Ewan McGregor, 50, welcomes secret baby boy with Mary Winstead as his daughter lets slip the cute name
STAR Wars and Trainspotting star Ewan McGregor has secretly become a dad again at 50.
The little boy, called Laurie, is the actor’s first child with Birds of Prey co-star Mary Elizabeth Winstead, 36, who he has been dating since 2017.
His eldest daughter Clara McGregor, 25, was the first to reveal her Hollywood actor dad’s big news in a cute post on Instagram.
She shared a picture of her cradling Ewan’s fifth child tonight writing: “Welcome to the world little brother .”
She continued: “Congratulations to my Dad & Mary – this is the greatest gift.”
And his daughter Esther, 19, went one step further and revealed the cute name, calling the tot “little Laurie”.
She wrote on social media: “Met my little brother looking like a pirate. I recommend! Welcome to the family little Laurie .”
Many jokers used the post as a chance to make Star Wars quips with one writing: “Obiwan with a new youngling added to the Jedi Academy.”
As well as the newborn, who has not been publicly named, Ewan has four children – Clara, Jamyan, 20, Esther, Anouk, 10, with ex-wife Eve Mavrakis.
Eve and Ewan had a 22-year marriage after a romance that began when they met on the set of Kavanagh QC in 1995
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However, he filed for divorce from the 55-year-old in 2018 blaming “irreconcilable differences” for their split.
He is famous for playing heroin addict Mark Renton in Trainspotting and T2 Trainspotting and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequels.