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01st Feb 2020

Orange Is the New Black’s Danielle Brooks reveals daughter’s name two months after her birth

Keeley Ryan

Orange Is the New Black‘s Danielle Brooks has revealed her daughter’s name – two months after she gave birth.

The actor, who has played Tasytee Jefferson in the Netflix series for seven seasons, and her fiancé welcomed their first child in November.

She shared a lovely black and white photo of her newborn baby girl, which she captioned: “11.16.19. She’s perfect.”

 

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And on Friday, the 30-year-old took to Instagram once again – this time, to share a seet photo of her baby girl posing with blocks that spell out her age.

Alongside the photo of the 10-week-old, whom Brooks called “our heartbeat”, she revealed her daughter’s name.

“Introducing Baby Freeya,” she said, as she tagged her daughter’s new Instagram account.

 

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The reveal comes a few weeks after Brooks revealed that she and her partner – whose identity she has kept pretty private – had gotten engaged.

“I never thought one of the best days of my year would happen the last week of the year,” she wrote alongside a photo, which showed off her engagement ring.

“I get to marry my best friend. We’re ENGAGED!! So excited to become your wife. D&D until the end.”

 

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In the same post, she shared a video of them dancing together, and she looks so overjoyed.