Laura Haddock found the perfect way to announce the birth of her first child on Sunday night.

Arriving for the Critics’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica – her first red carpet appearance since revealing her full heavily-pregnant figure in November 2015 – she was demonstrably sans bump.

Laura, 30, shielded her stomach with a lilac pocket-fronted dress as it was confirmed that she and actor husband Sam Claflin, 29, welcomed a baby just one month ago in December.

A representative for Laura confirmed to MailOnline on Monday morning that the couple’s baby joy came just before the end of 2015.

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