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TV star Marina Squerciati reveals she secretly welcomed second child: ‘A big year for me’

Marina Squerciati has shared a major secret she managed to keep in 2024.

The actress, best known as Detective Kim Burgess on Chicago P.D., announced she welcomed her second child last year in a surprise post to her over 870,000 followers.

“2024 was a BIG year for me, literally,” Squerciati, 40, wrote on Instagram in a post marking New Year’s Eve.

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Marina Squerciati secretly welcomed her second child in 2024. (Getty Images for Wonderverse Inc)

The star posted a polaroid photo of her in a bikini, taken from when she was pregnant.

“I thought I handled being a pregnant working mom with grace – swipe to see my daughter’s very different take (look at the face she’s drawn for me).”

Squerciati also shares a seven-year-old daughter with husband Eli Kay-Oliphant, whose name has not been disclosed.

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In the mentioned drawing, her daughter did an illustration of their family-of-three, giving her mum a somewhat crazed look while her and her dad were drawn smiling.

“PS. THIS was the real reason I wasn’t in the first two episodes of #ChicagoPD, I was having a baby,” Squerciati added.

The star was missing from the start of Chicago PD’s 12th season which premiered in September 2024. The season picks back up with its ninth episode on January 8, 2025.

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Marina Squerciati as Kim Burgess in Chicago P.D.
Squerciati stars as Kim Burgess on Chicago P.D. (ABC/ YouTube)

Squerciati signed off the post by wishing her followers a great New Year’s Eve.

The now mum-of-two’s Chicago P.D. co-stars congratulated her in the comments.

“The best to doit [sic] love you Burgess,” LaRoyce Hawkins, who plays Kevin Atwater said.

Tracy Spiridakos, who stars as Detective Hailey Upton, commented three red hearts.

Marina Squerciati with her Chicago P.D. co-stars Tracy Spiridakos and Patrick Flueger
Marina Squerciati with her Chicago P.D. co-stars Tracy Spiridakos and Patrick Flueger. (Instagram/ marinasqu )

Squerciati has starred as series regular Detective Burgess on Chicago P.D. since the long-running drama’s pilot episode in January 2014.

On the show, her character is in a fan-favourite romantic relationship with Officer Adam Ruzek, played by Patrick Flueger. The characters got engaged again in season 11.

Spiridakos married her real-life husband Eli Kay-Oliphant in 2016.

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In May 2017, the pair welcomed their first daughter together. 

“Please welcome our newest female detective on the #ChicagoPD force!” the actress announced the news on Instagram.

Over the years, the star has shared photos with her daughter to social media, including their trips to the theatre.

Marina Squerciati and her daughter
Squerciati and her daughter. (Instagram/ marinasqu )

In December 2024, the mother-daughter duo went to see & Juliet on Broadway together.

Spiridakos posted a pic of them on Instagram dressed in colourful wigs and sparkly costumes to see the show.

“I barely made it from work! We slapped on the wigs in the elevator, I ate my dinner on the El Platform, and we had to sprint a few blocks!” she said.

In October, she posted another pic of them mailing a voting ballot for the US election with the hashtag, #empoweryourdaughers.

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