Michelle Dockery gave birth to a baby boy four months ago with her husband, Jasper Waller-Bridge.
The Daily Mail can reveal that the Downton Abbey actress, 44, gave birth back in January to a son – her first child – with her husband, 37, who is the brother of Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
‘Michelle had a boy,’ says a friend. ‘She and Jasper are thrilled, and they are loving being parents. She gave birth around four months ago, and life is really good for her after the horrid heartache she has been through.
‘Plus, she looks amazing for someone who had a baby only a few months ago.’
The typically private couple made a rare public appearance at the press night for the play 1536 at the Ambassadors Theatre earlier this week.
Michelle cosied up to her film producer partner as they left the event in London’s West End together.
Michelle Dockery, 44, gave birth to a baby boy four months ago with her husband, Jasper Waller-Bridge, 37
She looked incredible in an all-black outfit while flashing a smile for the cameras.
In September, the actress revealed she was expecting her first child as she debuted her bump while attending the premiere of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.
Michelle and Jasper met in 2019 after being introduced by mutual friends.
They married in 2023 in front of a star-studded crowd, including many of Michelle’s Downton Abbey co-stars such as Lily James, Hugh Bonneville, and Laura Carmichael, who played her on-screen sister Lady Edith and was a bridesmaid on the big day.
Michelle previously spoke about her pregnancy during an appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show to promote the final Downton Abbey film.
‘I’m feeling great thanks,’ she told the host as he opened with a reference to her pregnancy. ‘I’m entering my peppy phase.’
She was previously engaged to PR director John Dineen, who died from a rare form of cancer in 2015.
The Mail on Sunday revealed that Michelle found love for the first time since John’s passing after they met through mutual friends.
In September, the actress revealed she was expecting her first child as she debuted her bump while attending the premiere of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
In January 2022, the couple announced they were to marry in an announcement in The Times newspaper.
It read: ‘The engagement is announced between Jasper, son of Michael Waller-Bridge of King’s Lynn, Norfolk, and Teresa Waller-Bridge of Battersea, London, and Michelle Dockery, younger daughter of Michael and Lorraine Dockery of Gidea Park, Essex.’
Her next on-screen role will be as The Mail on Sunday’s columnist, former British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman, in The Queen Of Fashion, a biographical drama about the life of fashion stylist Isabella Blow.
Michelle, who grew up in Romford, Essex, is the daughter of Lorraine, a care home assistant from Stepney, east London, and Michael Dockery, a surveyor from Athlone, Ireland.
The actress has been nominated for three consecutive Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
