Chris Backus and Mira Sorvino at the Artistic Freedom Academy Awards Viewing Dinner held at Pearl - Arrivals, Los Angeles, California - 05.03.06

The MIGHTY APHRODITE actress, 38, and her actor husband CHRIS BACKUS, 24, welcomed the 7 pound, 14 ounce (3.57 kilogram) tot on Monday (29MAY06) at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Beverly Hills, California.

Sorvino's publicist ED CHOI enthuses, "The baby is healthy and happy, and mother and the rest of the family are very, very excited."

Sorvino, who previously dated QUENTIN TARANTINO and OLIVIER MARTINEZ, married Backus in June 2004 after a whirlwind romance. They welcomed their first child, a daughter MATTEA ANGEL in November 2004.