"We are happy to confirm that James McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duff are expecting their first child."
James McAvoy is set to become a father for the first time with his actress wife Anne-Marie Duff.
The Scottish star, 30, met Duff in 2003 while they starred in hit British TV show Shameless together, and they married in a low-key ceremony in October 2006.
And now the happy couple has confirmed they are to become first-time parents - Duff, 39, is pregnant.
The pair's spokesman Rupert Fowler says, "We are happy to confirm that James McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duff are expecting their first child."
The couple recently teamed up again on the big screen for new movie The Last Station.
Since starring in Shamless McAvoy's career has risen rapidly with movies such as The Last King of Scotland and Atonement.
But 2009 has been a great year for Anne-Marie Duff when she produced a fantastic turn in Nowhere Boy, as John Lennon's mother Julia.
For her performance she has been nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Bafta nomination.
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