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24th Oct 2014

‘How I Met Your Mother’ Star Welcomes First Child

The little one arrived on October 5th.

Rebecca McKnight

How I Met Your Mother star Ashley Williams and her husband Neal Dodson have welcomed their first child together.

The couple welcomed their baby boy, Gus Williams Dodson, on October 5th. He was delivered at home and weighed 8lbs 8oz.

The actress told People: “He’s gorgeous and healthy. So far he’s soothable and calm. Knock on wood!”

Speaking about the home birth, she added: “We felt so safe and so lucky to have had such incredible support.”

Ashley played the role of Victoria in How I Met Your Mother but she has also appeared in The Good Wife, The Mentalist, Something Borrowed and Margin Call.

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Ashley (left) with her sister, and Father of the Bride star, Kimberley Williams.