Brigitte Nielsen gives birth to fifth child at 54

Brigitte Nielsen has given birth at the age of 54.

The model, actress and reality TV star and her husband Mattia Dessi, 39, released a statement saying their daughter Frida was born on Friday in Los Angeles and weighed 5lb 9oz.

It is the fifth child but first daughter for Nielsen, who married Dessi, her fifth husband, in 2006. The couple said: “We are overjoyed to welcome our beautiful daughter into our lives, it’s been a long road, and so worth it.”