Cate Blanchett and her husband, Andrew Upton, just added a new addition to their family — a child. The pair has decided to adopt a baby girl.
Blanchett’s rep told E! about the exciting new time in the couple’s life with their baby girl.
“The Upton family [Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton] have adopted a baby girl. No further details will be provided.”
Although we don’t have any additional information that we can confirm, according to Women’s Weekly , their daughter’s name is Vivienne.
A source close to the Academy Award actress told the publication, “She’s really excited and clearly besotted.”
Congrats to Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton: the couple have adopted a baby girl! http://t.co/b1Z4FFVOKL pic.twitter.com/ZCeY6XDX5q
— E! Online (@eonline) March 6, 2015
This isn’t the only child the couple has. Blanchett and Upton, who have been married since 1997, have three additional children — Ignatius Martin Upton, Robert Upton, and Dashiell John Upton. Back in 2013, Blanchett spoke with AnOther magazine about raising her boys.
“I’d have three more. It’s the chaos of it. I love it. I am so unhappy being away from them. They are so funny and wicked.”
HUGE baby news for Cate Blanchett and husband Andrew Upton! http://t.co/5D4R6PvLjJ pic.twitter.com/TiDJlCMNu4
— Harper’s Bazaar (@harpersbazaarus) March 6, 2015
Speaking more about her children, she revealed on Sunrise that her children are excited for her new movie, Cinderella , which sees her play the calculating Lady Tremaine.
“My children are completely in the stage where I’m an utter embarrassment. I don’t force them on a Saturday night to sit home and watch mummy’s movies, wire coat-hanger in hand, but they’ll see this one for sure.”
Aside from being a mother to four children now, Blanchett has been in the middle of a press tour for her new film Cinderella .
Recently, she explained to the New York Times how different Kenneth Branagh’s interpretation of the Cinderella tale is.
“In the 1950s classic of the story, Cinderella was a bit of a doormat – she was incredibly beautiful, she moved gracefully. You also didn’t really understand the prince apart from the fact that he was gorgeous and he rescued her.”
She continued , “[Branagh] kept talking about kindness as a super power, which I think has taken the story into a contemporary arena. In this cut-throat world where economics is everything, if you stop and pause, have empathy and kindness towards someone, then people can walk all over you.”
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