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Emmerdale’s Laura Norton shares sweet birthday tribute to famous fiancé who dated Happy Valley star

Emmerdale's Laura Norton shared a sweet birthday message to her famous co-star fiancé.

The actress is well known for playing Kerry Wyatt on the ITV hit soap and her life in the fictional Yorkshire village is full of drama.

Kerry’s partner Al Chapman was recently killed by Kyle Winchester and she still doesn’t know that he was cheating on her with Chas Dingle.

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Away from the screen, Laura's life is a lot less dramatic than her character's. She is happily engaged to Mark Jordon, who soap fans will recognise as Daz Spencer in Emmerdale.

The star had her head turned by Mark during his brief stint acting alongside her. Even though he has left the ITV soap the couple's relationship is still very much on.

They are now happily engaged and welcomed their first child into the world in 2021. Laura recently gave birth to their second child, a baby girl named Ronnie.

Laura has taken to Instagram to issue a sweet tribute to Mark on his 58th birthday. She shared a picture of Mark sitting on a bench, he can be seen wearing a black and white striped t-shirt and finished the look off with some sunglasses.

The star captioned the post: "Happiest of birthdays to you. @markjordondad. The kindest, funniest, craziest most generous man on the planet. What is life without you?? We love you and all that you are. The best daddy completely worthy of that title."

Mark is best known for his role in Heartbeat - he has also appeared briefly in soaps such as Coronation Street and Hollyoaks.

The actor was previously married to Happy Valley actress Siobhan Finneran, who has renowned her role as Clare Cartwright in the hit BBC crime series. The two were married for 17 years from 1997 and share a daughter named Poppy, Liverpool Echo reports.

Laura and Mark's Emmerdale co-stars flooded the comments to send supportive messages to Mark after the update. Anthony Quinn said: "Happy Birthday mate, hope it’s a belter!" Eden Taylor-Draper posted: "Happy birthday Marky J" Amy Walsh commented: "Happy birthday Mark you gorgeous man." Jay Kontzle added: "Happy birthday Mark."

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