Like many celebrities and famous people, Hannah keeps her personal and love life private. Waterman's mother Patricia Maynard played Laura's mother in EastEnders for a couple of episodes in 2001, and her one-time step mother Rula Lenska had also made a guest appearance in the series during Laura's run playing Frank Butcher's girlfriend in the Spain episodes in 2002. Waterman previously appeared in the soap as an HIV patient in 1997. The starlet also revealed that the pregnancy may have saved her life, as it led her to discovering she has diabetes. PIERS MORGAN: The cartoon that Joe Biden told me helped him survive two devastating family tragedies - and... How gutless twerp Boris Johnson stopped my interview with Donald Trump, DAVID BLUNKETT: The lessons Donald Trump can teach the Left. 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Check back often as we will continue to update this page with new relationship details. According to our records, she has 1 children. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. 'Being ill has made me re-evaluate my life. Happy news: Hannah Waterman has given birth to a baby boy with her boyfriend Huw Higginson, The couple had been quietly dating since last summer after a long friendship going back 10 years. She has been seen in an episode of the Afternoon Play series on BBC1, in an acclaimed run of Alan Ayckbourn's Round and Round the Garden at the Theatre Royal, Windsor and as a contestant on Sky One's Cirque de Celebrité. Joe Biden's son appears on stage after his dad's victory speech along with his wife and baby... CANDACE OWENS: Why does a young black woman like me back The Donald? Before playing Laura, she appeared as a HIV patient in 1997. The character of Laura became the third wife of Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) but the marriage was not a happy one as the paternity of Laura's son Bobby was disputed. In 2009 she released an exercise DVD called Hannah Waterman's Body Blitz. The comments below have been moderated in advance. United Kingdom: This page was last edited on 17 October 2020, at 09:23. Former Eastenders actress Hannah Waterman has given birth to a baby boy with boyfriend Huw Higginson. Her character became the third wife of Ian Beale (played by Adam Woodyatt) but the marriage was not a happy one as the paternity of Laura's son Bobby was disputed. I was lucky doctors picked up on my problem when they did. “Although the pregnancy triggered my diabetes symptoms, I would have developed them at some point, so at least it meant I was diagnosed earlier – it probably saved my life.”. She married Ricky Groves from 2006 to 2010 and later had a son with Huw Higginson in June 2011. Waterman had a high-profile split from former EastEnders co-star Ricky Groves in January 2010, while Higginson split from his wife Geraldine Dove-Higginson prior to moving in with the actress last June. Hannah told Closer magazine: “We spoke early on in our relationship about the fact we’d like a family. A former pupil of Norwich High School for Girls and Saint Felix School, Southwold and Putney High School, and a graduate of the University of Warwick, Waterman joined the cast of BBC soap opera EastEnders as Laura Beale in February 2000 and left the show in 2004. On 7 January 2007 she won the second series of the BBC's Just the Two of Us game show singing with Marti Pellow.[4]. For the mother of Benedict Arnold, whose maiden name was Hannah Waterman, see, Please help to establish notability by citing, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "MS HANNAH ELIZABETH WATERMAN director information. Hannah Waterman has given birth to a baby boy with boyfriend Huw Higginson. "Actress too good for soap says dad Dennis." Hannah had at least 3 relationship in the past. The actress and boyfriend Huw Higginson welcome a little baby boy to the family. Ministers' mobiles searched in 'chatty rat' hunt: Boris Johnson's astonishing bid to nail the leaker who... PETER HITCHENS: I will never forgive the clowns who cancelled Remembrance Sunday. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. 'Last year, Huw came a bit unstuck in his personal life and I was on tour with Calendar Girls, so he stayed at my house for a while. Early life. The 36-year-old actress welcomed her first child in recent weeks with her The Bill star beau. Waterman married fellow EastEnders actor Ricky Groves in 2006. We first met when he played my pervy landlord in EastEnders, but since then we’ve been in two plays together. 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