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Jessica Gibb

Succession's Shiv gives birth in real life as Sarah Snook welcomes her first baby

Succession star Sarah Snook has given birth to her first child.

The actress - who plays Shiv Roy in the HBO drama that ended on Monday night - shared a glimpse of her red-headed baby while watching the finale.

Taking to Instagram on Monday, Sarah shared a snap of her baby's head with Succession on the TV in the background.

She said her heart was full of the "memories, good times, challenges and triumphs" of making the show as she watched the last episode.

Fans of the series will know that Sarah's pregnancy was worked into the script and Shiv was also expecting in the final season of the show.

Succession's Shiv has given birth in real life as Sarah Snook welcomes her first baby (Instagram/sarah_snook)
Sarah Snook's pregnancy was worked into the script (Andrew H. Walker/REX/Shutterstock)

Sarah's baby is her first with comedian Dave Lawson after they got married in 2021.

She is also stepmother to Dave's son from a previous relationship.

Bidding farewell to the extraordinary show, Sarah told fans: "It’s hard to express what this show has meant to me. The places I got to go, the immense talent I got to work with…it breaks my heart that it is all over.

"But my heart had to be this full of all the memories, good times, challenges and triumphs, to be able to break at all…so that makes me grateful.

"To have been blessed to join this crazy adventure of a show will be a career highlight, which will no doubt be hard to top.

"I am so, so proud and humbled by everyone’s hard work season after season: we all set the bar high for each other, then exceeded it and excelled, in every department.

"The friendships, the scripts, the locations, the one liners, the early mornings, the last minute changes, all the highs and lows: I’m going to miss it all.

"The people of this show are a talented bunch, and I’m proud to have worked alongside them, it’s the people I will miss most of all.

"I just watched the final episode of the final season of something that has changed my life. And now, my life has changed again. Thank you for all the love and support."

Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy in Succession (HBO/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

Last night Succession finally revealed the fate of the Roy children and the family business as the show came to an end.

Fans discovered who will become Logan Roy's successor, as his children — Kendall, Roman and Shiv — all fought to replace the billionaire media mogul.

Logan, played by veteran actor Brian Cox, was killed off in the third episode of the fourth and final series in an explosive twist.

While his family gathered for Connor Roy's wedding, viewers watched on as Logan died after collapsing in the bathroom while onboard a private jet heading to Sweden.

The fight was then on to take control of his business empire.

Spoiler alert, in a huge twist during the season finale, none of the Roy siblings won.

In the episode, the family were getting ready to have the final Waystar Royco board vote on the merger with Lukas Matsson's company GoJo.

Shiv Roy took one last turn against her brother Kendall Roy as she destroyed his plans to keep their late father's company and become CEO by voting in favour of GoJo acquiring the business.

Shiv's husband Tom Wambsgans triumphed as he was named as the new chief executive, with cousin Greg Hirsch by his side.

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