Y&R alum Shemar Moore shares first photo of his daughter Frankie

Y&R alum Shemar Moore shares first photo of his daughter Frankie

He thought "that ship had sailed," but a jubilant Shemar Moore is now a dad for the very first time.

It's official. Shemar Moore is a new dad. The actor shared the news on January 25, 2023, on his Instagram page.

"Ya boy is officially a Dad!!!," the self-described 52-and-a-half-year-old Moore wrote in the caption of the post. "Dreams come true!! The rest of my life is here!"

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A day later, Moore took to social media again to share the very first photo of Frankie.

"Already THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!! I'm a Girl Daddy!!!! DREAMS COME TRUE!! Grandma Marilyn is in heaven puff puff passing, drinking her wine, and doing her happy dance," Moore captioned the photo. "Frankie is gonna grow up to be a KILLA!!!"

Earlier this month, Moore shared a video of an epic gender reveal.

Moore's television career kicked off in 1994 when he joined the cast of The Young and the Restless. Moore eventually left his full-time stint at Y&R in 2002 at the urging of his reps. He returned for another run from 2004 to 2005. Beginning that same year, he enjoyed an eleven-year run as Derek Morgan on CBS' Criminal Minds. Since 2017, Moore has starred as Sergeant II Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson on S.W.A.T. -- also on CBS. From 1999 to 2003, Moore hosted Soul Train.

During his daytime tenure, Moore won the 2000 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series as well as eight NAACP Image Awards. Moore also won an Image Award for his work on Criminal Minds.

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