Laura Norton says she is working on her ‘guilty feelings’ as a mother after returning to work on Emmerdale.
The actress, 40, took 18 months off from the ITV soap after welcoming her second child to the world in October 2022.
Screen star Laura, who is also mother to a son called Jesse, three, who she shared with her fiancé Mark Jordon, 59.
And while Laura – who plays Kerry Wyatt in Emmerdale – is delighted to be back on set, she admits she needs to ‘work on my mum guilty feelings’ while she is separated from her offspring.
She added to the Mirror: ‘At the same time, I know it’s an amazing example to set to the kids showing them that I am working.’
Laura continued: ‘I have become that annoying person who says, “Would you like to see another picture?”
‘My friend laughed the other day and said, “That needs to stop”, but I can’t help it.’
Laura has been a cast member since 2012 while her fiancé Mark is known to Emmerdale viewers as Daz Spencer, and first appeared on the show in 2014, before returning for a stint between 2017 and 2019.
While the couple have been engaged since 2018, they still have on wedding plans in place.
Soap star Laura gave birth to a baby girl named Ronnie in October 2022.
Announcing the news to fans at the time, she wrote on Instagram: ”She’s here!!!! We’ve baked another belta.
‘This little superstar joined us on Mon 17th October. She’s dead clever and a tiny little bundle of joy and beauty. Ronnie Jordon.’
Laura announced she was expecting her second child in August 2022.
