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Natalie Portman has quietly expanded her family, and the internet is only now catching up. The Oscar-winning actress, 45, has welcomed her third child, and her first with partner Tanguy Destable, a source confirmed to PEOPLE on Saturday, September 5.
The baby reportedly arrived in Paris last month, meaning Portman has already been navigating the newborn haze for weeks before the news went public.
The new arrival makes Portman a mother of three. She’s already raising son Aleph, 15, and daughter Amalia, 9, whom she shares with her ex-husband, director and choreographer Benjamin Millepied.
As of this writing, no additional details about the baby, including a name or gender, have been made public, and representatives for Portman have not yet issued an official comment.
Given how tightly she’s guarded her family life over the years, fans shouldn’t expect a splashy announcement anytime soon, if one comes at all.
Portman First Shared the Pregnancy News Months Ago
This baby wasn’t exactly a secret, even if the birth itself was. Portman confirmed she was expecting back in April, during an interview with Harper’s Bazaar that landed in the middle of her third trimester.
She used the moment to talk about her relationship with Destable and what the pregnancy meant to both of them. “Tanguy and I are very excited,” she said at the time. “I’m just very grateful. I know it’s such a privilege and a miracle.”
What stood out most in that interview wasn’t just the excitement; it was how differently Portman described this pregnancy compared to her first two. She talked about feeling a kind of gratitude that she says is harder to access when you’re younger and still figuring out who you are.
According to Portman, age brought a clarity that made the entire experience feel different, almost gentler, than it had in her twenties and thirties.
She described having a better sense of the people she wants around her and the energy she wants to protect, which she credits with making the pregnancy feel calm rather than chaotic.
There’s also a deeply personal layer to how Portman approached this pregnancy, one shaped by her own upbringing.
Her father, Avner Hershlag, is a well-known reproductive endocrinologist who has spent decades working in fertility medicine, and Portman has said that growing up around his work gave her an early, unusually candid understanding of how difficult conceiving can be for many people.
She’s spoken about knowing loved ones who struggled with fertility, and about wanting to be mindful of that reality even while sharing her own joy publicly.
It’s a small detail, but it adds real weight to why she seemed so intentional about calling this pregnancy a privilege rather than something she takes for granted.
Portman also leaned into a lighter observation about pregnancy itself, joking that cutting out alcohol and caffeine for nine months left her feeling unusually clear-headed.
She compared it to a full reset, joking that she’d never felt cleaner in her life, and admitted she wasn’t stressing over parenting books or research this time around.
Her philosophy, as she explained it, boils down to staying present and loving, and trusting that the rest sorts itself out along the way.
Who Is Tanguy Destable?
For anyone just now learning his name, Tanguy Destable is a 46-year-old French electronic music producer based in Paris who released his debut album back in 2015.
He’s built a career in music separate from the entertainment spotlight that follows Portman, and by most accounts he’s kept a fairly low public profile despite dating one of the most recognizable actresses in the world.
Destable was previously in a decade-long relationship with French actress Louise Bourgoin, and the two share two sons together, Étienne, born in 2016, and Vadim, born in 2020.
That means Portman’s newest baby joins a household that already includes half-siblings on Destable’s side, adding another layer to what’s shaping up to be a fairly large blended family across both parents.
Portman and Destable’s relationship first became public knowledge in March 2025, after the French outlet Voici linked the pair together.
PEOPLE later confirmed the romance, though neither Portman nor Destable has said much publicly about how or when they met.
Since then, the couple has largely kept their relationship out of the tabloid churn, with Portman offering only occasional, carefully chosen glimpses into her pregnancy rather than a steady stream of updates.
A New Chapter for Portman’s Growing Family
This isn’t Portman’s first time welcoming a baby out of the public eye, in some sense. She and Millepied, who married in 2012, welcomed son Aleph in 2011 and daughter Amalia in February 2017, with representatives confirming both births after the fact rather than through any kind of planned reveal.
That pattern has largely continued with this third child, suggesting Portman has settled into a fairly consistent approach to protecting her kids’ privacy, regardless of who their father is.
Professionally, Portman hasn’t slowed down while her personal life has evolved. She’s continued building an active acting career in recent years, with credits including her Marvel return in “Thor: Love and Thunder” and more recent work on “The Gallerist.”
Balancing a demanding filming schedule with three kids under 16, including a newborn, is no small feat, but Portman has generally made it look manageable by keeping her family entirely separate from her press cycle.
Portman’s split from Millepied became public in 2023 after 11 years of marriage, and the two have since made a visible effort to co-parent Aleph and Amalia without airing their private business through the press.
That same instinct for discretion appears to be carrying over into how she’s handling life with Destable, which may explain why so much of this pregnancy played out quietly, with only a single interview marking its existence until the birth itself leaked out through a source rather than an announcement from her camp.
It’s a notable shift for someone whose earlier pregnancies were confirmed through short, formal statements from representatives rather than any personal reflection.
For now, the biggest open questions- the baby’s name, their sex, and whether Portman and Destable plan to share any more details- remain unanswered.
Given how little the couple has revealed so far, it’s entirely possible fans won’t get those specifics for weeks or even months, if they get them publicly at all.
What is clear is that Portman has entered a new stage of parenthood that she’s described as calmer and more grounded than the version of motherhood she experienced in her twenties, and that alone feels like the real headline here.
Portman’s fans have spent years watching her build a career defined by intensity, from her breakout role in “Léon: The Professional” to her Oscar-winning turn in “Black Swan.”
Watching her talk about parenthood with this kind of ease, especially after describing it as likely her last pregnancy, offers a rare, softer glimpse into a side of her life she’s worked hard to keep away from the cameras.
Whatever comes next for this newly expanded family, it’s clear Portman is approaching it on her own terms, just as she always has.
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