--- ---  # Keira Knightley Welcomes New Baby by [Anya Leon / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Anya Leon / People May 26, 2015 7:55 PM UTC  Actress Keira Knightley and husband James Righton arrive at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Feb. 22, 2015. Actress Keira Knightley and husband James Righton arrive at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Feb. 22, 2015.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Anya Leon / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Anya Leon / People May 26, 2015 7:55 PM UTC [Keira Knightley](http://www.people.com/people/keira%5Fknightley/) is a mom! _The Imitation Game_ actress and [her husband](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20696097,00.html), musician James Righton, welcomed their first child, a source confirms to PEOPLE. Although PEOPLE [confirmed her pregnancy](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2014/12/12/keira-knightley-pregnant-expecting-first-child-james-righton/) in December, the mom-to-be, 30, kept mum on the news, and let her baby belly speak for itself in the weeks leading up to award season. But after [stepping out several times](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/01/11/keira-knightley-pregnant-bafta-tea-party-afi-awards/) in gowns that kept her bump under wraps, Knightley — who later joked her ‘[waist had disappeared](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/01/25/sag-awards-2015-keira-knightley-pregnant-red-carpet/)‘ — opened up about the perks of pregnancy while walking the Golden Globes red carpet in January. “Luckily, I don’t have lipstick. I only have nuts in here. It’s the wonderful thing about being pregnant. You just need to make sure you have snacks. So this is a snack bag,” she [told _Entertainment Tonight_](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/01/11/golden-globes-2015-keira-knightley-pregnant-red-carpet/) of her clutch. While Knightley and the Klaxons’ keyboardist, 31, opted to keep the sex a delivery surprise, the expectant actress admitted to [Ellen DeGeneres](http://www.people.com/people/ellen%5Fdegeneres/) that the thought of having a son was frightening. “Somebody said to me the other day, the problem with boys is — sorry, this is horrible — but when you’re changing their nappies, you can get the wee in your face,” she said [during a February appearance](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/02/17/keira-knightley-pregnant-ellen-degeneres-baby-sex-birth-plan/). _—Additional reporting by Mary Green_ _This_ [_article_](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/05/26/keira-knightley-welcomes-first-child-james-righton/) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com)_._ Keira Knightley and James Righton Welcome First Child ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3896955/keira-knightley-first-child/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3896955/keira-knightley-first-child/"},"headline":"Keira Knightley Welcomes New Baby","datePublished":"2015-05-26T19:55:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:20.106Z","description":"The baby's gender still remains a mystery","url":"https://time.com/3896955/keira-knightley-first-child/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity","Keira Knightley"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7bb8f3e7becf6ef/698851b03c1639b451458115/465617532-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Anya Leon / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7bb8f3e7becf6ef/698851b03c1639b451458115/465617532-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actress Keira Knightley and husband James Righton arrive at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Feb. 22, 2015.","caption":"Actress Keira Knightley and husband James Righton arrive at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Feb. 22, 2015.","creditText":"Axelle/Bauer-Griffin—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3896955/keira-knightley-first-child/","name":"Keira Knightley Welcomes New Baby"}}]}] ```