EastEnders actor Danny Walters has delighted fans with a heartwarming surprise, revealing that he has secretly welcomed his first child with his long-time partner, Maddi. The beloved soap star, known for playing Keanu Taylor on the BBC series, chose to keep the news private until now, sharing the joyful update on Wednesday to the excitement of fans and followers alike. Walters, 30, announced that the couple had quietly celebrated the arrival of their baby girl last month, marking a new and deeply personal chapter in their lives. Alongside the touching announcement, he posted a tender black-and-white photograph that captured the tiny hand of their newborn resting in his, a moment full of intimacy and love. The couple have named their daughter Autumn — a choice that reflects warmth, elegance, and the beginning of a beautiful season in their family journey. The reveal has been met with an outpouring of congratulations from fellow actors, fans, and friends, many of whom praised the couple for managing to keep such joyful news under wraps until they were ready to share it on their own terms.

He wrote: ‘One month with you, Autumn. Born March ‘25’.

Danny’s followers including his former BBC co-stars were quick to congratulate the actor on the surprise news.

‘Ah wow! Congrats to you all Danny; Congrats darling…; Awww congratulations; Awww congratulations to you both; congratulations beautiful name xx’.

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Danny Walters has revealed on Instagram on Wednesday that he has secretly welcomed his first child with long term partner Maddi

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The EastEnders star shared the happy news that the couple have welcomed a baby girl last month by uploading a sweet black and white photo

Danny revealed they have called their bundle of joy Autumn, he wrote: ‘One month with you, Autumn. Born March ‘25’

Danny is best known for playing Keanu Taylor in the BBC One soap before being killed off during the dramatic Christmas 2023 storyline.

EastEnders made history in an episode back in February that year when they teased a murder in a flash forward, but kept the identities of the corpse and the killer a huge secret.

After ten nail-biting months of speculation, viewers finally found out which character was murdered in the episode.

Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters) was killed after he was stabbed and Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry) was attacked as The Six storyline reached a climax.

Six of Walford’s matriarchs; Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner), Suki Kaur Panesar (Balvinder Sopal), Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), found themselves embroiled in a series of events that led to Keanu’s demise.

The six women have all been wronged by the men in their life, which really kept EastEnders fans guessing throughout the year who the victim and murderer were.

Several men had been teased as the potential victim in addition to Keanu and Nish before Christmas, with Jack Branning (Scott Maslen), Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), Tom ‘Rocky’ Cotton (Brian Conley), Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo) and Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) involved.

The festive episode came to an explosive conclusion as Denise was seen hitting Nish over the head with a bottle as she tried to defend his wife Suki from his abuse.

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Danny’s followers including his former BBC co-stars were quick to congratulate the actor on the surprise news.

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Danny is best known for playing Keanu Taylor in the BBC One soap before being killed off during the dramatic Christmas 2023 storyline

Though Nish first appeared to be dead, not everything was as it seemed, but shortly after, Keanu burst into the Queen Victoria pub and saw Nish’s body.

He became embroiled in a fight with Sharon after their wedding was called off when his attempted kidnap of her son Albie was revealed.

When Sharon told Keanu she would send him to prison over his attempted kidnap of Albie if he did not remain tight-lipped about Nish’s alleged death, the groom lunged towards her, in an attempt to strangle her to death.

In a very unexpected twist, Linda then grabbed a knife and stabbed Keanu in the back in a bid to save Sharon’s life.

Suki performed CPR on Nish and managed to get him breathing again before running to tell the others he was alive and discovering Keanu dead on the floor.

The six Walford women banded together to wrap Keanu’s body up in a tarpaulin and heavy duty tape before lugging him off to be buried under the floorboards of the burned out cafe.

They also conjured up a story about Keanu holding them at knife point in the Queen Vic and blamed him for hitting Nish over the head.