Tracy Beaker star Dani Harmer is pregnant: Actress, 32, announces she's expecting second child
- The Tracy Beaker star, 32, took to Instagram on Monday morning to announce the happy news that she's pregnant with baby number two
- Dani and partner Simon Brough are already doting parents to five-year-old daughter Avarie-Belle
- The actress rose to fame in 2002 aged 12 when she played tearaway teen Tracy Beaker in the iconic TV series of the same name
Dani Harmer is pregnant with her second child.
The Tracy Beaker star, 32, took to Instagram on Monday morning to announce the happy news that she's pregnant with baby number two.
Posting a sweet snap of herself, partner Simon Brough and their daughter Avarie-Belle, five, the pregnant actress confirmed she is due to give birth in February.
Congrats! Tracy Beaker star Dani Harmer, 32, has announced that she is pregnant with her second child. The actress took to Instagram on Monday morning to announce the happy news
In the snap, her daughter could be seen holding up a roll of ultrasound snaps while standing between her mum and dad.
Dani wrote: 'Han Solo had Chewie. Frodo had Sam. Shrek had Donkey.
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'Now be prepared for the adventures of Avarie-Belle and as of yet unnamed bump, coming February 2022.'
Simon shared the same photo and caption, but added: '(hopefully not to a cinema near you).'
Then and now: Dani began playing the iconic role of Tracy Beaker in 2002 when she was just 12-years-old
Family: Dani and Simon Brough are already doting parents to daughter Avarie-Belle, five
Exciting! Simon added an extra line to the pregnancy announcement
Dani's celebrity pals were quick to congratulate the star in the comments section beneath the sweet photograph.
Dani recently reprised her role as the former tearaway teen Tracy Beaker in a reboot of the much-loved series based on Jacqueline Wilson's 2018 book.
In February, Dani appeared on The One Show, where she explained how playing Tracy Beaker once more is 'really nice' especially because her character has 'lost her selfishness' as a teen and is now a dedicated mother to daughter Jess, played by Emma Maggie Davies,.
She admitted: 'Being a mother myself, it completely changes you. So it's been really nice to play Tracy and see how she's lost that selfishness that she once has and she's all just about Jess.
Famous friends: Dani's celebrity pals were quick to congratulate the star in the comments section beneath the sweet photograph
Poor Tracy Beaker: Fans of the show will remember how Tracy, who lived in a care home, longed for her mother to come and take her home (pictured in throwback show still from 2002)
'But at the same time, she hasn't lost herself. She's still this fierce, strong female that she's always been.'
Dani began playing the iconic role of Tracy Beaker in 2002 when she was just 12-years-old.
And the former Strictly star reminisced about growing up famous, and noted how at one point, she didn't want to be known as Tracy Beaker after being constantly called by her alter-ego's name.
She said 'When I was younger, I used to get called Tracy a lot more than I got called Dani. At one point I was like "oh, can I just not be Tracy, just for a minute!".
All grown up! In new show My Mum Tracy Beaker, Dani, who played the former tearaway teen in the original 2002 series, reprised the character who is now in her thirties (pictured with on-screen daughter Jess)
