Actress Rachel Weisz arrives at the 63rd annual
Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, in this January 16, 2006 file
photo. US Magazine reported that Weisz and fiance Darren Aronofsky welcomed the
birth of a baby boy in New York City May 31, 2006. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files
(UNITED STATES)
LOS ANGELES - British actress Rachel Weisz, a recent Oscar winner for
her role in "The Constant Gardener," has given birth to her first child, a son
fathered by filmmaker fiance Darren Aronofsky, her publicist said on Thursday.
The baby was born on Wednesday in New York City, where the couple live
together, spokeswoman Mara Buxbaum told Reuters, adding that mother and child
were both "happy, healthy, wonderful." She declined to give further details
about the birth or the baby's name.
Confirmation of the birth came shortly after Us Weekly magazine broke the
news in an account attributed to an unnamed close friend of the actress, and
People magazine followed with its own report from the star's publicist.
Weisz, 35, first revealed her pregnancy in January on "The Tonight Show with
Jay Leno," where she also gushed about her relationship with the Brooklyn-born
Aronofsky, 37.
"I found myself a sophisticated, educated American," she said then. "He's not
an actor. He's traveled the world. He knows where Europe is, unlike a lot of
Americans. He's very cultured, but he's all man."
Weisz won the Academy Award as best supporting actress in March for her
portrayal of a British diplomat's wife who is murdered in Africa while
investigating the shady dealings of an international pharmaceutical company.
Co-starring Ralph Fiennes, "The Constant Gardener" was based on a novel by
John le Carre.
Weisz, a London native of Hungarian and Austrian parentage, previously
appeared in such films as "The Mummy," "Enemy at the Gates" and "Runaway Jury."
The dark-haired actress also is a spokeswoman for Revlon cosmetics.
Her next big-screen appearance will be opposite actor
Hugh Jackman in "The Fountain," written and directed by Aronofsky. His previous
credits include "Pi" and "Requiem for a Dream."
