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Emmerdale real life couple and his famous Coronation Street ex wife

Emmerdale’s Laura Norton is one of the soap's famous faces and as superfans know the star is in a relationship with former co-star Mark Jordon.

The Kerry Wyatt actress had her head turned by Mark during his brief stint acting alongside her. Even though he has left the ITV soap the couple's relationship is still very much on.

Laura plays Kerry Wyatt on the soap, and Mark portrayed Daz Spencer in 2014 and again between 2017 and 2019. During an interview with Inside Soap the actress opened up about her life with Mark and recalled meeting him for the first time.

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"Mark came in as Dan's brother Daz in 2014, initially for a short stint," she recalled. "We kept in touch as friends and grew closer – and we never looked back!

Emmerdale star Laura Norton has announced she and her partner had a baby girl (Instagram)

Sha added: "If you'd have said when we first met that in a few years we would be a couple and have a baby, I would've said 'excuse me?'"

When asked if their son would also become an actor, she said: "Whatever makes him happy, I'll support him. Though my dad is determined for him to be a footballer!"

The two are now engaged and welcomed their first child into the world in 2021. Laura recently gave birth to their second child, a baby girl named Ronnie. The 39-year-old took to Instagram to reveal the happy news as she shared some pictures of her bundle of joy.

In the caption of her post, she gushed: 'She’s here!!!! We’ve baked another belta. This little superstar joined us on Mon 17th October. She’s dead clever and a tiny little bundle of joy and beauty. Ronnie Jordon.”

Many Emmerdale fans may not know but before finding love with Laura Mark was previously married to Corrie actress Siobhan Finneran. The two were married for 17 years from 1997 and share a daughter named Poppy.

The star shot to fame playing the role of Josie Phillips on the soap and is well known for her lead role in BBC Happy Valley as Clare Cartwright.

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