Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner welcome first child

[July 28, 2020]  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Game of Thrones" actress Sophie Turner has given birth to a girl with husband Joe Jonas, the first child for the celebrity couple.

"Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas are delighted to announce the birth of their baby," a representative for the couple said in a statement on Monday.

British actress Turner, 24, who played Sansa Stark on "Game of Thrones," and Jonas, a member of pop band the Jonas Brothers, married quietly in May 2019 and have adopted a low-key public profile.

Celebrity website TMZ.com said the baby was a girl, who has been named Willa, and was born in a Los Angeles hospital on July 22.

(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Tom Brown)

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