Effie's a mum: Mary Coustas gives birth to baby girl

AFTER a long and heartbreaking struggle with fertility, Australian actress Mary Coustas has given birth to a baby girl.

AFTER a long struggle with fertility, Australian actress Mary Coustas has given birth to a baby girl.

The comedian, 49, renowned for her much-loved character Effie, announced the arrival of her daughter Jamie Betsis on Facebook.

An elated Coustas and her husband George Betsis posted: "We're so very happy to announce the arrival of our much anticipated baby girl Jamie Betsis.

"Baby & Mother are in exceptional health, father still doing cartwheels.

Coustas gives birth to baby girl

"More details to follow in the upcoming weeks. Thank you for all your messages of support & love throughout this journey. Mary & George xxx

Mary Coustas is much-loved for her outrageous Greek-Australian character Effie.

Coustas bared her soul on 60 Minutes in August, detailing her heartbreaking struggle to become a mother, through a decade of miscarriages and IVF treatment.

Over her 10-year quest to become a mother, Coustas endured IVF treatment, miscarriages, using donor eggs and her devastating story of falling pregnant with triplets, facing selective reduction and then giving birth to a stillborn daughter.

Her poignant 2013 book All I Know: a Memoir of Love, Loss and Life, reflected on the deaths of her father, grandmother and daughter.

On top of her struggle to fall pregnant, she and her husband were enmeshed in a bitter custody battle over his son Tom, who lives in Los Angeles with his mother.

Mary Coustas and her husband George Betsis (far right) have become parents. Picture: Matthew Vasilescu