Former Coronation Street actress Sonia Ibrahim has announced she’s pregnant with her first child.
The expectant mum has revealed that she and her husband Arron Machin are 15 weeks along in their first pregnancy journey.
Sonia, who played Mel Maguire on Corrie, shared the news with an excited snap on social media, featuring a baby scan.
She wrote in the caption: “First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage.”
The 30-year-old went on: “I am absolutely over the moon. I feel unbelievably blessed to announce that myself and my amazing husband are expecting a beautiful little baby girl.”
Sonia appeared in Corrie as Mel in 2016 and 2017 (Image: Getty Images)
Sonia shared that she is due to give birth on January 17, 2021.
She continued: “I can promise one thing, above anything else, that I am going to love, adore and cherish my little princess more than anything in this world.”
The actress finished by writing: “I can’t wait to meet you in January my perfect little princess.”
She added the hashtags “15 weeks pregnant”, “mama to be”, “daddy’s girl” and “cloud nine”.
Sonia is 15 weeks pregnant with her first child (Image: soniai89/Instagram)
Sonia left Coronation Street in 2017 after playing Mel Maguire, one of the antagonists in Bethany Platt’s grooming storyline.
Mel kidnapped Bethany, played by Lucy Fallon, to stop her testifying against her disgusting groomer Nathan Curtis in court.
Her character appeared first on Boxing Day in 2016 and was an assistant at Supreme Tanning and was a big part in Nathan’s grooming of Bethany.
When Nathan encouraged Bethany to make online beauty videos, he told Mel to heap praise on her from anonymous accounts which would make her want to keep going.
And while the character’s appearances appeared innocent at first, it soon became clear that Mel was involved in something much darker.
It was revealed that she was Nathan’s first grooming victim and had felt the brunt force from him when Bethany refused his orders.
At the time of her exit, Sonia said: “It’s been an amazing time, it’s been great to work here.”
Coronation Street currently airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.30pm on ITV
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
