Marina Squirciati.
Art Strieber/NBCMarina Squirciati He has been missing since the beginning of Season 12 of Chicago PD -But there was a good reason for her absence: she had another child!
“2024 was a big year for me, literally,” Squirciati, 40, said. he wrote via Instagram On Tuesday, December 31, he reflects on the changes in her life.
The actress shared a picture of her bare stomach while wearing a bikini She was actually pregnant During the year and since then he welcomed her and her husband Ellie Kay OliphantSecond child.
“I thought I handled being a pregnant working mom with grace — swipe to see a completely different shot of my daughter,” she joked and shared a drawing her eldest child made that showed Squirciati making a crazy face while her husband and daughter smiled.
Marina Squirciati is just like us: She's been planning her Chicago PD character Kim Burgess's dream wedding ever since she got engaged during Season 11. “I know that Makayla (Burgess's daughter) really wants to be in Belize,” Squirciati, 40, exclusively told Us Weekly Earlier this month. “Marina Squirciati would like to be in Belize (…)
Squerciati also explained why she won't be in every episode of the current season of the series Chicago PDwhich returns with all-new episodes on Wednesday, January 8. (She has played Kim Burgess since the show's premiere in 2014.)
“P.S. This was the real reason I didn't do the first two episodes of #ChicagoPD,” she added. “I was having a baby. Have a wonderful New Year's Eve, friends!
She ended her post with a series of hashtags that summed up 2024, including “#workingmom,” “#motherofdragons,” “#MamaInMiami,” “#PregnancyGlow,” and “ChicagoPDStrong.”
“OMG! Congratulations mama! ❤️,” the fellow actress said Katie Stevens he wrote in the comments section.
My former squirrel Chicago PD com. costar Tracy SpiridakosShe, who played Hailey Upton until her exit from Season 11, added three red heart emojis.
LaRoyce Hawkins — who plays Burgess's best friend and fellow Intelligence Unit officer, Kevin Atwater — spoke about her journey, too. He replied in the comments: “You better do it.” “I love you, Burgess✨.”
Squirciati did not reveal any other details about her new baby, which is similar to the approach she took with her first child. The actress gave birth to her daughter in May 2017, but kept her name secret.
However, Squerciati has given fans glimpses into her life as a mother via social media. Recently, she took her little boy to see And Juliet On Broadway in Chicago.
“We don't need stinky Romeo,” she commented. December 5 snapshotswhich featured both Squerciati and her daughter wearing wigs for the occasion. “Also I could barely function! We put our wigs in the elevator, I had dinner on the El Platform, and we had to sprint a few blocks! (Just wanted to give you the truth behind the IG photos 🫠).”
Aside from welcoming a new baby, Squerciati has been filming the 12th season of the series Chicago PD Earlier this season, her character became a detective, but fans are still holding out hope for a TV wedding between Burgess and her fiancé Adam Ruzek (Patrick Pflueger).
For her part, Scorsati said: He said exclusively Us Weekly In November, she is equally excited about the prospect of a ceremony later this season.
Chicago PD's skilled detectives are the heart of the show – but it's the complicated romance between Kim Burgess and Adam Ruzek that keeps many fans coming back. Viewers first saw sparks fly between Burgess (Marina Squerciati) and Ruzek (Patrick Flueger) during Season 1, Episode 8, when Ruzek was in another relationship. “This is complete (…)
“I've recently been in love with (the designer) Samantha Sleeper “Wedding dresses and my Instagram algorithm have failed me,” she said. we“Instagram thinks I'm getting married!” he added, laughing.
After all the ups and downs Burgess and Ruzek have had on the show — they got engaged for the third time during Season 11 — Squerciati wants the production to do its best on their big day.
“I want a white dress moment. Burgess needs a white dress,” she admitted. Burgess certainly picks out the dahlias and centerpieces with candles. Come on, give the girl a moment!”
Chicago PD It returns on NBC Wednesday, January 8 at 10pm ET.
