She chose to keep her pregnancy quiet, announcing she was expecting her first child only by debuting her burgeoning baby bump on the red carpet.
And now MyAnna Buring has revealed she welcomed a son in May.
During her appearance on Thursday's Lorraine, the Ripper Street actress, 37, revealed: 'Eight weeks ago I had my baby!'
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Surprise! MyAnna Buring has revealed she welcomed a son in May. During her appearance on Thursday's Lorraine, the Ripper Street actress, 37, revealed: 'Eight weeks ago I had my baby!'
Referencing her role as pregnant detective Helen Weeks in BBC drama In The Dark, the Swedish actress explained: 'My character was pregnant then I got pregnant!
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ShareShe continued: 'When I filmed I had a baby bump and I got to practise what it looked like to be pregnant. I liked it so much I did it myself!'
She added: '[Acting] it was nothing like actually being pregnant!'

Radiant: MyAnna showed off her post-baby body in a black button down blouse that she teamed with a leopard print maxi skirt

Following suit: Referencing her role as pregnant detective Helen Weeks in BBC drama In The Dark, the Swedish actress explained: 'My character was pregnant then I got pregnant!'
Revealing that she hadn't set a fixed time to get back to business, she explained that she was enjoying their bonding time.
'He smells so good!' MyAnna gushed. 'All he does is bathe in his own milk and throw up... but it’s so divine!'
MyAnna recently explained why she never talks about her private life, explaining that because she started working as an actress in her 30s, she didn't feel 'pressure' to dish the dirt about personal matters.

New mum: Revealing that she hadn't set a fixed time to get back to business, she explained that she was enjoying her bonding time with her newborn

Beaming: MyAnna lit up as she discussed her son and her plans to return to work
'I don’t talk about my personal life ever and quite early on I decided that was out of bounds,' she told the Daily Express.
'If I was in my early twenties, I might feel pressure to talk about home life.'
The Downton Abbey star went on to say that she doesn't feel the need to discuss personal matters with the whole world.
'I have my friends and my family I can talk to about issues in my life, so I don’t feel it’s something I need to talk to the whole world about.'

Bumping along: MyAnna chose to keep her pregnancy quiet, announcing she was expecting her first child only by debuting her burgeoning baby bump on the red carpet
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