Emmerdale star gives birth

Charlotte Bellamy welcomed Teddie Boo Florence Denison...

12:42 21 October 2009

Soap actress Charlotte Bellamy has given birth to a baby girl.

The actress, who plays vicar's wife Laurel Thomas in Emmerdale, welcomed Teddie Boo Florence Denison on Monday morning.

Teddie, who marks Charlotte's third child, weighed in at 7lbs 9oz.

Charlotte has already had two sons, Sunnie and Herbie, with her partner Mungo Denison.

A soap spokeswoman said the couple were "thrilled" with their new arrival.

Bellamy stated: "She is beautiful and perfect and we are totally over the moon."

The actress is currently on maternity leave. She will return to screens in 2010.

The pregnancy has been a challenge for the soap who decided to hide it instead of incorporating it into a plotline like they did with her previous one.

In other soap childbirth news, Coronation Street star Samia Smith also gave birth to a daughter, Freya, this week.