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Hollyoaks stars Emmett J. Scanlan and Claire Cooper reveal she’s pregnant with their second child together

HOLLYOAKS stars Emmett J. Scanlan and Claire Cooper are expecting their second child together.

Claire, who is best known for playing Jacqui McQueen on the soap, announced their happy news alongside a picture of her growing bump.

Claire Cooper and Emmett are expecting their second child
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Claire Cooper and Emmett are expecting their second child
Claire gave birth to baby Ocean-Torin in 2020
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Claire gave birth to baby Ocean-Torin in 2020Credit: Instagram

The 41-year-old told her followers: “Our family is growing ��👶🏼 #fall.”

Emmett shared the same snap and simply wrote: "Incoming."

Claire welcomed a baby boy called Ocean-Torin Scanlan with Emmett in July 2020.

She married Emmett, who starred as Brendan Brady in Hollyoaks, in 2015 after meeting and falling in love on the soap.

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The Peaky Blinders star is already dad to a daughter named Kayla from a previous relationship.

The couple’s famous friends rushed to congratulate them.

Gemma Atkinson wrote: “Beautiful ❤️ such lovely news! Congratulations x”

Jennifer Metcalfe commented: “Congratulations… what an amazing pic xxx❤️”

While Nikki Sanderson added: “Congratulations ❤️.”

Emmett previously said of the “terrifying” experience: “We lost our baby and she [Claire] almost lost her life.

“It was a very, very difficult time, and then Ocean was born, the same month, a year later.”

The actress was over the moon to get pregnant following a tragic miscarriage
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The actress was over the moon to get pregnant following a tragic miscarriage
The couple met and fell in love on Hollyoaks
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The couple met and fell in love on HollyoaksCredit: Instagram
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