Home and Away star Sophie Dillman shared which day on set was one of her favourites while playing Ziggy Astoni.

The actress, 29, made her debut as feisty Ziggy back in 2017 and the character recently gave birth to a baby girl.

Recalling the day she had to act out giving birth, the blonde beauty exclusively told Daily Star: "It was one of the funnest days I've had on set."

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Paddy O'Connor, who plays Ziggy's partner Dean Thompson, added: "She was so in her element. She was screaming and there was absolutely no difficulty with that whatsoever."

Sophie then gushed over how lucky she was getting to play a character that had so many memorable storylines over the past six years.

"I think it's on the bucket list for every actor, that is physically able to have a baby, to do. I was so lucky in my run during Ziggy," the star said.

"I got a wedding, I got great cheating storyline and I got a birth. I got a good love story… but I got a birth," she joked.

Sophie explained that while it was one of her most memorable days on set, she also found the experience tiring – yet incredibly rewarding.

She continued: "The day was really fun. It was really hard because it takes it out of you filming things that cause pain.

"It's really hard physically because you've got to constantly be tense and be aware of the stages of pain and contractions and all that sort of stuff, so technically it's quite difficult but also incredibly rewarding."

The Aussie actress went on to say: "The coolest part about our storyline is that every director and writer that we had, added their little bit of their birthing and pregnancy stories to ours."

Paddy, who made his first appearance as Dean in 2018, revealed he enjoyed attending birthing classes as part of the storyline and it's something he's excited to do in the future.

"Especially with the storyline going to the birthing classes. I can't wait to go to some birthing classes in the future," the 30-year-old said.

He added: "Because there was so many different types of mums and dads there so it was cool to see that, because if you don't have children then you never know what that's like."

Home and Away airs 1:45pm on Channel 5 and 6pm on 5STAR. First-look screenings air at 6:30pm on 5STAR and the show also streams on My5.

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