Hollyoaks star Nikki Sanderson wishes rarely seen mum happy birthday – and fans can’t believe her age
HOLLYOAKS star Nikki Sanderson has wished her mum happy birthday – and fans can’t get over her age.
They flocked to Instagram to comment after the soap legend posted a shot with her mum Jude Sanderson.
Nikki, 38, left fans gobsmacked when she posted a selfie with her mother.
The duo looked identical as they beamed in the shot looking glam with their brunette locks flowing over their shoulders.
Nikki wrote: “Happy 70th (yes 70th) Birthday to this wonderful, amazing, incredible, strong, witty, bonkers, beautiful, resilient woman! Not only are you my Mummy, you are the bestest friend a girl could have ever asked for!
“You are special every day, but today is the day you get to be celebrated the most.”
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“I love you to infinity and beyond.”
Fans flocked to comment on her youthful looks with one saying: “No, I just refuse to believe mummy is 70.”
Another said: “Bloody hell! She looks incredible.”
A third said: “No way Jude is 70!”
Just last week Nikki has opened up about the horrifying moment her mum died before being brought back to life by a hero first responder.
Nikki shared a snap of her mum with the man – Howard – and told the emotional story of the event which took place last year.
Writing on Instagram the actress said: “Less than 5 minutes after we got to mums, she went into cardiac arrest and she died.
“We immediately started CPR under the guidance of the 999 operator who was so supportive and calm in the most scary, traumatic time of our lives.”
Nikki, who stars as Maxine Minniver in the Channel 4 soap, revealed that Howard wasn’t expecting to attend to someone having a cardiac arrest.
She continued: “But with his quick thinking and incredible knowledge he began working on mum to get a pulse.
“He didn’t give up, he fought to save her even though the odds were against her, he wouldn’t call time of death as he wanted to get her back…
“And eventually, he did, along with the ambulance crew that later joined him.”
Nikki went on to describe the “incredibly difficult journey” they’ve faced as a family since, but heaped praise on all the people involved in saving her mum’s life.
She said: “There are no words as to how thankful we are to Howard, the north west ambulance team, and all the wonderful surgeons, doctors, nurses and hospital staff at Fairfield and Salford Royal who saved my mums life and cared for her like she was a part of their own family.”