EastEnders star KelShirl, famed for her role as Carly Wicks, has announced her 'shock' pregnancy in our exclusive interview and admits it's tougher now she is in her forties!✨✨✨
When Kellie Shirley first found out she was pregnant, it came as a shock. The former EastEnders actress was filming CBeebies show Biff & Chip in Manchester when she suddenly started to feel unwell.
Kellie, 41, and her husband, writer Phil Davies, are already parents to seven-year-old twins, Pearl and Louie. The actress says she “always wanted twins”, so when her wish came true, she was delighted. “Every time I picked up "But I googled actresses who had had children in their 40s and found out I was in good company – Olivia Colman being one of them and look at her career. It’s inspiring.
“I learned lots from EastEnders,” she says. “I was so lucky as Barbara Windsor was my mentor. She taught me so much about being gracious – thanking people and listening to people. Actors wouldn’t be anything unless people were interested and I’m really grateful to EastEnders for grounding and teaching me.”
Kellie formed other lasting friendships on the soap. In May she shared a photo of herself celebrating Pam St Clement’s 80th birthday. “I’m very fond of Pam,” Kellie says of the actress, who played Pat Butcher. “She has a wicked sense of humour, she’s very political – as am I – and we have the same taste in drama and comedy. So we talk about all the things we’ve been watching and the people that we know.
She says working alongside Adrian was a joy, too. “I love Adrian,” she says. “We would play pool after filming and he would kick my arse. I hope [the show] comes back. “I would be filming until 7pm on a Friday, then I would be back in at 6am on a Monday. Sometimes I’d have just 24 hours with Pearl and Louie,” she says. “It was really tricky and I missed them like crazy. But I have to work and it was temporary.”
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
EastEnders' Kellie Shirley 'able to connect' to baby after discovering genderEXCLUSIVE: EastEnders' Carly Wicks actress Kellie Shirley has opened up about her baby news, exclusively revealing the gender of her third child with OK! Magazine
Read more »
Strictly’s Dianne says ‘be kind’ as she defends Shirley after ‘rude’ blunderStrictly’s Dianne Buswell has urged fans to 'be kind' after trolls began attacking Shirely Ballas online for mistakenly referring to the Australian dancer as 'Diana'
Read more »
Strictly Come Dancing's Dianne Buswell addresses Shirley Ballas slip-upStrictly's Dianne Buswell addresses Shirley Ballas slip-up
Read more »
Strictly's Dianne Buswell urges fans to 'be kind' to judge Shirley BallasStrictly Come Dancing’s Dianne Buswell has jumped to defend head judge Shirley Ballas after she received brutal online trolling for getting the pro’s name wrong.
Read more »
Strictly's Dianne Buswell speaks out following Shirley Ballas's blunderStrictly Come Dancing star Dianne Buswell has been forced to speak out following a blunder made by Shirley Ballas on Saturday's show…
Read more »