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Actress

The best day of my life so far was the arrival of my nephew, my sister Nina’s first child, Hadley. He was born quite early and we knew he was going to be premature so when the time came we were sitting around waiting for the call. Finally we got the call that she was in labour. I spoke to Nina and she was crying on the phone saying she couldn’t give birth because she was petrified. She didn’t want to go through with it because she was so scared but I spoke to her calmly and said, ‘You have to do it – either way Hadley’s popping out so get in there, push him out and you can come home.’

So we went up to the hospital and sat in the waiting room. We sat and sat and sat waiting for news. Eventually my sister got wheeled through. She wasn’t very well and looked awful. She was all pale and her hair was stuck to her face but she had little Hadley in her arms so she was smiling. He was tiny and everyone joked about him being a true Atkinson because he slept the whole time. He wouldn’t wake up and he only woke up when I went over and started stroking his face. I was the first person he saw because the nurses and Nina herself said he hadn’t really opened his eyes until that moment and that’s really special for me to know. He’s now 10 and I see him all the time. I pick him up from school and take him to football matches and he’s a top little nephew.