Hayden Christensen brings daughter to Chicago Cubs game in rare public appearance

Published Aug 18, 2025 • Last updated 4 hours ago • 1 minute read

Actor Hayden Christensen throws out a ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Chicago. Photo by Erin Hooley /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Canadian-born actor Hayden Christensen made a rare public outing with his daughter last Friday as the two enjoyed a Cubs game at Wrigley Field on Chicago’s North Side.

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The 44-year-old Star Wars actor with roots in Vancouver, B.C. ,shares his 10-year-old daughter, Briar Rose, with ex Rachel Bilson.

Christensen threw out the ceremonial first pitch decked out in Cubs attire just like his daughter, who shares a striking resemblance to her mom. The youngster wore a Cubs jersey, hat and colourful bracelets.

During the seventh-inning stretch, the father-daughter duo even sang Take Me Out to the Ballgame together.

“Alright, Cubs fans,” Christensen said into the microphone before he turned to his daughter and added, “Let me hear you!”

A jet briefly interrupted the duo, flying over the stadium and releasing blue smoke.

Hayden Christensen and his daughter Briar Rose sing at the Chicago Cubs game. MLB/INSTAGRAM SCREEN GRAB

“All right now, let’s get some runs!” the Star Wars star said in the mic after the performance.

MLB shared a video of the touching moment with the caption, “Hayden Christensen and his daughter sang Take Me Out to the Ballgame at the Cubs game and had their own special (unplanned) flyover.”

Christensen and Bilson, 43, welcomed their daughter in October 2014.

The actors met on the set of the 2008 movie Jumper. They broke up in 2017.

Christensen revealed last year that his daughter still hasn’t seen Star Wars.

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