Mahershala Ali and His Wife Amatus Sami-Karim Welcome Their First Child
And her name is simple, beautiful, and utterly unique.
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Oscar winner (!!!) Mahershala Ali and his wife Amatus Sami-Karim have just welcomed their first child, a beautiful little girl. (Who also just got a shoutout in her dad's acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actor, NBD.)
#MahershalaAli of #Moonlight: "It's not about you. it's about these characters." #Oscars pic.twitter.com/WWmxPR8EGxFebruary 27, 2017
"Bari (Bar-ee) Najma Ali 💜2/22/17 #pisces," the actor captioned the first picture of his daughter on Instagram.
According to Us Weekly, Ali and Sami-Karim gave Bari's name a lot of thought.
"We're looking to do something simpler," Ali told Jimmy Kimmel on January 11.
Major congratulations all around.
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