Ethan Hawke becomes a father for the third time

Ethan Hawke has become a father for the third time after new wife Ryan Shawhughes gave birth to the couple’s daughter last week.

Clementine Jane Hawke made her grand entrance in New York on Friday and announcing the birth yesterday, his spokesperson said that both Ethan and Ryan are “thrilled” by the new arrival.

The couple met when Ryan was nanny to Ethan’s older children, ten year old Maya and six year old Levon, from his previous marriage to Uma Thurman but insist they didn’t date until after Ethan and Uma divorced in 2004. They married secretly last month.

A source close to the couple told People magazine added that the pair “should be very good parents. They both love children and they love each other.”

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