Gemma Arterton reveals she welcomed her first child in December
‘I just had a baby, he was my little Christmas elf!’: Gemma Arterton reveals she welcomed her first child in December
Germma Arterton has confirmed that she welcomed her first child in December.
The actress went public with her pregnancy in November, and during an appearance on Zoe Ball’s Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Wednesday, she revealed the happy news of her son’s birth.
We are very, very happy, he was born just before Christmas. A little Christmas elf’ Gemma gushed.
The baby is the first child for Gemma and her husband, actor Rory Keenan, who starred in Peaky Blinders.
The 36-year-old actress announced her pregnancy by showing off her burgeoning baby bump at the Raindance Film Festival awards in November.
Good news: Germma Arterton has confirmed she welcomed her first child in December after revealing her pregnancy in November (pictured Wednesday arriving on Radio 2)
Zoe told Gemma she looked fabulous after arriving on the breakfast show in a pink satin minidress and matching coat and heels.
“It’s the power of the brush,” the new mom insisted.
The daughter of a welder and a cleaner, Gemma grew up on council estate in Gravesend, Kent, and won a scholarship to train at RADA before starring in the Bond film Quantum Of Solace as the seductive agent Strawberry Fields in 2008.
The actress, who married Peaky Blinders star Rory in a secret ceremony in 2019, has said in previous interviews that she was unsure if she would have children.
Prior to last week’s announcement, she was recently seen stroking her rounded stomach while out and about in Soho, London, fueling speculation that she might be pregnant.
“I don’t think you can plan for the exact right moment,” he told The Times in 2013.
“I don’t feel ready for kids because I want to know that I can come back and still be valuable to the industry.”
“That will only happen when I feel a little more accomplished…or at least when I’ve accomplished something I’m proud of.”
Gemma is currently on the promotional route for her new Sky series Funny Woman, where she plays a beauty queen seeking TV fame.
The sitcom is based on the novel by Nick Hornby. Arterton plays Barbara Parker, a regional beauty queen (Miss Blackpool) who moves to London in search of TV fame.
Baby news: The 36-year-old actress announced her pregnancy by showing off her burgeoning baby bump at the Raindance Film Festival awards in November.
Married: The actress, who married Peaky Blinders star Rory Keenan in a secret ceremony in 2019 (pictured in 2018)