Actress Amanda Peet marries in New York

Peet announced she was pregnant to Benioff earlier this month. Picture / Reuters

WASHINGTON - Actress Amanda Peet, a star in the new NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, married her fiance, screenwriter David Benioff, in New York on Saturday, People magazine has reported.

Earlier this month, Peet said she was pregnant with her and Benioff's first child.

She announced her wedding plans on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday and said she was about four months' pregnant.

People said Peet, 34, and Benioff, 36, were married at her alma mater, Friends Seminary, a Quaker school founded in 1786.

Peet has appeared in such films as Syriana and Something's Gotta Give. Benioff's screenwriting credits include 2004's big-budget movie Troy.

- REUTERS