Bryce Dallas Howard is a new mom after giving birth to a baby girl.

The stunning actress and her husband Seth Gabel have become proud parents to a daughter and her famous dad, Ron Howard, took to Twitter to tell the world.

"Beatrice Jean Howard-Gabel Born Jan 19 2012 8lbs 6oz Bryce & Baby B are spectacular," he wrote. "Daddy Seth & brother Theo are beaming  ear to ear : -)

"Beatrice's arrival is hugely exciting for our family . Thanks for all the kind tweets folks."

Bryce, who starred in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and the hit film The Help, said earlier this year that her four-year-old son predicted she would have a girl.

RadarOnline.com among the first to report that Howard was expecting and she and her famous dad have been receiving kind messages from friends and celebrities since announcing the good news.

"Ron, tell Bryce congratulations from our whole family," director M. Night Shyamalan wrote on Ron Howard's social media page. "I'll be waiting to cast Beatrice in a few years! :-)"