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Alicia Vikander confirmed that she and her husband Michael Fassbender are now a family of four, sharing that it was harder for her the second time.
The Oscar-winning actress sat down with her Hope co-star Taylor Russell in the latest profile with Elle UK, published on Wednesday, July 24. At one point in their conversation, Russell let it slip that she met Vikander in Korea for filming just after she had her second baby. She added how she was so in awe of the actress for showing up "after doing something so intense."
In response, Alicia Vikander said:
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"All women have such different experiences, and going through it a second time was definitely harder for me. But I think training made it easier.
The Swedish actress also shared her admiration for all mothers, saying:
"It's so physically demanding, and I have so much admiration for any woman who has done it."
For the unversed, Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender previously played a couple in a movie titled The Light Between Oceans. The couple got married in 2017 and welcomed their first baby together four years later.
Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender's relationship explored
The couple met in September 2013
Fassbender's moves caught Vikander's eyes when the two first met on the dance floor during the International Film Festival in Toronto in September 2013. They were promoting their respective movies, Fassbender for 12 Years a Slave and Vikander for The Fifth Estate.
In an interview with USA Today in 2016, the actress recalled their meeting on the dance floor, saying that they had a boogie. Fassbender added:
"I felt like I couldn't dance. I thought I was pretty good, but she was there with a friend of hers, just jiving all over the place. I was like, 'God, I feel like I've got two left feet.' Then I left, defeated."
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Their relationship blossomed while playing a married couple in 2014
While the couple briefly met a year before, it wasn't while on set for their movie The Light Between Oceans that their love blossomed. Even though the film was released in 2016, the shooting started in September 2014. According to Fassbender during an interview with Good Morning American on September 1, 2016:
"We met on that job and have been seeing each other since."
In the movie, Vikander and Fassbender played a loving couple who raised a baby they found in a drifting rowboat.
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Alicia Vikander celebrated the arrival of new year (2016) with Michael Fassbender
The actress shared details on how she welcomed 2016 during an interview with E! News on the red carpet at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (January 4). She said she had a "very, very late night" New Year's Eve celebration with Fassbender, further sharing:
"We had a grill going, cooked some pasta, made a good dinner, watched some fireworks."
Their relationship made an awards show debut in January 2016
Vikander and Fassbender made a stylish pair as they stepped out at the 73rd Golden Globes (January 10) for the first time together. She was nominated for best actress for The Danish Girl while he was also nominated for best actor for Steve Jobs.
The two were not together while walking the red carpet, however, they spent the ceremony sitting beside each other.
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The couple posed for pics at the premiere of their movie in September 2016
The couple walked arm-in-arm during the premiere of their film The Light Between Oceans at the Venice Film Festival, a rare PDA moment for the couple who had kept their relationship intensely private.
They wed in October 2017
Before the nuptials, Alicia Vikander was "kidnapped for 24 hours" by her friends for a bachelorette in Paris, as she told Marie Claire in March 2018. The couple exchanged vows in an intimate wedding at a 19th-century farmhouse resort in Ibiza. From their private wedding, the newlywed flew to Italy for their honeymoon.
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The couple welcomed their first baby in 2021
Vikander and Fassbender spent years after their marriage vacationing together before privately welcoming their first baby early in 2021. Talking about their son, the actress revealed in a September 2021 interview with People magazine:
"I now have a whole new understanding of life in general."
The actress supported her husband at Le Mans in June 2022
With Michael Fassbender's racing dreams, Alicia Vikander supported her husband while trackside during the Le Mans 24-hour race in June 2022. She opened up about the "exciting" experience during an appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden in November that year, further saying:
"I remember in the beginning, I thought I was going to be terrified, but instead, I go up there, and I'm like, 'You go!'"
Alicia Vikander shared miscarriage news with Michael Fassbender in July 2022
While the couple already had a son at the time, the actress got candid about her previous pregnancy loss during an interview with The Sunday Times in July 2022. She shared that the path to giving birth to their first baby wasn't an easy one. The actress added:
"We have a child now, but it took us time."
She revealed that she had an "extreme and painful miscarriage" earlier, which was similar to the experience of the character she played in The Light Between Oceans.
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Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender attended the 76th Cannes Film Festival in May 2023
On May 21, 2023, the stylish duo stepped out for another red carpet event at the Firebrand premiere at Cannes, where she starred as the English King Henry VIII's sixth wife, Catherine Parr.
Alicia Vikander opted for a sequined and jeweled pale pink gown, while Fassbender sported a classic black-and-white tuxedo with a bow tie as they posed for pictures at the event.
The couple made a stylish pair during Paris Fashion Week in June 2024
The notoriously private couple turned heads on the red carpet during Pharrell Williams's Louis Vuitton menswear show at the Paris Fashion Week. Vikander, who is a longtime ambassador for the brand, donned a sculptural sleeveless cropped top and matching high-waist skirt for the event. Meanwhile, Fassbender kept it classic with a tan coat and pants.
