Riley Keough and her husband, Ben Smith-Petersen, quietly welcomed a second child earlier this year, a representative for the actress confirmed to Page Six on Wednesday. The couple did not disclose the infant’s name or sex; they are now a family of four.
Keough, 36, and Smith-Petersen, 34, first met on the set of Mad Max: Fury Road in 2012 and began dating during reshoots in Australia the following year. They announced their engagement in 2014 and were married in Napa, California, in 2015. The couple’s first child, a daughter named Tupelo, was born via surrogate in August 2022 and was publicly revealed in January 2023.
Public details about the second child remain limited. Keough’s representative confirmed only that the baby arrived earlier this year; neither parents nor their representatives provided further comment. Keough rose to wider fame as the lead of the television adaptation Daisy Jones & The Six and is the daughter of the late Lisa Marie Presley.
In January 2023, Smith-Petersen read a letter Keough had written at Presley’s funeral and alluded to the family’s then-unannounced child. Keough has spoken in interviews about quickly realizing she wanted children with Smith-Petersen, telling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2023 that on their second date she thought, “I’m going to marry him and have kids with him.”
Keough and Smith-Petersen have kept much of their private life shielded from publicity. Their first child was born via surrogate and was not disclosed until several months later, prompting public attention following the revelation. Industry records and previous media reporting identify Smith-Petersen as a professional stuntman who met Keough while working on Mad Max: Fury Road.
Representatives for Keough and Smith-Petersen did not immediately respond to additional requests for comment. The couple’s decision to keep aspects of their family life private follows a pattern of limited public disclosure; Keough’s film and television projects and her lineage have periodically drawn media attention to her personal life. Further details about the new baby, including name, sex and birth date, have not been released.