Rooney Mara recently gave birth to her first child, a baby boy, born from her relationship with Joaquin Phoenix. The baby has a very symbolic first name.
Pink notebook in Hollywood. Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara welcomed their first child! This is a little boy named River. It was Victor Kossakovski, director of the film Gunda, produced by Joaquin Phoenix, who made the announcement on the weekend of September 26 at the Zurich Film Festival.
The choice of their baby's first name is very symbolic. Indeed, it is a tribute to River Phoenix, the brother of the actor who died of cardiac arrest in 1993 after an overdose of several drugs. This event had greatly affected the young dad. Last March, when he won the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in the film Joker, Joaquin Phoenix paid special tribute to his brother: “I've been a 'rascal' my whole life. I have been selfish, I have even been cruel at times. But I'm thankful to a lot of people in this room who gave me a second chance. When he was 17, my brother wrote these words 'Run for the help of love and peace will follow'. Thank you ".
Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix have been in a relationship since 2016 and engaged since 2019. Very discreet about their private lives, it was the American tabloids that revealed the actress's pregnancy last May.