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By Daily Mail Reporter

Former Coronation Street stars Rupert Hill and Jenny Platt have become parents for the first time to baby girl Matilda


The source added: 'The baby was two weeks overdue and they were so pleased to finally meet her.

'Rupert is over the moon and both mother and baby are doing well.'
Hill, 31, announced the news on Twitter earlier this week, telling fans: 'Today I am a father.'

Ex-Coronation Street stars Jenny Platt and Rupert Hill have become parents to a baby girl.

The couple, who played lovers Violet Wilson and Jamie Baldwin in the soap, welcomed Matilda, weighing in at 7lb 10oz, on Sunday.

A friend told The Sun newspaper: 'Rupert and Jenny are absolutely thrilled. They couldn't be happier with their bouncing baby girl.'


In Corrie as Violet Wilson and Jamie Baldwin with their on-screen baby


In another update posted yesterday, he added: 'My daughter is called Matilda. I wish I could show you a pic, but these walls have eyes. Jen is fine too.'

Platt, 30, and Hill's characters Violet and Jamie had a baby together in the ITV soap, which she gave birth to on New Years' Day 2007 as part of an ectopic pregnancy storyline.

At the time Platt commented on the way she handled the delicate storyline off-screen saying: 'Obviously, I wanted to find out about it. Violet actually doesn't know anything about it - she just wakes up in the hospital and is told about it, so I kind of didn't need it.

'It wasn't like I got diagnosed and had to live with it for a while. By the time I've woken up everything's gone.

'But, just for my own interest, I did, I looked into it and found out a bit about it. I looked at the NHS site to find out what the symptoms would be, and how common it is, all that kind of stuff.'

Violet and Jamie left the the cobbles of Weatherfield for a new life in London back in February 2008.

Ryan Thomas and Tina O'Brien, who played husband and wife Jason and Sarah Grimshaw in the soap, also have a daughter, Scarlett, together.


They left the soap together back in February 2008



source: dailymail