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Who is Michelle Hardwick's wife Kate Brooks as Emmerdale star reveals sex of baby

Emmerdale star Michelle Hardwick has revealed the sex of her unborn baby.

The 46-year-old announced the news live on TV with her son and wife.

The soap star, who plays Vanessa Woodfield in Emmerdale, broadcasted her baby's sex live on ITV's Loose Women yesterday, August 10.

She said: "So my number two is a little girl", before telling the presenters and viewers about her morning sickness.

The couple also announced that the donor is the same biological father as other child, Teddy, who would be open to meeting the kids once they're 18 if they decide they want to.

Who is Michelle Hardwick's wife?

Michelle Hardwick and Kate Brooks got married at Elvis Presley's Graceland (Michelle Hardwick IG)

Michelle Hardwick's wife is Kate Brooks, a 42-year-old television producer.

Kate is actually a producer on Michelle's show, working previously on Hollyoaks and A League Of Their Own before moving on to Emmerdale.

The soap was where their on-set romance started.

During a previous interview with Loose Women, Michelle revealed how the pair's relationship blossomed.

“We met a couple of years ago, across the coffee machine, that’s the only time we ever see each other at work; we started going out a couple of years ago.”

The couple announced their relationship back in 2017 on National Coming Out Day, captioning the photo with hashtags #loveislove and #behappy.

Michelle Hardwick and Kate Brooks' relationship

Michelle and Kate also have a son called Teddy (missmichellehardwick/Instagram)

Michelle and Kate's engagement story is the stuff of modern-day fairytales.

Hardwick rented out a cinema to propose to Kate, and organised a Greatest Showman flash mob.

But the engagement escapade didn't end ther - the pair also went BIG for the wedding.

Kate and Michelle married at Elvis Presley' s Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee, back in September 2019.

Michelle shared an image on Instagram with an image captioned: "In over 100 degrees heat, on Tuesday 10th September, I became Ms Brooks."

Though Michelle changed her legal name to Brooks, she still keeps Hardwick as her acting name.

In 2020, Michelle and Kate welcomed their first baby Teddy into the world.

Teddy was also on the Loose Women show, watching on as his mums announced he would soon have a baby sister.

Michelle happily added: "Looking at where we are, we've been married for nearly three years."

Michelle is currently 20 weeks pregnant and revealed her belly is now big enough for her to balance a mug of tea on.

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