Ananya Panday's cousin Alanna Panday welcomed her first child with husband Ivor McCray, the couple announced on Monday. The duo shared a joint Instagram post which featured them holding their baby boy. The post was captioned, “Our little angel is here.”
Ananya, 25, congratulated the couple as she re-shared the video on her Instagram story with a caption, “My beautiful baby boy nephew is here." Alanna, 28, and McCray, 32, dated for several years before tying the knot in a grand wedding in March 2023 which was attended by several Bollywood celebrities including superstar Shah Rukh Khan, wife Gauri Khan and singer Kanika Kapoor to name a few.
They announced the pregnancy in February this year. Alanna is the daughter of Chikki Panday, who is the brother of Ananya's father Chunky Panday. Her mother Deanne Pandey is a coach and an author. Alanna also has a younger brother Ahaan Panday, who is set to make his acting debut with filmmaker Mohit Suri's upcoming young love story. The film will be produced by Aditya Chopra's Yash Raj Films.
Alanna, who has over 1.6 million followers on Instagram, will make her screen debut in Prime Video India's reality show "The Tribe". To be produced by Karan Johar's Dharmatic Entertainment, the show will revolve around the lives of India's top social media influencers.
Ananya most recently starred in Arjun Varain Singh's directorial Kho Gaye Hum Kahan" which was released on Netflix last year. The film also featured Siddhant Chaturvedi and Adarsh Gourav in the lead. Ananya was praised by critics for her portrayal of a marketing executive struggling to get over her relationship.
The actor will next star in the Prime Video series "Call Me Bae". Created by Ishita Moitra, it is written by Samina Motlekar and Rohit Nair.
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