Congratulations are in order for Gavin and Stacey’s Joanna Page who is pregnant with her fourth child aged 44.
The star – who played the role of Stacey on the hit 00s show – admitting the news was “a surprise” and is set to welcome baby number four around Christmas.
Joanna’s famous friends and fans rushed to the comments to congratulate her, with Corrie’s Charley Webb writing, “Oh wow ❤️ lovely news ♡” and Hollyoaks’ Rachel Leskovac adding, “You look beautiful Jo - many congratulations- how exciting 💛💫✨.”
One fan wrote, “You look amazing!!! You are definitely going to be busy ❤️” and another commented, “Congratulations Jo amazing news. 'Awww that's so lush' ❤️”.
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1 of 15Gavin
2 of 15Mathew Horne - a.k.a Gavin, then
Viewers saw Mathew's character, Gavin, fall in love with Stacey pretty quickly - he drove all the way to Barry to surprise her after their night together. We saw the couple laugh, row and welcome a baby. N'aww.
3 of 15And this is him now...
Mathew's come a long way from playing good ol' Gav - he's now playing Young Mr Grace in Are You Being Served and continues to collaborate with James Corden on a number of projects which included hosting The Brits in 2009.
4 of 15Joanna Page - a.k.a Stacey, then
Joanna smashed it as Stacey; the bubbly girl from Barry who got engaged five (yes, five) times before she met the love of her life Gavin. Bless her.
5 of 15And this is her now...
Similar to her character Stacey, Joanna settled down in real life too and is now mum to three children - a daughter, Eva, and her two sons, Kit and Noah.
6 of 15James Corden - a.k.a Smithy, then
Err, James Cordon as Smithy was absolutely hilarious tbh. He kept us entertained with his dancing, love for Gavin and love/hate relationship with Nessa.
7 of 15And this is him now... (along with the star of one of his majorly successful Carpool Karaoke's, Selena Gomez)
Do we really need to fill you in on this one? No, probably not, because he's everywhere. But incase you've been in hiding under a rock for the past few years, James has been doing pretty much EVERYTHING and has a majorly successful US TV programme - The Late Late show.
8 of 15Ruth Jones - a.k.a Nessa, then
Oh, what's occurring? Need we say more? Ruth was brilliant as Nessa; fierce and hilarious and as much as we saw how happy she was with Dave, we always knew Smithy was the one that truly had her heart.
9 of 15And this is her now...
She is arguably one of the funniest Welsh people to have ever lived, and since Gavin and Stacey Ruth has lived in Cardiff with her husband and three grown-up stepchildren.The actress has also been appointed an MBE - go Ruth!
10 of 15Larry Lamb - a.k.a Mick Shipman, then
Larry is a prime example of a good actor. Despite seeing him play Archie Mitchell in EastEnders, we couldn't help but fall in love with Mick from Essex. Unlike Archie Mitchell, Mick actually loved his family...
11 of 15And this is him now...
Since Gavin and Stacey, Larry has embarked upon all kinds of work; he appeared in New Tricks and I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! alongside Scarlett Moffatt.
12 of 15Alison Steadman - a.k.a Pamela Shipman, then
Alison's character Pam was probably the most iconic of them all. We loved her that she made to pretend to be a vegetarian up until the Christmas special where she finally told everyone she was eating meat - they all (minus Gwen) knew.
13 of 15And this is her now...
Since Gavin and Stacey ended, Alison has appeared in Orphan Black in 2015 and currently lives in Highgate, London with her partner Michael Elwyn.
14 of 15Rob Brydon - a.k.a Bryn West, then
Ahh, Rob as Bryn was an absolute classic. There's so many hilarious moments of him to choose from but whenever we think of him our first thought is, of course, the Gavin and Stacey fishing trip...
15 of 15And this is him now...
Long gone are the days of Bryn as a humble telly actor. Rob has since gone on to star in Hollywood movies including The Huntsmen: Winter's War (he played Gryff) and he played Master Phineus in the real life version of Cinderella.
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Gavin, Stacey, and their sidekicks Nessa and Smithy, returned for a hotly anticipated one-off Christmas Special in 2019, with the cast– including James Corden as Smithy, Ruth Jones as Nessa and Mat Horne as Gavin – as on point as ever.
Mat Horne once revealed the chemistry between his character, Essex boy Gavin and Welsh girl Stacey, was so crucial that producers made them kiss during their first audition.
Now, 14 years later, the pair are still friends and were spotted in a bar in Cardiff in November.
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“Mat will always be in my heart because he and I went through the insane journey of Gavin & Stacey together,” Joanna has said.
The pair also share a Whatsapp group with Larry Lamb (who played Gavin’s dad, Mick West) and Joanna – who spoke about lockdown nearly causing a divorce with her husband of 18 years, James Thornton – said Larry’s “funny videos” had seen them through the pandemic.
Joanna, who has three children with James, presents on BBC Radio Wales. Matt, 42, starred in Dad’s Army: The Missing Episodes in 2019.