Jenna Ushkowitz is pregnant with her second child.
The Glee star, 38, who played Tina Cohen-Chang on the show from 2009-2015, announced the happy news to People and said she was ‘excited to expand her family’ with husband David Stanley,
The couple, who wed in 2021, are already parents to daughter Emma, two.
Revealing how she found out Jenna said: ‘I was actually on vacation in New York visiting my family at the time.
‘And when I was packing, I had a Clearblue Early Digital Pregnancy Test in my closet and I was like, Let me just pack it just in case.
Jenna Ushkowitz is pregnant with her second child with husband David Stanley – pictured 2019
‘So I packed it and the day before we left the trip, I was like, ‘Something feels very familiar about this feeling and let me just take this test.’ I did.
‘And when pregnant came up, my jaw dropped. I was shocked. And then overjoyed, of course.
Discussing husband David’s reaction, she said: ‘He was upstairs, and so he came down the stairs, I still had a look of shock on my face and he was like, ‘No way.’
‘He just knew and he was just so, so happy. We were so excited for our daughter to be a big sister and to expand our family. It’s just really, really special.’
Ushkowitz and Stanley first met on a date after connecting on the dating app Hinge in 2018.
They eventually got engaged in August 2020, and tied-the-knot last July at the historic Lombardi House in the heart of Hollywood in front 104 of their closest friends and family members.
Ushkowitz is best known for playing the role of Tina Cohen-Chang on the Fox comedy-drama musical Glee, during its entire six season run that began in 2009 and went through until 2015.
She is also a two-time Tony Award winner for her work as a producer of the Broadway musical Once on This Island, and has gained recognition for her performances in Broadway musicals such as The King And I and Waitress.
Breakthrough role: The actress is best known for her role on Glee during its six season run that began in 2009; the cast is pictured (top) Chord Overstreet, Harry Shum Jr., Naya Rivera, Dianna Agron, Iqbal Theba, Heather Morris, Chris Colfer and Jane Lynch. (bottom row) Kevin McHale, Mark Salling (floor), Amber Riley, Jenna Ushkowitz, Cory Monteith, Lea Michele and Matthew Morrison
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