Hollyoaks co-stars engaged 4 years after meeting on soap
Hollyoaks stars Niamh Blackshaw and Angus Castle-Doughty have got engaged, four years after they met on the E4 soap.
Hollyoaks stars Niamh Blackshaw and Angus Castle-Doughty have got engaged.
The real-life couple are engaged four years after meeting on the E4 soap, but the 27-year-old actress has made it clear she is not planning to change her surname when they are married.
She wrote on her Instagram Stories: "Lucky lucky lucky (I'll NEVER change my name though !!!)
Best weekend ever [heart emoji] (sic)"
Niamh - who portrayed Juliet Nightingale in the soap for five years - and Angus both shared photobooth strips showing off her engagement ring.
Several former co-stars took to Instagram to congratulate the pair.
Jessica Fox wrote: "Congratulations xxxx (sic)"
Nikki Sanderson commented: "Congratulations"
Jemma Donovan wrote: "!!! [heart emoji]"
Actor Henry Rowley wrote: "Congrats both!!!! The best best news (sic)"
Niamh and Angus previously revealed their relationship on social media.
The pair went Instagram official in January 2023, with Niamh writing at the time: "A year of growth, learning, kindness, loneliness, boundaries and acceptance. Ending in a better space than it began."
Angus - who played Hollyoaks' Eric Foster from 2022 to 2023 - posted: "2022 saw me move to the other side of the country, take the biggest step in my career, a relationship end and a relationship start."
Another real-life Hollyoaks couple also recently experience a huge milestone.
Nikki and her former co-star Anthony Quinlan welcomed a baby boy into the world in April.
Sharing a black and white photo featuring her tot's head of dark hair but with his face not in the shot, they wrote in a joint post: "Happy due date little man.
"You blessed our lives a few days earlier than expected and filled our world with so much joy.
"Daddy and Mummy love you so much Son.(sic)"
Prior to their baby boy's birth, Anthony - who played Pete Barton in ITV's Emmerdale from 2013 until 2020 - felt a "real connection" to his lad after finding out he was having a son.
He told Emmerdale Insider: "When we found out the sex, I felt a real connection that made everything feel more real. I could feel the kicks and movements, watch the bump growing all the time. It’s just magical.
"I was longing for more of that connection, and then I finally got it. I can’t tell you how much you can love something before it’s even here.
"I’m sure it’s going to be even harder to describe once he arrives. I don’t think, unless it’s actually your own child, you can ever understand it."
