EastEnders star Jessie Wallace has become a grandmother at 50.
The BBC soap actress announced the happy news by taking to Instagram to share an adorable snap.
Jessie's black and white photo of the newborn showed her grandson sleeping on his side and revealed the name given to the little boy.
Telling that she is so happy to be a gran, she typed: "Welcome to the world , my grandson SJ. You are loved, cherished and adored" followed by a blue heart emoji.
Jessie, who is mum to 17-year-old daughter Tallulah Lilac Morgan - who she shares with her policeman ex Dave Morgan.
Following the update, soap legend Jessie was sent lots of kind messages by her celeb pals.
Fellow EastEnders star Lacey Turner penned: "Beautiful boy."
Balvinder Sopal - famed for playing Suki Panesar on the soap - added: "Congratulations."
Blue hitmaker Antony Costa joined in: "Congratulations."
Jessie is best know for appearing in EastEnders as Kat Slater.
She started the role in 2000, and she has departed and returned for several stints in Albert Square.
Last year, the actress admitted that she enjoyed snogging her co-star Davood Ghadami while appearing on Secrets From The Square.
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During the interview with Stacey Dooley, Jessie coyly discussed some of her raunchier scenes.
"I'm like, 'Oh ho ho ho!' I quickly go through the script and go, 'Oh, we snog! We snog in this one!'," Jessie jokingly told Stacey.
"Sometimes it's not in there and I say, 'Davood, do you think we should kiss in this one?'"
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