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Actor Joseph Fiennes, 39, who portrayed a young William Shakespeare in the Academy Award-winning drama Shakespeare in Love (1998) and currently stars in ABC's mind-bending series FlashForward, has just taken on a very big role: proud new Papa! Fiennes and his wife, model Maria Dolores Dieguez, welcomed their first child, a baby girl, on Monday.
Fiennes -- younger brother to fellow actor Ralph Fiennes -- married Dieguez, 27, in Aug, 2009. The couple announced they were expecting a child last fall and said they were "utterly thrilled," according to People. The pair have not yet announced what they've named their brand new daughter.
On Fiennes' ABC hit FlashForward (returning to ABC with new episodes on Thursday, March 18 at 8 p.m. ET), the actor plays agent Mark Benford, who's trying to uncover what happened during a worldwide blackout. Here's hoping he isn't too blacked out by the exhaustion of new parenthood!
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