Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth, and his wife, actress Elsa Pataky, welcomed their first child on May 11, and have named their daughter India Rose. India Hemsworth was born in London.

Chris began his career in 2002, and in 2004 became a regular cast member on soap opera Home and Away. He won the Logie for Most Popular New Talent in 2005. He left Home and Away in 2007, and went to the United States for more career opportunities. Within six weeks he had scored his first movie role, and in 2009 appeared in three different films. The following year he won the Australians in Film Breakthrough Award, and won Male Star of Tomorrow at the CinemaCon Awards. He has starred in Thor, and his film The Avengers has just been released, being named the highest-grossing weekend box-office movie ever. His older brother Liam and his younger brother Luke are also actors.

Elsa is a Spanish actress who has worked in both film and television since 1997. As well as Spanish, she is fluent in English, Romanian, Italian and French, and her work is known in Spain, France, Mexico, the United States and the United Kingdom. She appeared in Snakes on a Plane, and the fifth movie in the Fast and the Furious series. She is the face of Time Force’s jewellery line.

Chris and Elsa began dating early in 2010, and were married during the Christmas holidays in December that year. Elsa has said that she and Chris would like a big family, and she plans to speak to her daughter only in Spanish.

UPDATE: Chris Hemsworth has revealed that the couple had chosen Indie or Indiana for a boy’s name, and Elsa liked India for a girl.

Michael Weyman and his wife Alison recently welcomed their first child – a daughter named Lila. Michael began his career with the Canberra Raiders in 2003, and signed with the St George Illawarra Dragons in 2009. Michael is the brother of Tim Weyman, who plays for the Cronulla Sharks, and their father Ack Weyman was a legend of the game in their home town of Moruya.

Alison (nee Sanders) met Michael when they were both in high school, attending Carroll College in Broulee. They married in 2010, the wedding ceremony being performed by their former school chaplain, and then honeymooned in Fiji.

Arana Taumata and his partner Annika welcomed their daughter Maya a few weeks ago. Arana was born in New Zealand, and came to Australia to play football when he was still a teenager, first playing with the Canterbury Bulldogs in 2008. Arana has been through a period of personal turmoil, but with the help of his current club, the Penrith Panthers, the support of his family, and of course the inspiration provided by his baby daughter, he is trying to get his life back on track.

Actress Jessica Marais, and her fiancé, actor James Stewart, welcomed their first child yesterday, May 9, at 5.41 pm. They have named their daughter Scout Edie.

Jessica was born in South Africa, and lived in Canada and New Zealand before her family moved to Perth, Western Australia, when she was 9. After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2007, she was cast in the role of Rachel Rafter on TV drama series, Packed to the Rafters. The show became an instant hit, and Jessica won the 2009 Logie for Most Popular New Female Talent, and the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent. Jessica left the show last year.

James played Jake Barton in Packed to the Rafters. The characters Rachel and Jake became an item, and pretty soon life followed art as Jessica and James began dating in early 2010.

Jessica and James, along with baby Scout, will relocate to the United States in about a month, where Jessica is filming Magic City, a TV series set in 1950s Miami.

UPDATE: Jessica confirms that Scout was named after the character from To Kill a Mockingbird, which is one of her favourite novels.

AFL coach Brett Ratten, and his his wife Jo, welcomed their daughter Tilly Mary on the weekend. Tilly is the couple’s first child together, although they both have children from previous relationships as well. Brett is a former AFL player, and is the coach of the Carlton Blues.

Meanwhile, another code … another city … another state:

Club rugby league player Ben Nicol, and his partner Danielle, welcomed their first child three weeks ago, and have named their daughter Kybe-Lee. Ben plays for the Queanbeyan Blues in the Canberra Region Rugby League.