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Natalie Portman reflects on welcoming third child

Published 26 October 2026

Natalie Portman says she is “full of wonder and joy” after welcoming her third child, her first with partner Tanguy Destable, and described how the baby has changed her perspective on motherhood and her older children. In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar published October 26, Portman said the new arrival had given her “a whole new attention” to her older children, Aleph and Amalia. She said she was reminded of how recently they had been babies and how quickly they had grown into people with their own personalities, humor and ideas. Portman and Destable have not publicly disclosed the baby’s name or sex. Reports differ on the birth month: some say the child arrived in September, while another says August. The interview and other supplied details do not resolve that difference. Portman, 45, also spoke about privacy during pregnancy. She said that when she was pregnant in New York and Los Angeles, she was followed by “20 men every day” and had never felt more bothered. In Paris, where she has lived for years, she said she had been “almost completely left alone.” The baby is Portman’s third child and first with Destable, a French music producer. She shares Aleph, 15, and Amalia,...

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