The 'Grey's Anatomy' star shares daughter Sadie and son Maceo with ex-wife Aryn Drake-Lee
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NEED TO KNOW
- Jesse Williams is expecting his third baby, his first with actress Alejandra Onieva
- Onieva, whom Williams met on set of their show Hotel Costiera, previously confirmed she is pregnant on Instagram last week
- Williams shares two children, Sadie, 11, and Maceo, 10, with ex-wife Aryn Drake-Lee
Jesse Williams is going to be a dad again!
The Grey's Anatomy star, 44, is expecting his third baby, his first with his partner Alejandra Onieva. Last week, the actress, 33, confirmed that she is pregnant by sharing several photos on her Instagram, which featured her baby bump.
In one, Onieva wears a pair of white striped pants and a cropped white sweater that's open at the top of her stomach. Her head is turned to the side as she prominently displays her bump. A video also shows Onieva accentuating her bump in a red minidress while posing on a beach.
The couple was also photographed together on Friday, May 22, in Los Angeles. Onieva wore cobalt blue jeans and a matching cobalt blue jacket, adding a cropped tank top that hit at the top of her stomach. Williams walked next to her, wearing blue jeans and a gray hoodie.
Reps for Williams and Onieva did not respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
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Williams is already dad to daughter Sadie, 11, and son Maceo, 10, whom he shares with ex Aryn Drake-Lee.
In September, Williams spoke with PEOPLE about filming Hotel Costiera, where he met Onieva. At the time, the dad of two said it was challenging balancing his filming schedule in Italy with waking up in the middle of the night to call his kids back at home.
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“Not only acting, but producing every night and looking at dailies and giving notes and all these things,” explained Williams. “I say that because sleep is most important and I did not get a lot of it.”
“[I was] waking up at 3 a.m. to call the kids because I'm nine hours ahead of them, so sleep was really tough,” he said.
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After becoming a parent for the first time with the birth of his daughter Sadie, Williams found it hard to put into words just how special the experience was.
"It's hard to describe. It's wonderful — a new discovery every day. It's great and I'm loving it. Not getting too much sleep … I'm just trying to put together three solid hours of cogent communication!" Williams told PEOPLE at the time.
Williams and Drake-Lee filed for divorce in 2017. Shortly after their split, Williams filed for joint legal and physical custody but later alleged that Drake-Lee was restricting his access to their children. Drake-Lee then requested sole custody. The custody battle was eventually settled in 2018, giving Williams and Drake-Lee 50/50 joint legal custody.
Williams and Drake-Lee faced off in court again when the actor temporarily moved to New York City in 2022 for his role in the Broadway production of Take Me Out. Since then, the two have gone back and forth in court over custody issues.
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