Carley Stenson, 41, expecting second child with Danny Mac (2024)

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Hollyoaks stars Carley Stenson and Danny Mac have revealed they are expecting their second child.

Carley, 41, took to Instagram on Tuesday to announce the news as she shared a snap of her baby bump's shadow with the caption: 'We can’t wait to meet you.'

She added the hashtags: '#springnewlife #ourbaby #bigsister #pregnantat41 #inourlittlebubble.'

Carly and Danny started dating in 2011 and tied the knot six years later.They welcomed their first child, daughter Skye in 2021.

The duo are former Hollyoaks actors, with Danny playing Mark Savage in the soap until 2015 and Carley portraying Steph Cunningham until 2011.

Last year, Carly revealed how her attitude had changed towards her racy Hollyoaks spreads since becoming a mother.

She confessed to The Sun: 'Now I'm a mum, I don't know about getting any kit off.

'I just think your attitude changes when you are older — and certainly when you're a mum. I'm all about body confidence though, and women feeling great.'

However, recalling the time with fond memories, she said: 'It was liberating as a woman of 20 or so to feel confident.I've got those pictures to look back on and enjoy.

'It was always something I did back then knowing that, hopefully one day, I'd be an old granny and would say, 'Oh, look at me back then'.

The mother of one previouslycandidly discussed how she was struggling with 'mum guilt' while away from her baby daughter.

Carley signed up for Dancing On Ice in 2023 but was worried aboutappearing on the skating show because it would mean more time apart from Skye.

However despite finding it hard, Carley revealed she was able to 'figure it out' with the support of Danny and her family and friends.

Detailing how she dealt with being away, Carley said: 'I feel awful when I'm not with her. Mum guilt is real – it's part of my DNA now.

'I remember my first day back to work, when Skye had a rash. I got off the Tube and I could have gone left to work or right to go home, and I had to ring my mum and say: "Please tell me what to do." It was horrible.

'But I knew Skye was with my mother-in-law, who is a nurse, so she could not have been in better hands.'

Carley shot to fame for her role a Steph Cunningham in the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks at just 17 years old.

She left the show to pursue musical theatre and appeared on stage as Princess Fiona in Shrek: The Musical, Fantine in Les Miserables and Elle Wood in Legally Blonde: The Musical.

In April 2021, she returned to the world of soaps and joined the cast of Doctors as Harriet Shelton before leaving in September 2021.

Danny joined the Hollyoaks castin 2011 where he played the part of Mark ‘Dodger’ Savage.

Spending four years on the Channel 4 soap, Danny was nominated at the National Television Awards for Best Newcomer, Most Popular Newcomer, and Best Serial Drama Performance. He was also voted three times as Soap’s Sexiest Man at the Inside Soap Awards, and twice Sexiest Male at the British Soap Awards.

He left the soap in 2015 and the following year went on to reach the finals of Strictly Come Dancing with his professional partner Oti Mabuse.

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