“Yellowjackets”' Samantha Hanratty Says Her Baby Son Is 'the Embodiment of Prayers and Dreams into a Person' (Exclusive)
The actress welcomed her first baby with husband Christian DeAnda in December 2024
The actress welcomed her first baby with husband Christian DeAnda in December 2024 Maya Dehlin Spach/FilmMagic; Samantha Hanratty/Instagram Samantha Hanratty in February 2025, Samantha Hanratty with her baby son.:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)/samantha-hanratty-021425-1a-4f67b98a5b9f4ea389aea0b8f686c080.jpg "Sammi Hanratty attends the Global Premiere of Paramount+ With Showtime Original Series")
Samantha Hanratty is loving life as a new mom!
While attending the season 3 premiere of Yellowjackets in Los Angeles on Feb. 13, the actress, 29, spoke about becoming a mother for the first time, following the birth of her baby son in December 2024.
"Honestly, he is literally the embodiment of prayers and dreams into a person," Hanratty told PEOPLE exclusively of her son, whose name she and husband Christian DeAnda have yet to reveal.
"He's just the greatest gift in the world," she continued. "I am so obsessively in love with him. It is the best."
Added Hanratty: "Being a mom is amazing, but being his mom is what I'm meant to be."
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Hanratty initially announced that she and DeAnda were expecting their first baby together through an emotional Instagram video in August.
"Still in shock and it's been 4 months!" the actress wrote beneath the video at the time.
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Months later, on New Year's Eve, Hanratty revealed that she welcomed her first baby alongside a black-and-white photo that showed her infant's hand wrapped around her finger.
"And just like that…my world got brighter☀️12-31-24," she wrote in the caption of her post. Samantha Hanratty/Instagram Samantha Hanratty with her son.
According to Hanratty, she was expecting her son while shooting Yellowjackets' "entire" latest season.
"That in itself is kind of traumatic," she told PEOPLE. "Your body's making a life and whatnot, so ... it was very physically taxing."
However, Hanratty explained that being pregnant while shooting "helps get into character, because we're really out there."
"We're really running, we're really sweating, we're really sometimes bleeding — so yeah, it's definitely very real," she continued.
Yellowjackets is available to stream on Paramount+ with Showtime.
