Anne Heche gives birth to baby boy Atlas

Zap2It.com | March 12, 2009

James Tupper and Anne Heche

Newborn joins older brother Homer

Anne Heche's newborn is already worldly.

The "Men in Trees" star and her boyfriend James Tupper welcomed a baby boy, Atlas, over the weekend, report celebrity news sources.

Little Atlas Heche Tupper weighed 6 lbs., 12 oz. at birth. The name follows the classical Greek trend that Heche started with her first son, 7-year-old Homer, with ex Coley Laffoon, from whom she's officially divorced as of March 4.

Heche, 39, first met Tupper, 43, on the set of her short-lived ABC series "Men in Trees"

On "Men in Trees," Heche played Marin Frist, a relationship coach, author and radio host who moves to quirky Elmo, Alaska, where she meets Jack Slattery (Tupper) a local biologist and her love interest.

Tupper has appeared in a recurring role on "Samantha Who?" as Owen.