Doctor Who's Mandip Gill engaged
Doctor Who alum Mandip Gill got engaged during a trip abroad with her partner.
Doctor Who star Mandip Gill is engaged.
The 38-year-old actress - who played Yasmin "Yaz" Khan, the Thirteenth Doctor's (Jodie Whittaker's) sidekick in the BBC sci-fi drama - received an orange Haribo jelly ring from her partner, who popped the question during a romantic getaway abroad.
Mandip posted a shot of the gummy ring on her finger to Instagram on Thursday (21.05.26), with the caption: "Well ain’t that sweet #haribo #engaged @haribouki_ (sic)."
Mandip's fiance - whose identity has never been revealed - could be seen behind her hand, but his face was covered.
The star's celebrity pals showered the couple with congratulatory messages in the post’s comments section.
Her Hollyoaks co-star Nadine Mulkerrin, 32, penned: "She deserves the world. Right this hen do…. @missjenjomet where we going? (sic)"
Sarah Parish, 57, who starred opposite Mandip in Curfew, typed: "CONGRATULATIONS (sic)."
And former Love Island host Laura Whitmore, 41, echoed Sarah's words, as she wrote: "Congrats."
Fans also reacted, as one commented: "Ahhh gorgeous news! Huge congratulations (sic)."
A second supporter said: "Lucky luckyyy man. Congratulations you guys (sic)."
And a third follower left: "Congrats Mandip!!!!! Best of futures to you guys! (sic)"
Mandip shot to fame playing Phoebe McQueen, the adoptive daughter of Jacqui McQueen (Claire Cooper), in Channel 4's Hollyoaks from 2012 until 2015.
She also had cameo roles in the BBC medical dramas, Casualty and Doctors.
But Mandip is best known for her role as Yaz in Doctor Who, from 2018 until 2022.
In 2020, Mandip admitted she had faced bias in her career because she is from the North of England.
The Leeds-born entertainer told the Rule Not the Exception podcast: "I think what I've struggled (with) - more than being Asian and being a woman, because they're difficult in themselves - is being Northern."
Mandip revealed that her accent "ruined" many auditions early in her acting career.
She explained: "As soon as I opened my mouth, the amount of times people have gone, 'Oh God, you're Northern'. That sort of ruined it for them. I can do the accent, but because I'm not from (London), you're seen as a liability."
