Iona Gruffdd’s wife Bianca Wallace reveals pregnancy offered ‘respite’ from MS battle
Bianca Wallace knows that her husband Ioan Gruffudd has attracted a devoted following but there was one person at his recent appearance at a fan convention who could not contain her admiration. So vocal was Mila Gruffud, their seven-month-old daughter, at the sight of her father that Bianca had to rush out of the auditorium. “Ioan went to a [comic] convention in Chicago recently,” Bianca tells HELLO! in an exclusive interview. “He did a talk with Michael Chiklis, who was also in [the superhero film] The Fantastic Four, and I had her in the carrier with me. Every time he came on screen, she would start talking to him. ‘Wah, wah, wah.’ I had to take her away because she was squealing with excitement to see Daddy. It was such a joy to witness that.” Mila has been a life-changer for Bianca, not only for making her a mother for the first time but for her health. The actress, 33, has an aggressive form of multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune condition in which a person’s …

