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Surprise! Amber Heard introduces her new daughter

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ByGMA Team
July 02, 2021, 6:07 PM

Amber Heard surprised fans on Thursday with the news that she is now a mom.

The "Aquaman" actress took to Instagram to announce the birth of her daughter, Oonagh Paige Heard, on April 8, 2021. The newborn appears to be named after Heard's mother, Paige, who died in 2020. Oonagh [OO-nah] is a traditional Irish name that is variously translated as "lamb" or "unity."

"I'm so excited to share this news with you," Heard, 35, wrote. "Four years ago, I decided I wanted to have a child. I wanted to do it on my own terms. I now appreciate how radical it is for us as women to think about one of the most fundamental parts of our destinies in this way."

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"I hope we arrive at a point in which it's normalized to not want a ring in order to have a crib," she continued. "A part of me wants to uphold that my private life is none of anyone's business. I also get that the nature of my job compels me to take control of this."

The post, which included a picture of Heard laying in a hospital bed cradling her newborn daughter, concludes by calling the baby "the beginning of the rest of my life."

Heard is currently embroiled in a contentious legal battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp. The couple divorced in 2017 after two years of marriage. She went on to date Elon Musk, but the two went their separate ways in 2018.

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