EastEnders star Lacey Turner is pregnant! Actress announces she’s expecting her third

EastEnders star Lacey Turner has revealed she’s pregnant with her third child.

The actress, 36, who stars on the soap as feisty Stacey Slater, shared the happy news with her followers in a sweet Instagram post on Monday.

Lacey shared a pair of snaps of herself and her husband Matt Kay holding up an ultrasound of their unborn baby, alongside their two children Dusty, five, and Trilby, three. 

Posing in front of a stunning beach sunset, she captioned the post: ‘Aren’t we lucky….. @thekayoskids.’

Many of Lacey’s co-stars offered their congratulations in the comments, with Patsy Palmer writing: ‘Congratulations beautiful girl & family . Yes you are very lucky and a wonderful mum so lucky them too ❤️❤️love you and can’t wait for big hugs again soon ❤️❤️❤️❤️ .’

EastEnders star Lacey Turner has revealed she’s pregnant with her third child, sharing the news with her followers in a sweet Instagram post on Monday

The actress has played Stacey Slater on the soap since 2004, and last year took centre stage as part of the acclaimed Six storyline

Jacqueline Jossa wrote: ‘So special ! Congratulations angel all of you!! Beautiful x.’

Louisa Lytton added: ‘Love you all so much,’ while James Bye, who plays Stacey’s on/off flame Martin Fowler, shared: ‘The best news… we can’t wait to meet baby. Love you guys.’ 

Lacey and her husband Matt are teenage sweethearts, who met when she was just 15 at a pal’s house, before tying the knot in 2017.

She welcomed her second child – a baby boy called Trilby Fox – with her husband Matt in February 2021. 

The soap star told OK! at the time: ‘Matt and I are so completely besotted with our early surprise and Dusty is so in love with her new baby brother! How lucky we all are.’ 

The actress welcomed her daughter Dusty in July 2019, after announcing she was pregnant the previous February.

Lacey previously talked about suffering two miscarriages before conceiving her daughter Dusty, and said it was a ‘miracle’ to fall pregnant again so quickly. 

Lacey shared a pair of snaps of herself and her husband Matt Kay holding up an ultrasound of their unborn baby, alongside their two children Dusty, five, and Trilby, three

Many of Lacey’s co-stars offered their congratulations in the comments, as well as pals Charley Webb and Giovanna Fletcher

Lacey admitted in 2020 it was ‘heartbreaking’ to lose her first babies at seven weeks pregnant, and revealed she had a scan ‘every week’ during her pregnancy with Dusty. 

Lacey and Matt married in 2017 with a wild ceremony in Ibiza, with the partying continuing until 5am.

Speaking to OK! magazine at the time, she revealed: ‘The whole day was amazing. And we felt so much love. It’s incredible; it’s something you’ve never felt before.’

Over the past year, Lacey’s character has taken centre stage as part of EastEnders’ acclaimed The Six storyline, which saw Walford’s leading ladies – Stacey (Lacey Turner), Suki (Balvinder Sopal), Linda (Kellie Bright), Sharon (Letitia Dean), Denise (Diane Parish) and Kathy (Gillian Taylforth) – battle to keep the truth about Keanu Taylor’s death under wraps. 

Soap fans will know that Keanu (Danny Walters) was accidentally killed by Linda on Christmas Day as she leapt to the defence of Sharon who was being attacked by the mechanic.

The ladies covered up the murder but Keanu’s body was later found, leading to months of anguish for the women as they attempted to cover their tracks – with them eventually framing Dean [Matt Di Angelo] for the murder.