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Melissa Johns Shares Empowering Pregnancy, Wraps Final Grantchester Scenes

Her reflections spotlight disability visibility alongside the rarity of pregnant actors working on screen.

Overview

  • Johns is expecting her first child, a daughter, with husband Dan Hampton after revealing the news on Instagram earlier this year.
  • She says pregnancy has felt empowering and “limitless” after a lifetime of others calling her body “limited.”
  • She reports receiving unsolicited questions about how she will manage parenting tasks because of her limb difference.
  • Johns worries her future daughter could feel pressure to defend her when other children comment on her body.
  • After six years on Grantchester, she has filmed her final scenes as the ITV drama winds down, while admitting anxiety about the impact of motherhood on her career.