Hollyoaks star reveals she's engaged as she shows off huge diamond ring after announcing pregnancy
The Channel 4 star confessed she'd had a "crush" on her fiance since she was 13 - and now he's "finally proposed."
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It came just a day after Roxanne McKee, who played Louise Summers on the soap between 2005 and 2008, revealed she was expecting after posting a snap of her huge bump.
Now her happy life chapter has been made complete with the proposal - and she shared the news with her Instagram fans.
The brunette uploaded a clip to her Instagram Stories showing her giggling as she wriggled her ring finger hand around.
She sat in her garden alongside her partner, who keeps a private life and whose name has not been revealed.
Roxanne wrote in her elated caption: "I had a crush on him when I was 13.
"He finally proposed."
HAPPY CHAPTER
Her news came after the actress was flooded with messages of congratulation after she revealed she was expecting.
The actress posed in Calvin Klein underwear with her blossoming bump.
She also shared loved-up snaps of her kissing and holding hands with her boyfriend, whom she shared for the first time.
Taking to Instagram, she told fans it was a 'joint project," marking the first time she's spoken openly about her pregnancy.
Roxane McKee: Timeless Beauty and Stellar Career
SOAP HISTORY
Roxanne shot to fame on Hollyoaks thanks to her dramatic storylines and fiery on-screen romances.
Her character's shocking exit in a Christmas Day murder twist became one of Hollyoaks ' most talked-about moments - and fans still remember it to this day.
Louise was brutally killed off in 2008 in dramatic soap style, as she was strangled to death by her fiancé Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas) on their wedding day, after discovering he had murdered Sean Kennedy (Matthew Jay Lewis).
Her body was later placed in a hotel room and set alight to cover his tracks.
Hollyoaks - cast member cull
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Earlier this year, the Channel 4 soap was forced to address the cull of cast members.
It came after The Sun was first to report Hollyoaks bosses plan to kill off a whopping 20 cast members.
Now Chelsee, who recently took time away from her role as Goldie McQueen to give birth to her second daughter, has now made a cryptic move on X.
The Manchester lass, 36, re-posted a picture of her character crying to her page.
It came after Stephanie Waring, famed for her 28-year-long role as Cindy Cunningham, confirmed that soap bosses had axed her as part of the 20-person strong cast cull.
Another big name set to quit for good is popstar turned soap star Jamelia.
The soap's resident hunk and TV favourite Owen Warner has also left the show amid the cuts with fans left devastated to say goodbye to his character Romeo Nightingale.
Jamie Lomas has also quit the show and will depart his Warren Fox role soon.
Haiesha Mistry famed for her role as Yasmine Maalik has also left after seven years.
After leaving the soap, Roxanne went on to enjoy a string of high-profile TV roles, playing Lou Foster in BBC Three's Lip Service, Doreah in the smash-hit HBO fantasy epic Game of Thrones, and Lady Claire Riesen in Syfy's apocalyptic supernatural drama Dominion.
On the big screen, she's appeared in horror sequel Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines, action thriller Vendetta, and blockbuster fantasy The Legend of Hercules.
She told the press at the time: "When you come out of a soap opera people see you in a different light and since Hollyoaks, I have consciously tried to pick roles that are challenging and different".
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