Nicole Kidman is said to be pregnant

Nicole Kidman and husband of 18 months Keith Urban, are expecting their first baby, according to the UK newspaper, The Daily Mail. The expected arrival date has not yet been revealed.

Reportedly the Oscar-winning actress and  the country and western singer she calls the “love of my life”, broke the news to their families over the Christmas holiday.

This will be Nicoles first natural birth child, she adopted Isabella, 14, and twelve-year-old Conor during her first marriage to Tom Cruise.

Shortly after they split, she revealed that she had suffered an ectopic pregnanacy and a miscarriage during the marriage.

Nicole spent her Christmas holiday in Syndey, after finshing work on Baz Lurhmann’s epic romantic adventure film “Australia” on December 21.

She is due to film The Reader with Ralph Fiennes and British director Stephen Daldry in Berlin next month, but has no more cinema work planned after that.
 
The 40-year-old Australian star had already spoken of “winding down” her film-making activities as much as possible next year.

Earlier this month the actress also dismissed the idea of returning to the stage next year.

“It wouldn’t fit in with the logistics and dynamics of my family”, she said – a remark given extra meaning by the news of her pregnancy.