Ioan Gruffudd and wife welcome 'angel' baby daughter

Hollywood actor Ioan Gruffudd has announced the birth of a daughter with his new wife.

Gruffudd, 52, who grew up in Cardiff, welcomed Mila Mae Gruffudd, born on 2 November, in an Instagram post with actress and producer Bianca Wallace.

The pair, who married in April, said they were "completely and totally in love with our tiny little angel".

The Titanic and Fantastic Four actor was previously married to British-American actress, Alice Evans, with whom he shares two daughters.

Alongside a photo of them sharing a kiss in hospital, Gruffudd and Wallace wrote that "November was a biggie", and that their daughter was born exactly a month before her due date.

They added that their dogs, Bubba Bear and Rocky, were "absolutely smitten".

The post ended with the couple saying they were "extremely grateful this Thanksgiving".

Other photos in the Instagram slideshow include a blue dummy resting in a cot beside a blurred-out congratulations card with Mila's birth details, a white baby grow and a large bouquet of flowers.

The announcement comes more than two years after Gruffudd and Evans - who is known for her roles as Chloe Simon in 102 Dalmatians and Esther Mikaelson in The Vampire Diaries - divorced.

The couple ended their marriage in January 2021, following Evans' announcement of their separation on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Gruffudd revealed his relationship with Wallace on Instagram in October of that year.

The pair announced their engagement in January 2024, sharing a smiling photo of them together with Wallace showing off her ring on Instagram.

They married in April this year and later revealed they were expecting their first child.

Wallace, 33, who is originally from Australia, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) seven years ago, an incurable condition affecting the nervous system.

Wallace has spoken openly about her MS journey on social media and, in a recent partnership video with the MS Society UK, revealed that her condition went into remission during pregnancy.

She described the experience as "so confronting and so devastating that it threw me into a terrible grief spiral".

But Wallace credited her daughter with giving her a "gift of understanding" and the perspective to "step back" and truly see where she was at.