Leonor Varela and her partner Lucas Akoskin have welcomed a baby boy.

The former Dallas star announced on Twitter on Tuesday (November 20) that she had given birth to a newborn son.

"Matteo V. Akoskin is finally in our arms," Varela wrote on the microblogging site.

Matteo is Varela and Akoskin's first child together.

The Chilean model-actress was famously engaged to Titanic's Billy Zane prior to her relationship with Akoskin.

She recently played the villainous Veronica Martinez on the first season of TNT's revived Dallas. Varela also appeared in Human Target, Stargate Atlantis and portrayed Marta on Arrested Development.

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