Emmerdale’s Isabel Hodgins gives birth to first child and reveals sweet name

February 13, 2026

Emmerdale star Isabel Hodgins has given birth to a baby girl. The actress, 32, who has played Victoria Sugden on the ITV soap for almost 20 years, revealed that she and her husband Adam Whitehead had welcomed their little one into the world.

In a sweet Instagram Reel, she confirmed that Georgie Grace Whitehead was born on February 11 and weighed 8lbs 5 ounces.

She simply captioned the post: “And then we heard you.” Adam, who works as a PE teacher, met Isabel in the gym, and the pair had been together for three years when they found out they were to become parents

Emmerdale’s Isabel Hodgins gives birth as she shares sweet first snap of daughter

The soap star posted a Reel on Instagram to announce the news
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. And, though they were trying to start a family, the couple admitted at the time that it had all happened faster than they could have imagined.

Having tied the knot in April 2025, Isabel told OK: “It’s exciting but also scary, because it has happened so fast and it’s our first time. Originally, we booked a wedding for 2026, but then I realised I didn’t want to wait that long to start a family. But I also wanted to be married first, so I kept changing the goal posts, but this was always the plan!

“It’s hard to know how to feel because you’re so excited, but also, for me there’s been so much fatigue. So I’m like, ‘I’m so happy but please let me nap!’

“I didn’t know what to expect, but I think it has been tougher than I thought because it’s been a bit of a roller-coaster. But luckily, I haven’t been very sick, so that’s a plus!”

Eagle-eyed Emmerdale viewers will know that since Isabel gave birth on Wednesday, this will mean that the little one arrived before her alter-ego’s final scenes had played out in the Yorkshire village.

Despite having appeared on the soap continuously since she was in her early teens, Isabel actually found that she had a lack of emotion on her last day because she was so “exhausted” from everything.

In the programme, Victoria murdered her serial killer long-lost brother John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth) as part of the show’s crossover with Coronation Street, and in scenes set to air next week, she will hand herself into the police.

She said: “I thought I would be really emotional when I filmed my final scenes. Emmerdale is all I have ever known. But pregnancy does funny things to you and the truth is I felt ready not to have to film on Emmerdale!