Jamie Childs: Last News

Jenna Coleman is beaming with joy as she poses on the BBC’s red carpet – but it’s not just her upcoming detective drama The Jetty that she’s excited to show off.The former Doctor Who star is cradling her baby bump, having announced last month that she’s expecting her first child with partner Jamie Childs. After having high-profile relationships with The Bodyguard’s Richard Madden and her Victoria co-star Tom Hughes, Jenna, 38, has now found happiness with filmmaker Jamie, 35.They started dating in 2020 after the pair worked on Netflix’s fantasy drama The Sandman together.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer Netflix revealed a behind-the-scenes first look on Thursday of Season 2 of “The Sandman,” the ongoing adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s DC graphic novel series, as part of the streamer’s Geeked Week promotional efforts.

Doctor Who star Jenna Coleman, currently starring in gripping BBC crime drama The Jetty, is expecting her first child with her director partner, Jamie Childs - playing detective Ember Manning, who investigates the link between a local sex offender and a missing persons cold case after a fire burns down a boat hut in her Lancashire hometown. And the 28 year old has another surprising connection to one of the channel's biggest shows, Strictly Comes Dancing - her baby daddy to be once directed a Strictly Come Dancing advert.

Jenna Coleman is going to be a mom!

Former Emmerdale star Jenna Coleman has announced she is expecting her first child. The 38-year-old Doctor Who actress showcased her growing baby bump at a glamorous exhibition opening at Chatsworth House on Wednesday night.

Jenna Coleman is expecting her first baby with partner Jamie Childs. Usually very secretive about her private life, Jenna revealed the happy news when she was pictured cradling her bump while attending an exhibition opening at Chatsworth House on Wednesday 19 June. The actress, famous for her roles on Emmerdale, Doctor Who and The Sandman has again showed off her baby bump during a press event for her upcoming series, The Jetty.

Former Emmerdale actress Jenna Coleman has revealed that she is pregnant with her first baby.The Doctor Who star, 38, displayed her blossoming bump while attending a glitzy exhibition opening at Chatsworth House on Wednesday night (19 June). Jenna, who played Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale until 2009, was photographed cradling her large bump as she posed at the historic venue during the opening of Imaginary Conversations: An ERDEM Collection Inspired by Duchess Deborah.The happy news comes just a few months after the actress refused to be drawn into speculation that she'd married her director boyfriend, Jamie Childs, after she was spotted with a ring on her engagement finger.

Netflix has rounded out the Endless Family for Season 2 of The Sandman. Esmé Creed-Miles joins the cast as Delirium, Adrian Lesteras Destiny and Barry Sloaneas The Prodigal. The three join Tom Sturridge as Dream, Kirby as Death, Mason Alexander Park as Desire and Donna Preston as Despair who are returning from Season 1.

Sam Fender has shared his soulful new song ‘Iris’, taken from the soundtrack to the new film Jackdaw.The track was debuted on Edith Bowman’s BBC Radio 2 Culture Club show yesterday (Tuesday January 9), and can be heard here from around the 38 minute mark, or below. The first new material from Fender following on his 2021 second album ‘Seventeen Going Under‘ – named as NME‘s Album Of The Year – was described by Bowman as “absolute perfection” in how it accompanies a touching scene in Jackdaw, which is set in Fender’s native North East of the UK.“He’s been away doing what he does and writing new things, and what’s absolutely wonderful is that he’s been incredibly supportive of fellow creatives – in the form of Jamie Childs the filmmaker, who’s about to release his first feature film,” said Bowman introducing the film.”She continued: “Jamie has worked across some brilliant programmes, directing things like Dr Who, The Sandman, His Dark Materials, and now he’s about to release his first feature film Jackdaw – which is set in the North East of England, which is where Sam is from.“They got in touch with Sam and said, ‘Do you fancy seeing if you’ve got anything around?’ and, lo and behold, Sam gifts them this track exclusively for the film – and it could not be more fitting.”The song leans on Fender’s soulful side, set to a stripped-back guitar backing as the North Shields artist tenderly sings of a woman navigating her way through hard times in the North East.Jackdaw is released in cinemas January 26 following a Stockton-On-Tees premiere on January 24.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at Oliver Jackson-Cohen (The Invisible Man) and Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who) in UK action-thriller Jackdaw, which gets its world premiere at Fantastic Fest tomorrow.

Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Doctor Who and Victoria actress Jenna Coleman have been announced as key cast on Northern England-set action thriller Jackdaw, the debut feature of Jamie Childs, whose drama directing credits include The Sandman and His Dark Materials.