Nikki Sanderson reunites with soap co-stars at baby shower

Nikki Sanderson turned her baby shower into a cast reunion, pulling together familiar faces from Coronation Street and Hollyoaks for a celebration that felt as much about shared history as it did about the arrival of her first child. Sanderson shared several photos from the event on Instagram, giving the party the polished, shareable look that has become part of celebrity pregnancy rollouts.

The shower was held at Barca bar in Manchester and leaned hard into a blue theme that matched the news she and partner Anthony Quinlan had already made public about expecting a boy. A blue balloon arch framed the room, there was a matching cake, and the night ended with dancing. Sanderson wore a pale blue dress, while Quinlan coordinated with the color scheme, which made the whole event read like a carefully styled milestone rather than a routine party.

The guest list is what gave the shower its extra charge. Samia Longchambon and Jane Danson, both from Coronation Street, were there alongside Hollyoaks colleagues Anna Passey and Stephanie Waring. That mix of names underlined how Sanderson’s soap years still shape her public image: the photos were not just baby-shower content, they were a reunion snapshot from two long-running TV circles that have clearly stayed close off screen.

Sanderson and Quinlan, who have been together since 2021, had previously spoken about trying for a baby for more than two years and being on an IVF waiting list before she became pregnant naturally. The couple also said they were happy to be expecting a boy. Their son arrived a few days before his due date, and Sanderson and Quinlan announced his birth on Instagram on April 25, 2026. They have not publicly revealed his name.

That sequence gives the shower more weight than the average celebrity gathering. It came after a difficult fertility journey, before the birth itself, and in the middle of a carefully managed public moment where old co-stars, soft blue styling and Instagram-ready images all reinforced the same story: this was a private milestone, but it was also a reunion, and a very visible one.