulations xx" while Emmerdale's Charley Webb said: "Oh wow ❤️ lovely news."

Joanna already has three children with English actor James Thornton, who she starred alongside in 1999 series David Copperfield.

They welcomed their first child, a daughter called Eva, in 2013 with sons Kit and Noah following in 2015 and 2016.

Well, this is a surprise!! Baby number 4 on the way! It’s going to be a busy Christmas!

Joanna Page

Speaking last year, she said she nearly divorced in lockdown because she and her husband stopped having sex.

She told The Sun: “We spent the whole of the first lockdown arguing and threatening to divorce each other.

“Then we went through a month of literally not saying a single word to each other.

“We came out of that a bit numb and deadened and desperate for anything we could get because we just argued so much.

“‘Let’s get some sex in before we have to pick the kids up from school’ — that’s how desperate we’d got.”

She added: “I’m sure all parents found it really difficult during lockdown. You’re with the children so much, and then at night-time they all just wanted to sleep in bed with us.