Thandie Newton Welcomes Son Booker Jombe

"Our baby boy is finally here! Booker Jombe Parker. Born joyously at home," the actress announces.

Thandie Newton Welcomes Son Booker Jombe


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It’s a boy for Thandie Newton!

The Crash star, 41, and her husband, writer, director and producer Ol Parker, welcomed their third child on Monday, March 3, she announced via Twitter.

“Our baby boy is finally here! Booker Jombe Parker. Born joyously at home yesterday,” Newton wrote Tuesday.

“My [third] home birth with brilliant independent midwife Caroline Flint — and Carole Goddard at Phoenix Midwives. Keep independent midwifery alive!”

The couple, who wed in 1998, are already parents to daughters Nico, 9, and Ripley, 13. The girls were at the labor of their little brother, who weighed in at 8 lbs., Newton’s rep tells PEOPLE.

“Thandie and the baby are healthy and the family is thrilled,” the rep adds.

Newton and Parker their pregnancy news in September.

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— Sarah Michaud with reporting by Elizabeth Leonard

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