Juggling work life with family time can often be a tricky balancing act. Yet Aussie TV’s golden couple Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall, seem to have nailed it!
The husband and wife team are behind the beloved series Colin from Accounts, which they created and starred in.
During production in December 2023, the Logie-winning pair were seen on set accompanied by their adorable four-year-old daughter, Joni.
Now, their family of three has become four with daughter Mabel coming into the world on February 2, 2025.
“We love her so much and we’re all very grateful,” Harriet captioned an Instagram post with a carousel of photos.
While they are a happy family, making it work hasn’t always been easy, says former Love Child actress Harriet, 36.
“We had eight episodes to do in just under eight weeks,” the star has said of the first season filming schedule for Colin from Accounts.
“There was no off switch.”
At the same time, they were in production on Colin from Accounts’ acclaimed debut season, Harriet and Patrick, 48, were also coming to grips with first-time parenthood.
The couple, who met while filming 2015 Stan series No Activity, adopted US-born Joni in September 2021. They shared their exciting family news via an Instagram post later that same month.
“International Daughter’s Day feels as good a time as any to introduce our little Joni,” Harriet posted at the time.
“Born September 16, 2021, and with us from her first moments, thanks to her incredible birth mother.”
Earlier that year, Harriet and Patrick tied the knot in Tampa, Florida. They were on holiday and Patrick had proposed just five days earlier! At the end of 2023, Harriet and Patrick held an informal second ceremony for family and friends in Sydney.
“Everyone was a bit sore that we did it overseas during the pandemic and so it was just to mark it and have some speeches and some dancing,” Harriet told our sister publication WHO magazine in May, 2024.
Patrick added, “It wasn’t officiated by anyone with any authority.”
During the 2023 Logies, where the show took out three awards, Harriet opened up about “mum guilt”.
“We hear so much about [it], but not so much dad guilt,” she began.
“I wondered if I would feel that, because I’m not a natural mother, I’m an adoptive mother. But the feeling is still strong. I know so many mums who are scared to go back to work, but they can, because one day their kids will turn 18 and live a life of their own.
“I wanted anyone who might be at home checking the baby monitor or breastfeeding and wondering whether you can ever leave them, that it’s OK and they’ll be OK.”
While filming an award-winning show has come with its challenges, it has also been incredibly rewarding for the couple.
“We just wanted to make people smile and laugh,” Harriet said.
“Being able to do that with your best friend and partner is incredibly special. We feel really lucky about everything.”
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