Michael and Anna are proud parents (Picture: Instagram)

Michael Sheen is just destined to be surrounded by women.

The 50-year-old actor has confirmed he and girlfriend Anna Lundberg welcomed a baby girl last Monday, and we are so in love with her name.

Michael’s father Meyrick excitedly confirmed the news that Anna, 25, had given birth, telling the Mail Online: ‘We are thrilled to bits, over the moon.’

And now, the Good Omens star has shared all the deets – including his child’s name and gender.


Sheen tweeted an adorable picture of himself holding a carry cot with the most precious cargo – although a cute blanket obscured his bundle of joy from view.

Michael confirmed they had welcomed a girl (Picture: Twitter)

He wrote: ‘Happy to say that at 8:41 am on Monday September 23rd our beautiful daughter Lyra was born.



‘Thank you so much to Louise & all the brilliant midwives at both the Singleton and NeathPortTalbot hospitals.’

Michael continued: ‘On behalf of Anna and myself thanks to everyone for your lovely messages of congratulations. It’s been a wonderful, bleary-eyed week full of love and kindness and extraordinary poo. #NotReferringToMyself.’

Fans filed in with congratulatory messages, and also theories that Lyra’s unusual name came from Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series.

Anna gave birth last Monday (Picture: Matt Crossick/PA Wire)

It’s not such a stretch – Sheen narrated the audiobooks for La Belle Sauvage: The Book Of Dust Volume One and The Secret Commonwealth: The Book Of Dust Volume Two, which focus on the story of Lyra Silvertongue.

Speaking about his return to narrate The Secret Commonwealth, Michael said: ‘There’s something wonderful about being so immersed in a world that I love so much: that’s the great privilege of narrating this audiobook.

‘The worlds and characters that Philip Pullman has created matter; they mean a lot to me and to other people as well, and I hope that Philip’s happy with my interpretation of the characters, their dynamics and relationships.

‘I’ve become so invested in Lyra through the His Dark Materials series and into this new one. In The Secret Commonwealth I found myself so moved by what she goes through and what she’s struggling with.’

Sounds like a pretty good inspiration.

Lyra is Michael’s second daughter – he is already dad to 20-year-old Lily from his relationship with Kate Beckinsale.

Michael confirmed he was expecting a baby with Anna back in July, just weeks after it emerged they were dating.

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