Smart succession SARAH'S BABY JOY

Mum's the word - and oh Roy, she couldn't be more excited!

She has had fans captivated as the ruthlessly self-serving Shiv in hit TV show Succession. But Sarah

Snook’s next role calls for a much gentler approach.

Next month the Australian actress, 35, is set to welcome her fi rst child with her Peter Rabbit actor husband Dave Lawson, 44, but it wasn’t until the recent launch of Succession’s fourth season that Sarah revealed her impending motherhood.

“It’s exciting,” the Adelaide-born star shared as she showed off her burgeoning baby bump at the premiere in New York. “I feel great.”

She’d learned she was expecting while still filming the show’s latest season and although she says she hadn’t properly “popped” by the end of filming, there were still “a lot of beach balls being held in front me – and umbrellas”.

Dropping surprises on her fans has become something of a tradition for Sarah.'