Emmerdale star Michelle Hardwick gets engaged to producer girlfriend Kate Brooks
The actress revealed she proposed to her partner after months of planning and she was thrilled when Kate said yes
EMMERDALE star Michelle Hardwick has got engaged to her producer girlfriend Kate Brooks.
The actress revealed she proposed to her partner after months of planning and she was thrilled when Kate said yes.
Michelle, 42, shared her big news in a sweet message posted on Instagram today, revealing it was "no ordinary proposal".
She shared a picture of the pair toasting their love and wrote: "So after months of planning, I popped the question!!! She said yes!!!
"#loveislove #noordinaryproposal."
The actress, who plays Vanessa Woodfield in the soap, while Kate is a producer on the show.
The couple went public with their relationship in September.
They confirmed the romance on National Coming Out Day, with Michelle sharing a picture of the pair with rainbow emojis.
She captioned the sweet snap: "It will all work out in the end."
The engagement news comes Michelle's character came out as a lesbian on Emmerdale and struck up a new romance with Charity Dingle.
The actress was previously married to music teacher Rosie Nicholl, but they split in February 2017 - less than a year after their wedding.
She told the Daily Star: "Unfortunately Rosie and I did split last year but are still good friends.
"It was one of those things where we did drift apart. We had a big fairytale wedding and I still love that day, it was brilliant.
"It's just really sad and one of those things that happens. We still have our dogs which we'll share and nobody else was involved, it just happened and it was a mutual decision...
"I grew out of love and she became more of my best friend."
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