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updated 3:44 p.m. ET June 6, 2008

NEW YORK - Vin Diesel is a dad.

Diesel, star of “The Pacifier” and “The Chronicles of Riddick,” and his girlfriend, model Paloma Jimenez, welcomed a baby girl in Los Angeles on April 2, his representative, Meredith O’Sullivan, said in an e-mail Friday.

O’Sullivan said the 40-year-old action star wasn’t releasing the baby’s name.

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Diesel’s screen credits also include “The Fast and the Furious,” “Boiler Room” and “Saving Private Ryan.” He’ll next be seen in the sci-fi movie “Babylon A.D.,” slated for release Aug. 29.

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