Rooney Mara is pregnant and expecting a second child with Joaquin Phoenix
Rooney Mara
Dominique Charriau/WireImageRooney Mara is pregnant with her second child and debuts her baby bump on the red carpet.
Mara, 38, stepped out at the premiere of her film at the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival The kitchen in Berlin, Germany, on Friday, February 16. While posing on the red carpet, Mara cradled her bump through her black strapless Givenchy dress. Mara completed her look with a natural makeup look and tied her hair in a tight bun.
The actress did not elaborate further on her second pregnancy. We weekly has requested comment.
Mara and fiance Joaquin Phoenix, who got engaged in July 2019, are already parents to son River. Their firstborn, named after Phoenix's late brother, arrived in the summer of 2020.
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“River has improved their lives more than they ever imagined and brought them closer together,” a source said exclusively We weekly in May 2021. “They are a very private couple and want River to have a normal, healthy upbringing.”
Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara
Albert L. Ortega/Getty ImagesThe insider further noted that Mara and Phoenix, 49, had “talked about having another baby together.”
“[They] We hope this will happen sooner rather than later – within a year or so,” the source explains. “Rooney feels very blessed to be so close to her sister Kate [Mara] that she would like River to have a special bond with his future sibling.
Rooney had not publicly confirmed her pregnancy with River, which even surprised the costume designer for her film Nightmare alley.
“With Rooney, I would leave her costumes out a little more each time during each fitting,” Luis Sequeira toldThe cover in June 2022. “And so I whispered to myself, 'Oh, I think she's pregnant.'”
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Sequeira added, “A few days later I was called to her trailer. In my experience, when you're called to an actor's trailer, you think, “Oh, what did I do wrong.” But I walked in and she said, 'I just have to tell you, please don't tell anyone, but I'm pregnant.' She even apologized because of the impact on our equipment. So of course I'm a locked vault with that kind of information. But it was good to know.”
Rooney and Phoenix maintain a low profile as a couple and as parents. They also don't want to force River to follow in their footsteps if he doesn't want to.
“Well, I certainly would hope so [he is vegan]but I'm not going to impose my faith on my child,” Phoenix said The Sunday times in June 2021, specifically citing his dietary restrictions. “I don't think that's right. … So I'm not going to perpetuate the lie, but I'm not going to force him to become vegan either. I will support him. That's my plan.”