She has been cast as a mother so many times that she said she had ‘no noises left’ for any future childbirth scenes.
Jenna Coleman has even played a mother-of-nine – Queen Victoria – despite having no children of her own.
But that’s about to change, and very soon, judging by the size of her bump.
The 38-year-old is having a baby with her director boyfriend Jamie Childs, 35, who she met in 2020.
It will put to rest the concerns she has previously aired about playing mothers without having firsthand experience.
The Doctor Who star once said: ‘I’ve done so many labour scenes I’ve got no noises left. I don’t know what to do any more.
Jenna Coleman appeared to be taking the later stages of pregnancy in her stride, looking very relaxed on a recent stroll in London
The actress looked effortlessly chic in a loose denim dress and emerald green Adidas trainers, which she wore with dark sunglasses and an elegant shoulder bag
Jenna Coleman has even played a mother-of-nine – Queen Victoria – despite having no children of her own. Pictured: In ‘Victoria’ TV show
‘They’ve got to stop having me in labour.
‘I haven’t even had children yet, I don’t know what I’m doing.’
She fretted about playing a mother in the BBC’s 2018 psychological mystery The Cry, revealing that she messaged friends with children to get a better insight into what motherhood entails.
After it aired, Ms Coleman said: ‘I spent a good first chunk of it just thinking they’d completely miscast me.
‘Why on earth me? I’m not a mother.
‘It was something so, well, primal that I haven’t literally experienced.
‘And I have really struggled with that.’
She appeared to be taking the later stages of pregnancy in her stride, looking very relaxed on a recent stroll in London.
The 38-year-old is having a baby with her director boyfriend Jamie Childs, 35, who she met in 2020
Jenna Coleman as Victoria in the’Victoria’ TV Series, released in 2017 by ITV. The actress has previously aired concerns about playing mothers without having firsthand experience
Ms Coleman previously dated Tom Hughes, 39, who played her husband Prince Albert in ITV series Victoria. Pictured: As Victoria in 2017
The actress looked effortlessly chic in a loose denim dress and emerald green Adidas trainers, which she wore with dark sunglasses and an elegant shoulder bag.
She was wearing a gold band on her ring finger, which will fuel rumours that she has tied the knot with Mr Childs.
The couple met on the set of the Netflix show The Sandman in 2020, a fantasy series based on the Nineties comic books written by Neil Gaiman.
Ms Coleman previously dated Tom Hughes, 39, who played her husband Prince Albert in ITV series Victoria.
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