Disney alum Skai Jackson is taking up the function of a lifetime: mother.

The 22-year-old actress, greatest recognized for her 4 seasons on Jessie, has simply welcomed her first child. Jackson introduced the information with a candy and easy Instagram submit, sharing a photograph of her new child child's fingers in hers with the caption, "Kasai."

Representatives for Jackson didn’t instantly reply to Leisure Weekly's request for remark.

The information comes two months after Jackson first confirmed her being pregnant to PEOPLE in April 2024, sharing that she was welcoming the kid along with her boyfriend, whose identify she didn’t disclose.

"I’m thrilled to start this new chapter in my life — embracing motherhood and diving into new appearing tasks," Jackson stated on the time. "My coronary heart is so full!”

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The actress beforehand spoke to the outlet about her relationship along with her personal mom, Kiya Cole, who raised her and helped her obtain her Hollywood goals as a single mother.

"[My mom] all the time taught me to face up for myself, arise for what I consider in and battle for what is correct,” she stated in 2023. “I thank her for that as a result of with out her, I in all probability wouldn't have a variety of the boldness that I do now.”

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Jackson starred alongside Peyton Listing, Karan Brar, and the late Cameron Boyce as one in every of three youngster stars in Jessie, the Disney Channel collection a few 19-year outdated Texas teen (Debby Ryan) who turns into the nanny of a high-profile couple who are sometimes away from dwelling. The collection ran from 2011 to 2015, earlier than spawning the spinoff present Bunk’d, that includes Listing, Brar, and Jackson in the identical roles. Jackson’s character, Zuri, departed the collection after three seasons.

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Jackson has since supplied the voice of Glory Grant in Disney’s animated Marvel Rising collection, penned a memoir, and took part within the twenty ninth season of Dancing With the Stars. She most not too long ago starred within the true-crime impressed thriller, The Man within the White Van.

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