Billie Piper and Laurence Fox welcome second son together

By Sarah Bull and Sara Nathan


Billie Piper and Laurence Fox have welcomed their second son together.

The 29-year-old actress, who is already mother to three-year-old Winston, is said to be doing well after the birth.

Laurence tweeted yesterday: 'One born every minute. We had our minute today. Couldn't be happier. Beautiful boy. Everything fine.'

Happy news: Billie Piper and Laurence Fox have welcomed their second son together

The pair have yet to reveal a name for their newborn son.

A friend said: 'Mother and baby are doing extremely well. Billie and Laurence are thrilled to bits.'

Billie's pregnancy was even written into her latest theatre role in Neil LaBute’s play Reasons To Be Pretty.

Michael Attenborough, who directed the production, said Billie had ‘very generously offered to withdraw’ from the show after discovering she was expecting.

But he added: 'Billie was Neil LaBute’s and my first choice for the part - and fortunately the character is pregnant - so with a bit of judicious re-writing we’re all delighted she’ll be with us.


Growing family: The couple are also parents to three-year-old son Winston

‘I told her that I’d love her to do it and she just wept on my shoulder. She thought that was it. She was thrilled.'

Shortly after Winston's birth in 2008, Billie revealed she was keen to have more children with Laurence.

She said: 'I used to want a big family, but now I am wondering if it would be OK if Winston was an only child!

'Seriously, I would like to have three children. I’m thinking of having two close together and leaving it a while, then having another.'

Billie added of motherhood: 'It’s really hard to put into words just how fantastic being a mum is. I really do love it. Life is so much better for having had Winston and I feel warmer as a person.'

Meanwhile, Laurence said in a recent interview that becoming father to Winston made him a better actor.

He told the Daily Telegraph: 'Becoming a parent gives you access to a whole world of feeling. It gives you a much stronger sense of life and death: becoming a father made me realise my own mortality.'



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'It's desperate': Billie Piper blames the credit crunch for her struggle to find work

By Georgina Littlejohn


Struggling: Billie Piper said she is finding it tough to find a new acting role since her successful series Secret Diary of a Call Girl ended last month


As a sexy and adventurous call girl, she had a long list of eager clients queuing up for her titillating services.

But away from the small screen, actress Billie Piper has admitted that she is facing a 'desperate' battle to find work.

And she said the recession had made it even harder to land a role and she would consider upping sticks to the US to get work.


Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, Billie, 28, said: 'I'm just trying to find a job. We're back to the drawing board.

'It's frustrating, it's tiring. It's desperate. You slightly lose your mind. You have no confidence, then you have too much confidence.

'It's an endless frustration. That's the nature of the beast. You have to suck it up and get on with it.'

Billie recently finished her last ever series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl, in which she played escort Belle de Jour.

Titillating: Billie with Secret Diary co-stars Iddo Goldberg (L), who plays Ben, and Paul Nichols, who plays Harry


The successful ITV2 show ran from 2007 and the fourth and final series came to an end last month.

And it has just started in the US on the Showtime channel.

Billie is also well known for her role in Doctor Who as the Time Lord's assistant Rose Tyler, alongside David Tennant as the Doctor.

But Billie, who is married to actor Laurence Fox, 32, said she is now really struggling to land a new role.

Stateside success: Billie, seen here in a promo for Secret Diary's launch in the US, would consider a move across the Pond for the right role


And she said the credit crunch had put a halt to lavish spending on TV shows and said all the work was now in the US.

She said: 'Things are getting made a lot faster for less money and there are a lot fewer opportunities for actors.

'There's not a lot of work in the UK - that's why everyone's moving to America. It's where the work seems to be. But it definitely feels like a lot more of a slog to get a gig these days.

'I suppose that's a lot to do with our current climate and financial messes. People seem to have to work harder with a lot less time.

'And the subjects people are talking about, the stories they are wanting to tell - they have really changed too.

Famous role to date: Billie is best known for playing Rose Tyler, Doctor Who's time-travelling assistant alongside David Tennant


'There is a pool of work that is really, really thought-provoking and real. Then the extreme side is the enormous budgeted studio productions which are basically all made using a background green screen.'

And she added that she admired the way Americans made their TV shows and said: 'I like the way that if you're on a long-running show and you know it inside-out, you often have an option to produce or direct.

'If the right thing comes along and I get the opportunity to be cast in it, then I'd love to do that.'

Happy family: Billie and her actor husband Laurence Fox and their son Winston


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Billie Piper brings two-year-old son Winston to pick daisies in the park

By Daily Mail Reporter


Mum on the run: Billie Piper dashes over to her two-year-old son Winston as he explores Primrose Hill on a sunny Saturday afternoon


With Spring well and truly here, Billie Piper was just one of dozens of parents who brought her children to enjoy the sunny day in Primrose Hill yesterday.

The actress, 28, and a few friends soaked up the sun in the North London park while her two-year-old son Winston picked daisies nearby.

Sat chatting to her pals while keeping a close eye on her child as he explored the park, she then jumped up and made a quick dash to catch him as he tried to waddle away.

I'll take those: Piper beams at the toddler as he hands her some daisies


After catching up with the toddler, she was thrilled when the blonde-haired boy gave her a clutch of daisies he had picked.

Clearly feeling warm in the balmy temperatures, little Winston was running around the park in a long-sleeved T-shirt and his nappy.

Meanwhile, his famous mother was going for the laid-back look in a navy maxi dress and leopard-print ballet pumps.

What's he doing..? Billie studies her son to see what's he doing, before dashing over to play


Missing out on the fun was Winston's father, actor Laurence Fox, star of crime drama Lewis.

Billie's day at the park came as she revealed she was struggling to find work following the recent climax of her Secret Diary Of A Call Girl show, which ended last month after four series.

In an interview with trade magazine Hollywood Reporter, she said: ''I'm just trying to find a job. We're back to the drawing board.

'It's frustrating, it's tiring. It's desperate. You slightly lose your mind. You have no confidence, then you have too much confidence.

What have you got for mummy? Winston keeps Billie's attention as she spends the day at the park with friends


'It's an endless frustration. That's the nature of the beast. You have to suck it up and get on with it.'

She said the credit crunch had dramatically reduced TV budgets and most of the best-paid work was in the U.S.

She explained: 'Things are getting made a lot faster for less money and there are a lot fewer opportunities for actors.

'There's not a lot of work in the UK - that's why everyone's moving to America. It's where the work seems to be. But it definitely feels like a lot more of a slog to get a gig these days.'

This is fun: Billie helps her son pick some daisies


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