IT has been an exciting couple of years for actress Billie Lourd and her now-husband Austen Rydell.
Austen, also an actor, and Billie shared the news back in September 2020 that they welcomed a baby son into the world.
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Who is Austen Rydell?
Austen Rydell is an actor and producer, known for his roles on NFL Gameday, The Mensch, and Wildflower.
The 29 year old grew up in Los Angeles.
Austen is the son of actor Christopher Rydell and grandson of The Long Goodbye director Mark Rydell.
How long have Billie Lourd and Rydell been together?
The pair first dated in early 2016 before taking a brief break.
They reconnected in 2017 and have been traveling the world together since.
They took a trip to Norway later that year and saw the Northern Lights on the one-year anniversary of the death of her mother Carrie Fisher.
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“My momby had an otherworldly obsession with the Northern Lights, but I never got to see them with her,” Lourd wrote on Instagram at the time.
“We journeyed to northern Norway to see if we might ‘see the heavens lift up her dark skirts and flash her dazzling privates across [our] unworthy irises.’ And she did. I love you times infinity.”
Austen announced he had proposed to Carrie in June 2019, sharing pictures of their engagement.
“She said YES!!,” the 29-year-old actor wrote alongside videos and photos of the couple. “(Actually she said ‘Duhhh’) But I guess that’s even better than yes?!?”
On March 12, 2022 PEOPLE magazine confirmed that Rydell and Lourd married in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Lourd’s American Horror Story costar Leslie Grossman posted an Instagram Story on Sunday regarding the wedding weekend.
“Billie and Austen’s wedding weekend is over, which is so sad ’cause it was the most fun,” before holding up a trophy and adding, “But I won best dressed, and I may have bribed the judges. I may have done whatever I needed to do to get this trophy. But I got it.”
Do Austen Rydell and Billie Lourd have children?
Yes! Billie announced that she had given birth to a baby boy on September 25, 2020.
The baby is named Kingston Fisher Lourd Rydell – paying tribute to Billie’s llate mother and Star Wars icon, Carrie Fisher.
Neither Austen or Billie had announced the pregnancy on social media, so it came as a huge surprise to fans.
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What does Austen Rydell do for a living?
Austen is a movie producer and actor.
Since he started dating Billie, the two have enjoyed a long and adventurous relationship.
They have traveled the world together, enjoyed holidays, and even adopted a dog together.
The two regularly post happy couple snaps on Instagram. Last year, Austen gushed over his lady love on her birthday, writing “Best girl in the world! Can’t tell you how lucky I am to have her.”
On Valentine’s Day, Billie returned the sentiments.
“All ‘round the world you make my world go ‘round #toinfinityandbaeyond,” she wrote on Instagram alongside photos of the couple.
Who has Billie Lourd previously been with?
Before reuniting with her now-husband, Billie dated Twilight star Taylor Lautner.
The Scream Queens celeb and the Michigan actor broke up after less than a year of dating.
When did Lourd’s mom Carrie Fisher die?
Billie’s mom Carrie Fisher starred in the epic Star Wars franchise as Princess Leia.
She struggled with drugs and alcohol in the 1980’s but overcame it after writing and publishing Postcards from the Edge, a book which was then adapted to a movie and starred Merryl Streep.
She was a prolific author and screenwriter.
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Fisher returned to screens as Princess Leia in 2015 for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens.
Sadly, the legendary actress suffered died days after suffering a major heart attack on December 17, 2016.
She was only 60 years old.
