Alicia Vikander and Husband Michael Fassbender Welcome Baby No. 2

Alicia Vikander and her actor husband Michael Fassbender have quietly welcomed their second baby.

The Green Knight actress, 35, announced the news in a joint interview with "Hope

 costar Taylor Russell for Elle.

Noting that Vikander just had her second baby when she met her, Russell says she was "so impressed" by how the actress showed up after "doing something so intense."

"All women have such different experiences, and going through it a second time was definitely harder for me. But I think training made it easier," Vikander said.

"Going through those nine months is like a marathon, so it does help if you’re strong going into it. It’s so physically demanding, and I have so much admiration for any woman who has done it," she continued. "I gave birth four times on screen before I did it myself. Your job is to pretend as an actor, but every time I had to give birth, I said to every woman on set, ‘I’m sorry.’ I felt like such an imposter."

Vikander and Fassbender, 46, are also parents to a son, whom they welcomed in 2021.

In a conversation with The Sunday Times in 2022, the Oscar winner opened up about her journey to parenthood with Fassbender, disclosing she previously experienced an "extreme and painful" miscarriage.

"We have a child now, but it took us time," she said."[The miscarriage] was so extreme, painful to go through and, of course, it made me recall making that film," she told the outlet of her role in The Light Between Oceans.

"Sometimes you go through things that are tough in life and if you have an office job you can step away for a bit. But there are times that myself or colleagues have been through something and, well, I can't understand how they went on to the red carpet afterwards," she added. "To be met by people asking, 'How are you doing?' Given what they had just been through? Most people would not be able to step out of their house."

Vikander also talked about how she and Fassbender stay balanced as engaged parents and working actors while raising their son.

"We do every second job," she said. "One stays at home while the other works."

In September 2021, Vikander spoke with PEOPLE about becoming a mom and embracing her new life changes. 

"I now have a whole new understanding of life in general," she said. "That's pretty beautiful, and obviously will give a lot to any of my work in the future."

When asked to sum up exactly how much life has changed after having a baby, Vikander said she is keeping the finer details to herself, but admitted she is doing her best to live in the moment with each new milestone.

"I think I'll wait with that one," she shared. "I'm enjoying finding it out in the moment right now, more than anything."