All About Daughter Iris and Son Luke

Eddie Redmayne is the proud dad of two youngsters: Iris and Luke.

The Les Misérables actor and his spouse, Hannah Bagshawe, turned first-time mother and father after they welcomed their daughter Iris in June 2016. Their second little one, son Luke, was born in March 2018.

That very same 12 months, Redmayne spoke with PEOPLE about adjusting to being a household of 4. “I’ve two little youngsters … so, truthfully, life is about making an attempt to maintain the kids alive. However they’re fantastic,” The Concept of Every little thing star mentioned.

Talking about his “unbelievable” daughter’s relationship together with her youthful brother, Redmayne shared, “There are occasional moments when Hannah and I are each out of the room and we get a glimpse of Iris entertaining Luke. Nobody makes him snigger as a lot as she does.”

He concluded, “You possibly can’t fairly consider it. Like, these people are interacting [by themselves], in order that’s been fairly particular.”

From their births to their opinion on initiatives, this is every part Eddie Redmayne has mentioned about his two youngsters, Iris and Luke.

Iris Mary Redmayne, 8

Redmayne and Bagshawe welcomed their daughter, Iris Mary Redmayne, on June 15, 2016.

A number of months earlier, Redmayne confirmed that his spouse was anticipating their first little one whereas on the Oscars crimson carpet. “I am making an attempt to maintain her hydrated. That is my job,” he mentioned in February 2016. “I am excited. However I do not suppose it is sunk in but. We simply purchased our first child e-book. So there’s step one.”

Shortly after Iris’ beginning, the actor revealed throughout an look on The Ellen DeGeneres Present that the toddler arrived two weeks after her due date. “Iris appeared on this planet and I gave her a stern talking-to,” he quipped in November 2016.

In the identical sit-down, the Oscar winner shared that he and Bagshawe introduced Iris to her first Olympics in Rio de Janeiro when she was 2 months previous. The household flew with members of the British Olympic staff, inflicting Redmayne to fret concerning the new child.

“There was this concern like, ‘What if she cries tons after which they do not sleep they usually blame all of their lack of success on Iris?’ ” he instructed Ellen DeGeneres. “However she was superb. She was so calm.”

As Iris has gotten older, she’s began to share her opinions on her dad’s profession.

Throughout an October 2022 look on The Late Present with Stephen Colbert, the actor revealed that his children didn’t maintain again with ideas on their dad’s darker function in The Good Nurse. Within the Netflix movie, primarily based on true occasions, Redmayne stars as Charles Cullen, a nurse who murdered dozens of sufferers.

Iris and Luke had been in a position to go to the set whereas he was filming in New York and Connecticut and later noticed the trailer.

“Additionally they thought that I used to be enjoying the great nurse, then they caught a glimpse of the trailer for the movie, which once more is horrific parenting, they usually realized fairly promptly that I used to be not the great nurse,” he defined.

“My daughter requested me if I might possibly return to being a wizard,” Redmayne added, referring to his function as Newt Scamander within the Implausible Beasts franchise.

Luke Richard Bagshawe Redmayne, 6

Redmayne and Bagshawe welcomed their son, Luke Richard Bagshawe Redmayne, on March 10, 2018.

In April 2022, throughout an interview with Crash journal, the actor mentioned his work-life stability and the way his personal upbringing in comparison with Iris and Luke’s childhood.

“The performing world has such a bizarre life rhythm that continually shifts. In terms of my household, I personally had fairly a steady upbringing and I am endlessly looking for some stability for my children,” he mentioned.

Redmayne additionally defined the actual problems of his job, sharing that he and Bagshawe “haven’t any management” when he is doing theater work.

“You need to sleep late within the mornings so you do not get to see your children,” he continued. “It is fairly intense to place my spouse and youngsters by means of that, so I used to be making an attempt to be fairly good at going residence after I might.”

After becoming a member of the solid of Cabaret on the Package Kat Membership in 2024, Redmayne opened up about how Iris and Luke had turn into followers of the present’s songs.

“My youngsters love the theater,” he instructed PEOPLE. “They usually love the music to Cabaret, as a result of the songs are so memorable and playful, they form of sit in your head so shortly.”

The actor added, “Generally the lyrics are sort of extra questionable. I used to be saying the opposite day that my daughter is form of going round singing that tune, ‘Do not Inform Mama.’ And all of the lyrics are sort of horrendously inappropriate.”

Redmayne shared that he hoped to slide his children into the August Wilson Theatre to not less than see his opening quantity.

“They have not been to see the present, however I am pondering of making an attempt to sneak them into watch ‘Willkommen,’ ” he mentioned. “As a result of they have been such part of this journey for me, my children.”