British actress Kate Winslet and her husband Ned Rocknroll are expecting. Photo / AP
British actress Kate Winslet and her husband Ned Rocknroll are expecting. Photo / AP
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Kate Winslet have both announced they are pregnant.
Winslet, 37, confirmed she is expecting her first child with her husband Ned Rocknroll, in a statement released this morning.
She also has a 12-year-old daughter, Mia, from her first marriage to Jim Threapleton, and a nine-year-old son,Joe, from her second marriage to director Sam Mendes.
A spokesperson for the couple told People.com: "Kate and Ned are delighted."
Love Hewitt released a statement through a publicist this morning confirming she is expecting her first child with husband Brian Hallisay,
Winslet, who won an Oscar for best actress for The Reader, tied the knot with Rocknroll, who is the nephew of Sir Richard Branson, in a secret ceremony in December.
In an interview with InStyle in 2006, she said: "I'm hoping to have more kids. I don't know whether one or two. Oh, God, I would love to have more."
An insider recently told Star magazine that Ned, 34, was desperate to be a father.
The source said: "Kate knows how much Ned wants to be a father. She thinks they would have the most adorable kid together, so they're planning on getting pregnant by the end of the year. Having a child together is her absolute priority."
