Bond star Gemma Arterton, who is married to Irish actor Rory Keenan, has revealed the couple welcome their first child, a boy, shortly before Christmas.
The 37-year-old British actress, best known for films including St Trinian's and Quantum Of Solace, announced the news on the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 on Wednesday.
After host Ball prompted her by saying "Congratulations are in order", Arterton admitted she and her husband, Irish actor Rory Keenan, are "very, very happy".
She added: "He was born just before Christmas. A little Christmas elf."
The actress debuted her baby bump on the red carpet at the Raindance Film Festival in London in November 2022.
She and Keenan, who married in 2019, had not officially announced the pregnancy.
Arterton was previously married to fashion consultant Stefano Catelli for four years before the pair divorced in 2014.
Arterton is currently starring in Sky comedy series Funny Woman, based on Nick Hornby’s 2014 book of the same name, as a beauty queen turned comedy star during the Swinging Sixties.
Source: Press Association
