Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender welcome first child together
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Surprise! Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander welcome first child together

Jenna Ryu
USA TODAY

Surprise! Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander are officially parents!

Vikander revealed in a People interview published Wednesday that the famously private couple secretly welcomed their first child together earlier this year.

"I now have a whole new understanding of life in general," said "The Danish Girl" actress. "That's pretty beautiful, and obviously will give a lot to any of my work in the future."

She continued, adding that she is doing her best to live in the moment as a new mom. "I'm enjoying finding it out in the moment right now, more than anything," Vikander said.

USA TODAY reached out to reps for Fassbender and Vikander for comment.

Though the couple never publicly addressed Vikander's pregnancy, rumors circulated online when photos obtained by The Daily Mail showed the actress holding a baby during a trip to Ibiza in August. 

German-Irish actor Michael Fassbender and Swedish actress Alicia Vikander welcomed their first child together. The two got married in October 2017.

Fassbender and Vikander began dating in 2014 while filming the drama "The Light Between Oceans." The two had met the year prior on the dance floor during the Toronto International Film Festival, where they were promoting their respective films "12 Years a Slave" and "The Fifth Estate." 

"We had a boogie," Vikander said in a USA TODAY interview published in September 2016. "He's a very good dancer."

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Fassbender and Vikander sparked their romance while shooting the 2016 post-World War I romance 'The Light Between Oceans' in remote areas of New Zealand and Australia.

"I felt like I couldn't dance," Fassbender protested. "I thought I was pretty good, but she was there with a friend of hers, just jiving all over the place. I was like, 'God, I feel like I've got two left feet.' Then I left, defeated."

The couple tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Ibiza in October 2017, according to People and E! News. 

The Daily Mail published photos at the time of the pair wearing rings on their wedding fingers. According to People, director Steve McQueen was a guest at the nuptials. 

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Contributing: Andrea Mandell

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