Neighbours star Bonnie Anderson gives birth to baby boy - and shares name

 The Bea Nilsson star announced the news on Instagram.

Neighbours star Bonnie Anderson has announced that she has given birth to a baby boy.

Anderson, who welcomed her first child with her fiancé Sam Morrison, shared the exciting news on Wednesday (December 21) on Instagram.

She posted a photo of her newborn wrapped up in a blanket, and captioned the heartwarming snap: "It was always you our darling boy."

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The picture also revealed hew newborn's name, showing his blanket emblazoned with the name "Bobby" on the front.

The star first announced that she was pregnant back in June.

"The best is yet to come and we couldn't be more excited," she said at the time.

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Anderson played Bea Nilsson on the Ramsay Street soap for three years until her exit last year, saying back then that she was "ready to continue soaring elsewhere". She returned for what was originally the show's final episode.

Also a singer-songwriter, the star won The Masked Singer Australia in 2020.

Neighbours was recently announced for a shock revival, after Amazon Freevee picked the soap up for two years.

Stefan Dennis (Paul Robinson), Jackie Woodburne (Susan Kennedy), Alan Fletcher (Karl Kennedy) and Ryan Moloney (Toadie Rebecchi) have all been confirmed to be returning, with other cast members yet to be revealed.

Neighbours returns in the second half of 2023 with new episodes streaming free on Amazon Freevee in the UK and US. Network 10 will retain first-run rights in Australia for the new series.