Keshia Knight Pulliam has a daughter and a son

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She and her husband, Brad James, welcomed their son, Knight, in April 2023. The Cosby Show actress is also mom to daughter Ella, 7, whom she shares with her ex-husband, Ed Hartwell.

Pulliam spoke about the split in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, saying, “Despite all of this, I am grateful for my blessing, and that’s my little girl.” The Beauty Shop star welcomed Ella Grace in January 2017.

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“When I tell you through all of this the grace of God has so been with us and has covered us and protected us — she’s been my saving grace to get through it,” Pulliam said on an episode of her podcast, Kandidly Keshia. “It’s knowing that it’s not about me. It’s about her. It is about her being okay.”

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“She’s aware that mommy is an actress,” Pulliam shared during an interview with Entertainment Tonight in 2020. “And the other day, she was like, ‘Well Mommy, can I be an actor when I grow up?’ Whatever it is that [Ella] ultimately chooses to do, I absolutely support.”

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Pulliam started dating James in 2019 after the pair met on the set of the TV movie Pride and Prejudice: Atlanta. The For Better or Worse actor proposed a year later. A rep for Pulliam confirmed the engagement to PEOPLE, saying the pair were “excited to find their happily ever after.” In September 2022, they tied the knot in a small ceremony at their home in Atlanta.

A few months after their wedding, Pulliam opened up to PEOPLE about her egg-freezing experience. “I began the process of freezing my eggs,” she said, before explaining that various procedures were canceled because of COVID-19. “So, I was unable to continue,” she added.

Then, in December 2022, Pulliam and James appeared together on The Tamron Hall Show to share that they were expecting their first 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 together.